1. Events in June
Prepositions quiz

2. Please read through the presentation about events taking place in June
Please read through the presentation about events taking place in June. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition. Please check the answers presentation to see how you did!

3. Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot is the biggest horse racing meeting ____ Britain. This year it is being held between Tuesday 14th to Saturday 18th June.
It is held ____ Ascot Race Course ___ Berkshire. Ascot usually lasts _____ four days.

4. Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back ___ 1711 when it was founded by Queen Anne. Every year Royal Ascot is attended by HM Elizabeth II and various members of the British Royal Family, arriving each day ___ a horse-drawn carriage with the Royal procession taking place at the start of each race day and the raising of the Queen’s Royal Standard.

5. Royal Ascot
Over 300,000 people make the annual visit ___ Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting.
There are 16 Group races on offer, with at least one Group One event ___ each of the five days. The Ascot Gold Cup is ___ Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3,000,000 of prize money ___ offer.

6. Trooping the Colour
The Queen's birthday is officially celebrated ___ the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday ___ June. The Queen watches a parade of hundreds of soldiers dressed in their colourful uniforms with military music.

7. Trooping the Colour
The custom ___ Trooping the Colour dates back ____ the time ___ Charles II in the 17th Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment.

8. Trooping the Colour
This impressive display ___ pageantry is carried out ___ her personal troops, the Household Division, on Horse Guards Parade, with the Queen herself attending and taking the salute.

9. Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival ___ Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly known as Glastonbury. The festival is best known ____ its contemporary music, but also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and many other arts.

10. Glastonbury Festival
The festival takes place ___ South West England ___ Worthy Farm between the small villages of Pilton and Pylle, six miles east ___ the town of Glastonbury, overlooked ___ the Glastonbury Tor in the mystical "Vale of Avalon“. This year it is happening ___ 22nd,23rd,24th and 25th June.