At the Airport Part 2 (A2)

Prepositions of place
16 March 2022

1. ON, IN, AT

We use ON to locate something on a flat surface. We use in to locate something in an

enclosed (or semi-enclosed) space (with volume). We use AT to locate something in
relation to a fixed point.

EXERCISE 1: Look at each of the pictures and make sentences with IN, ON or AT.

Air Traffic Control

1. The aircraft is ________ the air and the air traffic controllers are ________ their
workstations.

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2. They are ______ board. The seats _____ the plane can recline.
3. The woman’s seat is _______ the upright position because she’s working _______ her
laptop. She has headphones __________ her head.

4. I have my passport and my boarding pass __________ my hand. I checked the flight
information ___________ the departures board, and I’m boarding _______ gate C15.

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5. Now make as many sentences as you can with in, on and at.

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2. NEXT TO, OPPOSITE, NEAR / CLOSE TO, ABOVE, BELOW, UNDER, INSIDE, ON
TOP OF, BY, BETWEEN, BEHIND, IN FRONT OF

EXERCISE 1: Let’s use the prepositions to describe where the people, places and things
in the pictures are located.

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