Basic English Sentence Patterns

Exercise 2
The following sentences are taken from Living Geography Book 1A published by 
Addison Wesley Longman China Limited. 
 
Fill in the blanks with from, of, on or in.
e.g. The government has developed many new industrial areas in the new towns. 
 
1. Maps tell us where places are and how far they are __________ each other.
2. Things drawn __________ maps are smaller than the real things which they 
show. 
3. The scale __________ a map tells the relationship between distances __________ 
the map and distances __________ real life. It is also ratio __________ map 
distance to actual distance.
4. The main urban areas are __________ the northern and south-western parts 
__________ Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and __________ the new 
towns __________ New Territories such as Sha Tin and Tai Po. 
5. The Central Business District (CBD) is the commercial centre __________ a city. 
There we can find large shopping areas. It is usually located __________ the city 
centre.
6. A lot of tourists and business people stay __________ the hotels of the CBD, so 
the shops there usually can attract a large number of customers. It is also easier 
for customers __________ other places to reach them as the transport is 
convenient __________ the CBD. 
7. As there are so many business people and customers moving around __________ 
the CBD, traffic is always congested. Congestion is especially serious
__________ the rush hours. 
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Answers 
 
Exercise 2 
1. from 
2. on 
3. of, on, in, of
4. on, of, in, of 
5. of, in 
6. in, of, from 
7. in, in 
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