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Unit
111 at by with about
on
on holiday
on television
on the radio
on the phone
on fire
on tim e (= not late)
Jane isn't at w o rk this week. She's on holiday.
W e w atched the news on TV.
W e listened to the news on the radio.
I spoke to Rachel on the phone last night.
The house is on fire! Call the fire brigade.
'W as the train late?' 'No, it was on time.'
at
at (the age of) 21 / at 50 kilom etres an hour / at 100 degrees e t c.:
O Lisa got m arried at 21. (o r... at the age of 21.)
O A car uses m ore petrol at 120 kilom etres an hour than at 90.
O W ater boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
by
by car / by bus / by plane / by bike e t c.:
O Do you like travelling by train?
O Jane usually goes to w o rk by bike.
b u t on foot:
O You can't get there by car. You have to
go on foot. (= you have to w alk)
a book by ... / a painting by ... / a piece o f m usic
b y ... e t c.:
O Have you read any books by Charles
Dickens?
O W ho is that painting by? Picasso?
by after the passive (—» Unit 21):
O I was bitten by a dog.
on foot
by bus
- th e title
by
th e w r it er
w ith/ w ithout
O Did you stay at a hotel or w ith friends?
O W ait for me. Please don't go w ithout me.
O Do you like yo ur coffee w ith or w ithout milk?
O I cut the paper w ith a pair of scissors.
a man w ith a beard / a w om an w ith glasses e t c.:
O Do you know that man w ith the beard?
O I'd like to have a house w ith a big garden.
a man
w ith a beard
a w o m an
w ith glasses
about
talk/ speak/ think/ hear/ know a b o u t ...
O Som e people talk about their w ork all the tim e.
O I don't know m uch about cars.
W m
a book / a question / a program m e / inform ation (etc.) a b o u t ...
O There was a program m e about volcanoes on TV last night. Did you see it?
232 ( by Units 21, 63,109 at/ on Units 103,106- 107 preposition + -ing ^ Unit 112