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Prepositions of Place 2
in
on
at

A person lives:
In a country and in a city.
On a street, avenue, road, etc.
At a street address.

Rebecca lives in the United States.

She lives in New York City.
She lives on Pine Street.
She lives at 1089 Pine Street.

Directions: Complete the sentences with prepositions of place.

Write about Oscar.
1) Oscar lives ______ Canada.
2) He lives ______ Toronto.
3) He lives ______ Main Street.
4) He lives ______ 1423 Main Street.

Oscar
1423 Main Street
Toronto, Canada

Write about Dr. Roberts

5) Dr. Roberts lives on ___________________.

Dr. M.K. Roberts

6) He lives in ___________________.

118 State Street

7) He lives at ___________________.

Miami, Florida

Write about yourself.

8) I live _____________________________.
(name of country)
9) I live _____________________________.
(name of city)
10) I live _____________________________.
(name of street)
11) I live _____________________________.
(street address)
Directions: Now make your own sentences using prepositions of place.
1) _______________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________

Prepositions of Place (a list)

above
around
at
behind
below

beside
between
far (away) from
in

in back of
in the back of
in front of
in the front of

(a) The books are beside the cup.

(b) The books are next to the cup.
(c) The books are near the cup.
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(e) The books are far (away) from the

cup.

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(h) The cup is
under the
books.
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in the middle of
inside
near
next to

on
on top of
outside
under

(d) The books are between two cups.

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(f) The cup is on the books.

(g) The cup is on top of the books.

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(i) The cup is above the

books.

(j) The hands are

around the cup.

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(k) The man is in back of the bus.

(l) The man is behind the bus.

(m) The man is in the back of the bus.

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(n) The man is in front of the bus.
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(o) The man is in the front of the bus.

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(p) The man is in the middle of the bus.

In (m), (o), and (p) the man is inside the bus.
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Directions: Describe the pictures by completing the sentences with the correct
preposition of place. For each question, there may be more than one possible answer.

1)

The apple is __________________________ the plate.

2)

The apple is __________________________ the plate.

3)

The apple is __________________________ the plate.

4)

5)

6)

7)

8)

The apple is __________________________ the cup.

The apple isnt close to the cup. It is ______________________________ the cup.

The apple is __________________________ the cup.

The cup is __________________________ two apples.

The hands are __________________________ the cup.

9)

The dog isnt inside the car. The dog is

__________________________ the car.

10)

The dog is __________________________ the car.

11)

The dog is__________________________ the car.

12)

The dog is __________________________ the car.

13)

The dog is __________________________ the car.