PREPOSITIONS PREP 5
Fill in the blanks with the correct phrases of the preposition ON !
on television - on a diet - on the whole - on an expedition
on the phone - on sale - on the outskirts - on your way
on purpose - on occasions - on average - on fire
on strike - on loan - on the increase - on a trip
on foot - on board - on guard - on a cruise

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
1. The owner of the hotel is a qualified chef, but he rarely cooks himself nowadays. However,
he helps the head chef in the kitchen if the restaurant is busy.
2. I do have a few suggestions that should improve your presentation, but I think it
was an excellent speech.
3. We went to Paris for a day on the train and saw the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame
Cathedral.
4. She is supposed to be studying for her exam but whenever I go to her room she is chatting to her friends.
5. We bought a stereo music center that was because it was in the display window.
6. All the roads that led to the town centre were closed because of the flood so it was only possible to reach the main square .
7. A human heart beats 72 times per minute .
8. At the beginning of the 16th century, of the South American jungles, Balboa
became the first European to look at the Pacific Ocean.
9. The warders who are at the Tower of London to protect valuable jewels are also
known as “Beefeaters”.
10. The film “JFK” is being shown on Monday night at 9 p.m. on Channel 4.
11. 150 passengers an Alpine train in Kaprun died when the train caught fire inside a
tunnel.
12. While we were our ship anchored at Istanbul, where we visited the Grand Bazaar
and Topkapi Palace.
13. Barcelona’s centre is a maze of narrow streets and medieval buildings, in contrast to the modern apartment buildings of the city.
14. I am afraid the book “Little House of the Prairie” is from the library at the moment.
Would you like to reserve it?
15. Do you pass a newsagent to work? If you do, would you mind picking me up the
Times?
16. I don’t think the baby dropped it. I think she threw it to the ground in order to gain our attention.
17. How long have you been ? – For three weeks now, but I can’t resist eating a little
chocolate so I haven’t lost much weight yet.
18. Two days after the bombing, we could still see the flames from the building .
19. In 1984, the British coal miners went for almost a year.
20. The number of European and American companies investing in underdeveloped countries is as they take advantage of lower wages