Choose the correct preposition. (Выбери правильный предлог.)
1 Paul reads the newspaper by/at the beginning of the day.
2 She started her career in/at teaching when she was twenty-three years old.
3 The teacher left Elliot in/at charge of the class while she was in the headmaster's office.
4 There are very few people who can work well on/under great pressure.
5 He left school at/on the age of sixteen.
6 Everyone congratulated him in/at the end of his lecture.
Все предлоги — часть устойчивых выражений, их надо запомнить.
- at the beginning of — «в начале»: at the beginning of the day.
- start a career in + область деятельности: in teaching («в преподавании»).
- in charge of — «отвечающий за, главный»: left Elliot in charge of the class.
- under pressure — «в условиях давления, напряжения»: work well under great pressure.
- at the age of — «в возрасте»: at the age of sixteen.
- at the end of — «в конце»: at the end of his lecture.
