English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 53: Places

Word List
  • abroad
  • at
  • at home
  • away
  • back
  • beginning
  • bottom
  • end
  • everywhere
  • front
  • here
  • home
  • in
  • left
  • middle
  • on
  • on the left
  • on the right
  • out
  • position
  • right
  • side
  • there
  • top
Exercises

53.1 ‣ Fill the gaps with here, there, back or everywhere.

  1. Thanks for lending me your dictionary. I’ll bring it soon. (See Unit 44: Bring / brought / brought.)
  2. Come _____ Emma! Don’t go near the road! (See Unit 42: Come / came / come.)
  3. This letter is for a teacher at the university. Can you take it _____. (See Unit 43: Take / took / taken.)
  4. I opened the washing machine too soon. Now there’s water _____!
  5. I want to leave this letter in Nora’s office. Are you going _____?
  6. I’m going to Italy tomorrow, but I’m coming _____ on Friday.

53.2 ‣ Fill the gaps with the correct preposition.

  1. My brother works Paris.
  2. Why do you always sit _____ the back of the class?
  3. Let’s go and sit _____ the sofa.
  4. What time do you arrive? I’ll meet you _____ the bus station.
  5. There was a picture of an old man _____ the wall.
  6. Do you usually study _____ your bedroom or _____ the living room?

53.3 ‣ Mark the positions on the bus and on the tree.

  1. the front of the bus
  2. the side of the bus _____
  3. the back of the bus _____
  4. the middle of the tree _____
  5. the top of the tree _____
  6. the bottom of the tree _____

53.4 ‣ Fill the gaps with out, away or abroad.

  1. I’d like to work and learn about a new country.
  2. Is Lily here? No, she’s _____ but she’ll be back in about five minutes.
  3. I’m going _____ tomorrow. I’m going to stay with my sister for a few days.
  4. When we go _____ we like to go _____ and see new countries.

53.5 ‣ Answer these questions about yourself and about this book.

  1. Are you studying English at home or abroad?
    _____
  2. Are you going away this year?
    _____
  3. What have you got in your left or right hand at the moment?
    _____
  4. What is there at the end of this book?
    _____
  5. Where is Unit 3 in this book? (beginning / middle / end?)
    _____
  6. Where is Unit 36 in this book? (beginning / middle / end?)
    _____
Answer Key
A ‣ General place words

Come here, please. [to me, to where I am]

Have you been to Lima? I’m going there in April. [not here, another place]

Max is coming back from Portugal in May. [to here again, to this place]

There are books and papers everywhere in my room. [in all parts / all places]

(See Unit 42: Come / came / come.)

B ‣ Prepositions

Luke is in the kitchen, making dinner.
There are two restaurants in the village.
Samantha lives in Seoul / South Korea / Asia

I’ll meet you at the station.
I always sit at the front of the class.

I like that photo on the wall.
Don’t put your books on the chair. I want to sit on it!

C ‣ Positions

the beginning of the motorway
the end of the motorway
D ‣ Left and right

This is his left hand. This is his right hand.

In York Street, there is a cinema on the left and a restaurant on the right.

E ‣ Home and away

Is Eleanor at home [in her house / flat]?

No, sorry, she’s out [not here for a short time, e.g. at the shops or at work].

No, sorry, she’s away [not here for a longer time, e.g. on holiday].

No, sorry, she’s abroad [in another country].

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