Language point: prepositions: in, on
4 Look at the information about in and on. Then choose the
correct prepositions in the sentences from the quiz.
Place
a book, a magazine, a
country, the world
1856, January / February,
etc, summer / winter, etc
On
a page, the front/back
cover, a list
5 December, Tuesday
Wednesday, etc.
Time
1 How many books are there in / on the world?
2 The first paperback books appeared in / on the 1900s.
3. Which of these superheroes first appeared in / on a comic
book?
4 The longest sentence in / on a work of fiction is 823 words.
5 Someone bought the Codex Leicester in / on 11 November,
1994.​

Gulliver was born in England.When he was only fourteen years old his father sent him to Cambridge to study medicine .He studied there for three years . When Gulliver left college he went on with his studies and became a doctor . He always wanted to travel . Gulliver became a doctor on a ship sailing both to the east and to the west indies.On May 4, 1699, he siled from Bristol for the south seas as a doctor of a ship named the Antelope. At first, everything went well but then there was a great storm. The ship came very close to the rocks and crashed into them . Some of the sailors and Igot a boat into the water. It was a small boat. When a big wave hit it, we all fell into the sea. He was swimming for a very long time and got very tired. Gulliver felt that he could not swim any longer. But the shore was not far away and soon his feet touched the ground. Gulliver walked oul of the sea to a beach - there wery no houses , there were no people. He was so tired that he lay down and fell asleep.

Read the sentences and choose the option, a or b, which has the same meaning.

1 My little brother mustn't walk to school on his own. He's only six years old.

b He is not allowed to walk to school on his own.

2 We don't have to finish our English project tonight.

a It is not necessary to finish the project tonight, but you can if you want to.

3 You mustn't eat food during the lesson.

b You are not allowed to eat food during the lesson.

4 I have to study tonight because we have an important history test tomorrow.

b I must study tonight.