I. Insert the prepositions (of, off, by, on, at, from, for, in, to, up): 1. The word “holiday” comes the word “holy day”.
2. Some holidays are celebrated many countries.
3. Easter, example, is a movable holiday.
4. January, 1 is an official day .
5. The fastest way of travelling is air.
6. When I have free time, I go to the University foot.
7. I don’t like to travel, I prefer sitting home.
8. When we got on deck, the sailor brought us our cabin.
9. Millions people spend their holidays travelling.
10. Pitching tents, blowing the airbeds, unpacking food is a real pleasure for us.
II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the list below:
Means, picturesque, arrive, luggage, movable, driving, destination, gifts, ticket, seasick.
1. A sea voyage is the slowest way to get to your .
2. There are various of travelling.
3. At the railway station you can see porters as they pull along the platforms.
4. Give me one to London, please.
5. When does the train in Boston?
6. Would you mind a little slower, please?
7. When people travel by ship, they sometimes feel .
8. On holidays we usually buy to our relatives and friends.
9. Easter doesn’t come on the same day, it’s a holiday.
10. While travelling we can see a lot of places.
III. Choose the correct variant:
1. He seems English very well.
a) to know b) to have known c) to be known
2. I’m glad you yesterday.
a) to help b) to have helped c) to be helping
3. Victory Day in May, 9.
a) celebrates b) is celebrated c) celebrated
4. She likes and is very good at it.
a) being danced b) having danced c) dancing
5. After by the teacher, English tests were returned to the students.
a) being corrected b) having corrected c) correcting