Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using by + the following:
canal chance credit card hand mistake
1) We hadn't arranged to meet. We met ________
2) I didn't intend to take your umbrella. I took it ________
3) Don't put the sweater in the washing machine. It has to be washed ________
4) I don't need cash. I can pay the bill ________
5) The town is not on the coast, but is connected to the sea ________
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1 by chance
2 by mistake
3 by hand
4 by credit card
5 by canal
Exercise 2
Put in by , in or on .
1) Jess usually goes to work ________ bus.
2) I saw Jane this morning. She was ________ the bus.
3) How did you get here? Did you come ________ train?
4) I decided not to go ________ car. I went ________ bike instead.
5) I didn't feel like walking home, so I came home ________ a taxi.
6) Sorry we're late. We missed the bus, so we had to come ________ foot.
7) How long does it take to cross the Atlantic ________ ship?
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1 by
2 on
3 by
4 by car … on bike
5 in
6 on
7 by
Exercise 3
All these sentences have a mistake. Correct them.
1) Did you come here by Kate’s car or yours? ________
2) I don't like travelling on bus. ________
3) These photographs were taken by a very good camera. ________
4) I know this music is from Beethoven, but I can't remember what it's called. ________
5) I couldn't pay by cash – I didn't have any money on me. ________
6) We lost the game because of a mistake of one of our players. ________
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1 in Kate’s car
2 travelling by bus or travelling on the bus or travelling on buses
3 taken with a very good camera
4 this music is by Beethoven
5 pay cash or pay in cash
6 a mistake by one of our players
Exercise 4
Write three sentences like the examples. Write about a song, a painting, a film, a book etc.
1) War and Peace is a book by Tolstoy.
2) Romeo and Juliet is a play by Shakespeare.
3) _____
4) _____
5) _____
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Example answers:
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– Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce.
– Yesterday is a song by Paul McCartney.
– Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso.
Exercise 5
Put in by , in , on or with .
1) Have you ever been bitten ________ a dog?
2) The plane was badly damaged ________ lightning.
3) We managed to put the fire out ________ a fire extinguisher.
4) Who is that man standing ________ the window?
5) These photographs were taken ________ a friend of mine.
6) I don't mind going ________ car, but I don't want to go ________ your car.
7) There was a small table ________ the bed ________ a lamp and a dock ________ it.
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1 by
2 by
3 with
4 by
5 by
6 by car … in your car
7 by the bed with a lamp and a clock on it
Exercise 6
Complete the sentences using by .
1) Clare's salary was £2,500 a month. Now it is £2,750.
Her salary ________
2) daily newspaper used to cost 80 pence. From today it costs 90.
The price has gone up ________
3) There was an election. Helen won. She got 25 votes and James got 23.
Helen won ________
4) I went to Kate's house to see her, but she had gone out five minutes before I arrived.
I missed ________
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1 Her salary has increased by £250.
2 The price has gone up by ten pence.
3 Helen won by two votes.
4 I missed her/Kate by five minutes.
