For
each of the six questions choose the one correct
answer.
1. It
all happened so quickly, one minute I was making
chips and the next the whole
kitchen
was _____ fire!
a) on
b) at
c) by
d) in
2. She
never means to break anything, it’s always _____
accident!
a) at
b) to
c) for
d) by
3. He
didn’t have a job for months, but _____ the end he
found work as a waiter.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) to
4. I
was driving my car when __________ I heard a loud
bang – I had driven over some
glass!
a) all
at once
b) at
the same time
c) in
the end
d) at
first
5.
___________! I thought the bus was never going to
come.
a) At
first
b) At
last
c) In
the end
d) At
once
6. He
looked so tired in class, ______ times I thought he
was going to fall asleep.
a) to
b) in
c) on
d) at
a) If
something happens eventually, after a long time, you
cannot say it happened
'at the
end’.
b) If
something happens eventually, after a long time, you
cannot say ‘it happened
'on the
end’.
c)
Correct. If something happens eventually, after a
long time, you can say ‘in
the
end' it happened.
d) If
something happens eventually, after a long time, you
cannot say it happened
'to the
end’.
4.
a)
Correct. If something happens suddenly and
unexpectedly, you can say it
happened ‘all at once’.
b) In
this case you want to stress that the second action
happened suddenly and
unexpectedly.
c) If
you want to say that something happened after a long
time, you can say it
happened eventually or ‘in the end.
d) Use
this if you want to put things in order, e.g. 'At
first I thought this, but now I’ve
changed
my mind'.
5.
b)
Correct. When something happens after waiting a very
long time, you say
‘At
last!’
6.
d) ‘at
times’ is correct; this phrase means ‘occasionally’
or ‘sometimes’.
