2. Paco's trip in Britain through pictures (prep. phrases)
Before practising your English with an interactive activity, remember some of the places Paco has visited in topics 2, 3 and 4 of this unit. At the same time, you are going to learn some useful and common connectors, or prepositional phrases . Enjoy them.
Ejercicio Resuelto
Try to identify a prepositional phrase in each sentence. At the same time, match each sentence with the appropriate picture.
- Paco called his family from a typical British phone box instead of from his mobile.
- Paco was on the point of falling down the lake in Hyde Park.
- Paco went to Buckingham Palace in the hope of watching the Change of Guards.
Ejercicio Resuelto
Try to identify a prepositional phrase in each sentence.At the same time, match each sentence with the appropriate picture.
- Paco found the area called The Lanes with the help of some Spanish students.
- Paco found the old pier in the process of reconstruction.
- According to Paco, the Royal Pavilion is the most beautiful building in Brighton.
Ejercicio Resuelto
Try to identify a prepositional phrase in each sentence.At the same time, match each sentence with the appropriate picture.
- Paco found Anfield Stadium at the end of the Avenue.
- Paco went to Liverpool for the purpose of visiting the Cavern Club.
- Paco didn't take a tourist ship in the port for fear of the bad weather conditions.
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Comprueba lo aprendido
The meaning of the prepositional phrases used in the three solved exercises above are the following. Try to deduce the meaning of them through the context of each sentence.
You have reached the end of unit 2. You have learned the Simple Past and Past Continuous in affirmative, negative and interrogative. You have also learned the pronunciation of the past ending -ed, together with countable and uncountable nouns. And you have learned a lot about prepositional phrases. Now it's time to put your knowledge into practice.