Unit 1 Showing time (1): before, during, after 2
Unit 2 Showing time (2): by, in 4
Quiz 1 (Units 1–2) 6
Unit 3 Showing places (1): in front of, behind, 8 beside, inside, outside
Unit 4 Showing places (2): opposite, next to, 10 between … and …, on someone’s left / right
Quiz 2 (Units 3–4) 12
Unit 5 Showing movements (1): into, onto, out of, 14 up, down
Unit 6 Showing movements (2): past, across, towards 16
Quiz 3 (Units 5–6) 18
Unit 7 More about ‘by’ 20
Unit 8 Prepositions before nouns 22
Quiz 4 (Units 7–8) 24
Revision (Units 1–8) 26
Answer key 31
Contents
B o o k4
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2 Pan Lloyds English Building Blocks 2.0: Prepositions Book 4
A. Put a tick ( 4 ) if the underlined prepositions are correct. Correct the wrong ones on the lines.
1. It is impolite to talk during the meal.
2. We should pay attention after the lesson.
3. Take off your clothes before having a shower.
B. Circle ( ) the correct answers.
1. You can have some snacks before during after the break.
2. I need to buy a ticket before during after getting on the train.
3. The thief ran away before during after stealing my wallet.
4. You can’t eat the meat before during after cooking it.
5. In Hong Kong, it rains a lot before during after summer.
Showing time (1): before, during, after
1
before（在……之前）
• Used to show that
something happens earlier than something else
e.g. Bella does warm-up exercises before
swimming.
during（在……期間）
• Used to show that something happens in a period of time
e.g. Bella stayed at home during the typhoon.
after（在……之後）
• Used to show that something happens later than something else
e.g. Bella makes her bed after getting up.
Bella
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Date:
Grade:
3
使用
‘before’和
‘after’時，須弄清楚事件的先後次序。
C. Fill in the blanks with ‘before’, ‘during’ or ‘after’.
Sam Leslie Anita
Morning
Afternoon
Night
1. Sam played badminton going to the dentist.
2. Sam saw the dentist the afternoon.
3. Leslie did revision going skating.
4. Leslie went to his brother’s birthday party skating.
5. Anita went hiking eating dim sum.
6. Leslie prepared a present for his brother the party.
7. Leslie sang a birthday song the party.
8. Anita took a lot of photos the hike.
9. Sam washed the dishes dinner.
10. Anita felt very full having a barbecue with her friends.
