*** Judy Nguyen ***

Date: 4/7/24

PRACTICE: PREPOSITION

PLACE
We use AT for a POINT and INSTITUTIONS
> at the corner
> at the bus stop
> at the door
> at the bottom of the page
> at the end of the road
> at the entrance
> at the crossroads
> at the front desk
We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE and GEOGRAPHICAL
REGIONS
> in the garden
> in Manchester
> in England
> in a box
> in my pocket
> in my wallet
> in a building
> in a car
We use ON for a SURFACE and PUBLIC TRANSPORT
> on the wall
> on the ceiling
> on the door
> on the cover
> on the floor
> on the carpet
> on the menu
> on a page

I. Complete with on, in or at.

1. He’s swimming ______ the river.

2. Where’s Julie? She’s ______ school.

3. The plant is ______ the table.

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4. There is a spider ______ the bath.

5. Please put those apples ______ the bowl.

6. Frank is ______ holiday for three weeks.

7. There are two pockets ______ this bag.

8. I read the story ______ the newspaper.

9. The cat is sitting ______ the chair.

10. Lucy was standing ______ the bus stop.

II. Look at the picture and complete the sentences

1. ______ the picture, I can see Santa Claus and a girl.

2. Santa is sitting ______ a chair.

3. Santa and the girl are looking _____ each other.

4. The girl has a present ______ her hands.

5. Santa's big bag is lying _________ the floor.

III. Read the following sentences and say if the prepositions are correctly used; if they’re not,
correct them.

1. What is he doing on the moment? ……………………

2. I usually visit my grandparents in Christmas. ……………………

3. I am going to meet my friends at lunchtime. ……………………

4. We go to the beach at summer. ……………………

5. Joe had a big party in his birthday. ……………………

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6. There is a big picture in the wall. ……………………

7. My husband is mowing the lawn in the garden. ……………………

8. The children are playing on the street. ……………………

9. There’s an interesting documentary at TV. ……………………

10. Look! There is a bee in the cake! ……………………

IV. Write the correct question tag.

1. There’s some cake left in the fridge, _______________

2. You always sleep till late on Sundays, _______________

3. Mike’s mum has got long blonde hair, _______________

4. You can’t do a cartwheel, _______________

5. Mr. Jones went to Berlin on business, _______________

6. That motorbike isn’t yours, _______________

7. Let’s play dominoes, _______________

8. I’m thinner than my friend, Jill, _______________

9. My cousins weren’t at the theme park last weekend, ________________

10. Tom and Paul can speak Spanish fluently, ____________

11. Don’t comes to class late, ______________

12. Linda wasn’t writing in her diary when you called her, ________________