Exercises “Little Red Riding Hood” – Teil 1

Fill the gaps with the correct pronouns.

1. Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Together with mum,

lived in a big forest.

2. One fine day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said, “ grandma is ill. Please go and

take this cake and a bottle of wine to . Grandma’s house is not too far from
house, but always keep to the path and don’t stop!”

3. So, Little Red Riding Hood made way to Grandma’s house.

4. In the forest met the big bad wolf.

5. Little Red Riding Hood greeted and the wolf asked:

6. “Where are going, Little Red Riding Hood?”

7. “To grandma’s house.” answered Little Red Riding Hood.

8. “Can you tell where grandma lives?”

9. “ lives in a little cottage at the edge of the forest.”

10. “Why don’t pick some nice flowers for ?” asked the wolf.
11. “That’s a good idea.” said Little Red Riding Hood and began looking for flowers. Meanwhile, the wolf

was on way to grandma’s house.

12. The house was quite small but nice and roof was made out of straw.

13. The wolf went inside and swallowed poor old Grandma. After that put Grandma’s

clothes on and lay down in bed.

Exercise on Pronouns
Personal Pronouns - Subject

Replace the words in brackets by the correct personal pronouns. Note that Sue is the person speaking. The (*)
means that you are asked a question.

I
1. My name is Sue. (Sue) am English. And this is my family.

2. My mum's name is Angie. (Angie) is from Germany.

3. Bob is my dad. (My dad) is a waiter.

4. On the left you can see Simon. (Simon) is my brother.

5. (Sue and Simon) are twins.

6. Our dog is a girl, Judy. (Judy) is two years old.

7. (Sue, Simon, Angie and Bob) live in Canterbury.

8. (Canterbury) is not far from London.

9. My grandparents live in London. (My grandparents) often come and see us.

10. What can (*) tell me about your family?

Exercise on Pronouns
Personal Pronouns Object

Aaron was on a business trip to California. He shows you the souvenirs he got for his family.

Fill in the correct pronouns.

her
1. My sister Jane loves books. This novel is for (she) .

2. My children like Disney films. The video is for (they) .

3. My brother Matt collects picture postcards. These postcards are for (he) .

4. My parents like Latin music. The CD is for (they) .

5. I like watches. This nice watch is for (I) .

6. My wife and I love sweets. These sweets are for (we) .

7. My nephew likes cars. The toy truck is for (he) .

8. My neighbour wants to go to California next year. The guide book is for (she) .

9. Here is another souvenir. I don't know what to do with (it) .

10. You know what? - It's for (you) .

Exercise on Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.

1. Where are (you) friends now?

2. Here is a postcard from (I) friend Peggy.
3. She lives in Australia now with (she) family.
4. (She) husband works in Newcastle.
5. (He) company builds ships.
6. (They) children go to school in Newcastle.
7. (I) husband and I want to go to Australia, too.
8. We want to see Peggy and (she) family next winter.
9. (We) winter!
10. Because it is (they) summer.

Exercise on Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.

yours
1. This book is (you) .
2. The ball is (I) .

3. The blue car is (we) .

4. The ring is (she) .

5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is (they) .

6. The luggage is (he) .

7. The pictures are (she) .

8. In our garden is a bird. The nest is (it) .

9. This cat is (we) .

10. This was not my fault. It was (you) .

Exercise on Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns

Fill in the correct reflexive pronouns.

myself
1. I did not want to believe it and then I saw the UFO .

2. The girl looked at in the mirror.

3. Freddy, you'll have to do your homework .

4. You don't need to help them. They can do it .

5. I introduced to my new neighbour.

6. Boys, can you make your beds ?

7. She made a pullover.

8. What happens when a fighting fish sees in the mirror?

9. The father decided to repair the car .

10. We can move the table .

Prepositions
Are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs)en
advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One
preposition in your native language might have several translations depending on the situation.

There are hardly any rules as to when to use which preposition. The only way to learn prepositions is looking
them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English (literature) and learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips).

The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English:

Prepositions – Time
 English Usage Example

 on days of the week on Monday

 in months / seasons in August / in winter

time of day in the morning
year in 2006
after a certain period of time in an hour
(when?)

 at for night at night

for weekend at the weekend
a certain point of time (when?) at half past nine

 since from a certain point of time (past since 1980

till now)

 for over a certain period of time for 2 years

(past till now)

 ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago

before earlier than a certain point of before 2004

time

 to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

 past telling the time ten past six (6:10)

 to / marking the beginning and end from Monday to/till Friday
till / until of a period of time

 till / in the sense of how long He is on holiday until Friday.

until something is going to last

 by in the sense of at the latest I will be back by 6 o’clock.

up to a certain time By 11 o'clock, I had read five
pages.

Präpositions – Place (Position and Direction)

English Usage Example

 in room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London

country in the book
book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi
car, taxi in the picture, in the world
picture, world

 at meaning next to, by an object at the door, at the station

for table at the table
for events at a concert, at the party
place where you are to do at the cinema, at school, at work
something typical (watch a film, study,
 English Usage Example

work)

 on attached the picture on the wall

for a place with a river London lies on the Thames.
being on a surface on the table
for a certain side (left, right) on the left
for a floor in a house on the first floor
for public transport on the bus, on a plane
for television, radio on TV, on the radio

 by, left or right of somebody or Jane is standing by / next to /

next to, beside something beside the car.

 under on the ground, lower than (or the bag is under the table
covered by) something else

 below lower than something else but the fish are below the surface
above ground

 over covered by something else put a jacket over your shirt

meaning more than over 16 years of age
getting to the other side (also walk over the bridge
across) climb over the wall
overcoming an obstacle

 above higher than something else, but a path above the lake
not directly over it

 across getting to the other side (also walk across the bridge
over) swim across the lake
getting to the other side

through something with limits on top, drive through the tunnel

bottom and the sides

 to movement to person or building go to the cinema

movement to a place or country go to London / Ireland
for bed go to bed

 into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house

 toward movement in the direction of go 5 steps towards the house

s something (but not directly to it)

 onto movement to the top of jump onto the table

something

 from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden

Other important Prepositions

 from who gave it a present from Jane

 of who/what does it belong to a page of the book

 what does it show
the picture of a palace

 by who made it a book by Mark Twain

 on walking or riding on horseback on foot, on horseback

entering a public transport get on the bus
vehicle

 in entering a car  / Taxi get in the car

 off leaving a public transport vehicle get off the train

 out leaving a car  / Taxi get out of the taxi

of

 by rise or fall of something prices have risen by 10 percent

travelling (other than walking or by car, by bus
horseriding)

 at for age she learned Russian at 45

about for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you

Exercise on Prepositions – Time

Fill in the correct prepositions.

on
1. Peter is playing tennis Sunday.

2. My brother's birthday is the 5th of November.

3. My birthday is May.

4. We are going to see my parents the weekend.

5. 1666, a great fire broke out in London.

6. I don't like walking alone in the streets night.

7. What are you doing the afternoon?

8. My friend has been living in Canada two years.

9. I have been waiting for you seven o'clock.

10. I will have finished this essay Friday.

Exercise on Prepositions – Place

Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.

1. We live London.

2. Would you like to go the cinema tonight?

3. No, thanks. I was the cinema yesterday.

4. We are going holiday next week.

5. There is a bridge the river.

6. The flight from Leipzig to London was Frankfurt.

7. my wall, there are many picture postcards.

8. Who is the person this picture?

9. Come the sitting room, we want to watch TV.

10. Munich lies 530 meters sea level.

Exercise on »since« and »for«

- since - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998)
- for - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year)

Decide whether to use »since« or »for«.

1. I have been waiting 4 o'clock.

2. Sue has only been waiting 20 minutes.

3. Tim and Tina have been learning English six years.

4. Fred and Frida have been learning French 1998.

5. Joe and Josephine have been going out together Valentine's Day.

6. I haven't been on holiday last July.

7. Mary has been saving her money many years.

8. I haven't eaten anything breakfast.

9. You have been watching TV hours.

10. We have been living here 2 months.

Exercise on Prepositions – Buses

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. If you want to go bus, you have to go the bus stop.

2. You look the time table.

3. Then you wait your bus.

4. When the bus arrives, you get the bus.

5. You buy a ticket the driver or show your ticket the driver.

6. When you arrive your destination, you get the bus.

7. Sometimes you even have to change buses another bus stop.

Exercise on prepositions – The Wampanoag
 Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.

1. The Wampanoag are the native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims the

Mayflower to survive their first year the New World.

2. The tribe was divided smaller groups, and each group was ruled a
chief.

3. The Wampanoag lived villages the southeastern coast

North America. Their name means ‘people of the east’.

4. One member the Wampanoag, Squanto, knew English because several years before

he had been kidnapped and taken Europe.

5. Squanto was the first to meet the Pilgrims and he welcomed them English.

6. The Wampanoag shared their knowledge hunting and fishing the

European settlers and showed them how to grow corn and beans.

7. autumn, the harvest was so good that the settlers invited the Wampanoag

a great feast that is now remembered as the first Thanksgiving.

8. A treaty the Wampanoag and the settlers secured peace about 40

years, but then the settlers claimed more and more land and treated the Wampanoag
disrespect.

9. This finally led war the English and the Wampanoag (1675-1676)

which the Wampanoag were defeated.

10. The Wampanoag left their lands and moved the islands Nantucket
and Martha's Vineyard.

11. Today there are only about 2,000 Wampanoag people living the United States.

Exercise on Prepositions – George Washington

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. George Washington was born Virginia 1732.

2. the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 and 1783) he was the

Commander-in-Chief the American forces.

3. Washington played an important role the founding the United

States.

4. He became the first President the United States.

5. He was President 1789 1797.

6. George Washington died the age 67, the 14th

December 1799.
7. The capital the United States and one federal state are named
George Washington

Exercise on Prepositions – Henry Ford

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. Henry Ford was born the 30th July 1863.

2. He made his first car, the Quadricycle, June 1896.

3. 1903, he founded the Ford Motor Company.

4. Modern mass production cars was developed him

1913.

5. Ford's Model T could then be assembled just 93 minutes.

6. 1927, 15 million Model T cars had been manufactured the Ford

Motor Company.

7. Henry Ford became one the richest and best-known people the
world.

Exercise on Prepositions – McDonald’s

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. The first McDonald’s restaurant was opened Dick and Mac McDonald

the 15th May 1940.

2. The best selling products their restaurant were hamburgers.

3. So the McDonald brothers thought a way to produce hamburgers more quickly.

4. This was introduced 1948 and became known the Speedee Service
System.

5. The first franchised McDonald’s restaurant was opened 1953, and today you can find

McDonald’s restaurants more than 100 countries.

6. The meats the burgers vary the culture the

country.

7. Franchisees and future managers McDonald’s restaurants are trained

Hamburger University, which is located Oak Brook, a suburb

Chicago.

8. McDonalds is also known its sponsorship various international

sport events

Exercise on Prepositions – Uluru

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.
1. Uluru is located central Australia.

2. The large sandstone rock formation is also known Ayers Rock

honour Sir Henry Ayers, who was a Premier South Australia

1873.

3. Uluru is listed a World Heritage Area both its natural and cultural
values.

4. It is sacred the Aboriginal people the area.

5. different times the day, Uluru seems to change colour.

6. The sandstone is infused minerals that reflect the red light sunrise
and sunset