The past continuous is used to describe actions in progress in the past. It gives information about the background situation. The past perfect is used to make it clear that one past event happens before another past event. We use the past perfect for the earlier event. | FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE In and at places In refers to towns countries and the inside of places. She lives in Paris. They arrived in Peru. He s in the kitchen. At refers to points with a particular purpose rather than inside. She lives at home. I ll meet you at the bus stop. Compare They met in the cinema. inside They met at the cinema. place Prepositions at the end of a sentence Study these common examples Who are you waiting for question You are very difficult to live with infinitive That s the company that I work for. relative clause Prepositions without an object Some prepositions can be used without an object. Ted was walking along whistling. In this example we mean along the street but it is clear from the context or unimportant. Other prepositions used like this are around along behind opposite Prepositions with more than one word Examples according to on behalf of by means of Other examples are included in the Practice section. Prepositional phrases There are many fixed phrases containing prepositions. Examples by mistake on purpose out of order Other examples are included in the Practice section. 70 GRAMMAR 12 PREPOSITIONS Practice Underline the most suitable prepositions. a I got at to the station just in time to see Jack getting from offthe train. b The cafe is among between the chemist s and the butcher s and across opposite the library. c Sue lives at in Wales which is a country at in the west of Britain. d I was brought up in on an island near next to the coast of Scotland. e Travelling by in your own car is better than going by on foot. f Jack was leaning by against the wall with his hands in into his pockets. g Ann had a hat on over her head and a veil above over her face. h We arrived at in England at in Gatwick Airport. i I left my bags at from the station at in a left luggage locker. j Peter came running into to the room and threw his books at onto the floor. 2 Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase from the box. .
