Prepositions of Place - English for Everyone

1 Name_____ Date_____ PPrreeppoossiittiioonnss ooff PPllaaccee in A person lives: In a country and in a city. Rebecca lives in the United States. She lives in New York City. on On a street, avenue, road, etc. She lives on Pine Street. at At a street address. She lives at 1089 Pine Street. DDiirreeccttiioonnss:: Complete the sentences with Prepositions of Place . Write about Oscar. 11)) Oscar lives _____ Canada. 22)) He lives _____ Toronto. 33)) He lives _____ Main Street. 44)) He lives _____ 1423 Main Street. OOssccaarr 11442233 MMaaiinn SSttrreeeett TToorroonnttoo,, CCaannaaddaa Write about Dr. Roberts 55)) Dr. Roberts lives on _____. RRoobbeerrttss 66)) He lives in _____. 111188 SSttaattee SSttrreeeett 77)) He lives at _____.

2 MMiiaammii,, FFlloorriiddaa Write about yourself. 88)) I live _____. (name of country) 99)) I live _____. (name of city) 1100)) I live _____. (name of street) 1111)) I live _____. (street address) DDiirreeccttiioonnss:: Now make your own sentences using Prepositions of Place . 11)) _____ 22)) _____ PPrreeppoossiittiioonnss ooff PPllaaccee ((aa lliisstt)) above beside in back of in the middle of on around between in the back of inside on top of at far (away) from in front of near outside behind in in the front of next to under below ((aa)) The books are beside the cup. ((bb)) The books are next to the cup. ((cc)) The books are near the cup. _____ ((dd)) The books are between two cups. _____ ((ee)) The books are far (away) from the cup.

3 _____ ((ff)) The cup is on the books. ((gg)) The cup is on top of the books. _____ ((hh)) The cup is under the books. _____ ((ii)) The cup is above the books. _____ ((jj)) The hands are around the cup. ((kk)) The man is in back of the bus. ((ll)) The man is behind the bus. _____ ((mm)) The man is in the back of the bus. _____ ((nn)) The man is in front of the bus. _____ ((oo)) The man is in the front of the bus. _____ ((pp)) The man is in the middle of the bus. In (m), (o), and (p) the man is inside the bus. _____ DDiirreeccttiioonnss:: Describe the pictures by completing the sentences with the correct preposition of Place . For each question, there may be more than one possible answer. 11)) The apple is _____ the plate. 22)) The apple is _____ the plate. 33)) The apple is _____ the plate.

4 44)) The apple is _____ the cup. 55)) The apple isn t close to the cup. It is _____ the cup. 66)) The apple is _____ the cup. 77)) The cup is _____ two apples. 88)) The hands are _____ the cup. 99)) The dog isn t inside the car. The dog is _____ the car. 1100)) The dog is _____ the car. 1111)) The dog is_____ the car. 1122)) The dog is _____ the car. 1133)) The dog is _____ the car.

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