Fill in the missing prepositions.
1. I will meet you there … 1 p.m.
2. It will be finished … 10 minutes.
3. He has been reading there … 5 p.m.
4. The swallows gather and leave our area … autumn.
5. The family are all gathering again … Christmas holidays.
6. I can not answer you … the moment but if you wait, I will let you know … a few minutes.
7. We have had no snow now … 3 weeks.
8. It has been the same old funny story ever … she was a little girl.
9. I have an appointment … Tuesday … 12.30
10. They still come to see me … time to time.
11. I wonder if she could get it done … tomorrow.
12. I called the police immediately, but … the time they arrived the burglar was far away.
13. The house should be built … next month.
14. Wait a moment! The boss should be here … a few minutes.
15. I have been in bed … the last week.
16. He has been living in this apartment … last month.
17. Everybody buys a new hat … Easter.
18. The woman may arrive … any time now.
19. She goes to visit her Granny … Saturday.
20. The lunch should be over … 12 o’clock.
21. This visa expires … October 21st.
22. They’ve been living here … 1960.
23. … five years’ time she’ll be 23.
24. It always gets hot here … the afternoon.
25. He has been ill … the day that he arrived.
26. I expect his call … any moment.
27. If you can wait, he should be here … short time.
28. It’s nice to walk here … a fine summer day.
29. His father was away on a business trip … the day that he was born.
30. They are going to try to leave … daybreak.

Правильные варианты:

1. I will meet you there at 1 p.m.

2. It will be finished in 10 minutes.

3. He has been reading there since 5 p.m.

4. The swallows gather and leave our area in autumn.

5. The family are all gathering again during the Christmas holidays.

6. I cannot answer you at the moment, but if you wait, I will let you know in a few minutes.

7. We have had no snow now for 3 weeks.

8. It has been the same old funny story ever since she was a little girl.

9. I have an appointment on Tuesday at 12.30.

10. They still come to see me from time to time.

11. I wonder if she could get it done by tomorrow.

12. I called the police immediately, but by the time they arrived the burglar was far away.

13. The house should be built by next month.

14. Wait a moment! The boss should be here in a few minutes.

15. I have been in bed for the last week.

16. He has been living in this apartment since last month.

17. Everybody buys a new hat at Easter.

18. The woman may arrive at any time now.

19. She goes to visit her Granny on Saturday.

20. The lunch should be over by 12 o’clock.

21. This visa expires on October 21st.

22. They’ve been living here since 1960.

23. In five years’ time she’ll be 23.

24. It always gets hot here in the afternoon.

25. He has been ill since the day that he arrived.

26. I expect his call at any moment.

27. If you can wait, he should be here in a short time.

28. It’s nice to walk here on a fine summer day.

29. His father was away on a business trip on the day that he was born.

30. They are going to try to leave at daybreak.

Основные правила здесь такие: at употребляется с точным временем и устойчивыми выражениями (at 1 p.m., at the moment, at Easter, at daybreak); on — с днями и датами; in — с месяцами, временами года, частями дня и периодом до будущего события; since — с начальной точкой действия, продолжающегося до настоящего; for — с длительностью; by — не позднее указанного времени.