Номер 4, страница 60 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс рабочая тетрадь Кузовлев, Перегудова

Unit 4. Are you fond of sport?. Consolidation - номер 4, страница 60.

Условие.

4. Here is a story about one of the unusual sport achievements.

Read about it and fill in the gaps with the prepositions where necessary.

grammar hint

Prepositions

Prepositions of place: from ... to, in, at.

The contest took place in London.

Prepositions of time: at, after, in.

I'll come back in a minute.

Preposition that shows who did the action: by.

The record was set by the Russian sportsman.

Would you like to cross¹ the English Channel (0) in a bath? It is not a joke — that is how comedian Tim FitzHigham rowed² (1) _______ England (2) _______ France. Tim completed the voyage (3) _______ nine hours and six minutes. He is the first person to row the Channel (4) _______ a bath. It is not (5) _______ the first time Tim has tried to cross the Channel. He tried to do it a year before but his adventure was spoilt (6) _______ bad weather. Tim started from Folkestone, in Kent (7) _______ 4 am. Almost (8) _______ seven hours later it looked like Tim would not make it again as the wind changed, slowing him down. He reached Cap Gris Nez, 35 km from the UK, just (9) _______ 1 pm, shouting: “We’ve done it. I don’t believe (10) _______ it. I’m in shock — that was fun.” Shortly (11) _______ , he described the event as the worst few hours of his life.

Решение.