Prepositions of Place at, in, on

Use atinon POINTENCLOSED SPACE SURFACE at the cornerin the gardenon the wall at the bus stop in Londonon the ceiling at the doorin Franceon the door at the top of the page in a boxon the cover at the end of the road in my pocketon the floor at the entrance in my walleton the carpet at the crossroads in a buildingon the menu at the front desk in a caron a page

Examples: Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop. The shop is at the end of the street. My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and arrived in Bangkok two hours late. When will you arrive at the office? Do you work in an office? I have a meeting in New York.

More Examples… Do you live in Japan? Jupiter is in the Solar System. The author's name is on the cover of the book. There are no prices on this menu. You are standing on my foot. There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall. I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.

Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions: atinon at homein a caron a bus at workin a taxion a train at schoolin a helicopteron a plane at universityin a boaton a ship at collegein a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a motorbike at the topin the newspaper on a horse, on an elephant at the bottomin the skyon the radio, on television at the sidein a rowon the left, on the right at receptionin Oxford Street on the way

Other important Prepositions by, next to, besideleft or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. underon the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else the bag is under the table belowlower than something else but above ground the fish are below the surface overcovered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also across) overcoming an obstacle put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall abovehigher than something else, but not directly over it a path above the lake acrossgetting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side walk across the bridge swim across the lake

throughsomething with limits on top, bottom and the sides drive through the tunnel tomovement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed intoenter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house towardsmovement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house ontomovement to the top of something jump onto the table fromin the sense of where from a flower from the garden

fromwho gave ita present from Jane ofwho/what does it belong to what does it show a page of the book the picture of a palace bywho made ita book by Mark Twain onwalking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle on foot, on horseback get on the bus inentering a car / Taxiget in the car

offleaving a public transport vehicle get off the train out ofleaving a car / Taxiget out of the taxi byrise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus atfor ageshe learned Russian at 45 aboutfor topics, meaning what about we were talking about you

EXERCISES

Complete the exercise according to the picture. _ the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting __ a table. She is sitting __ a chair. There is another chair ____ the woman. Her feet are ___ the table. oninat

Complete the exercise according to the picture. In the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting _ a table. She is sitting __ a chair. There is another chair _____ the woman. Her feet are ____ the table. inatup

Complete the exercise according to the picture. In the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting at a table. She is sitting __ a chair. There is another chair ____ the woman. Her feet are ____ the table. oninup

Complete the exercise according to the picture. In the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting at a table. She is sitting on a chair. There is another chair _____ the woman. Her feet are ____ the table. under in opposite

Complete the exercise according to the picture. In the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting at a table. She is sitting on a chair. There is another chair opposite the woman. Her feet are ____ the table. under inup

Complete the exercise according to the picture. In the picture, I can see a woman. The woman is sitting at a table. She is sitting on a chair. There is another chair opposite the woman. Her feet are under the table.

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