This document provides examples and explanations of common prepositions of place in English including "at", "in", and "on". It discusses how these prepositions are used to describe locations such as buildings, cities, rooms, surfaces, directions, and other places. The document also includes a series of multiple choice questions to test understanding of when to correctly use these prepositions of place in sentences.

1. LET’S
LEARN THEM!

2. PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE
Use prepositions of place to describe where something is.
in on
under
behind
In front of
above below
between
next to

3. ✓ The top, bottom (of the page): Please sign your name at the top/
bottom of the page.
✓ Directions: Turn right at traffic lights / You go at the end of
the street.
✓ Position (next to something): May I meet you at the corner
of that street?.
✓ The front/ The back: I wrote her name at the front/ back of the
book.
✓ The beginning/ the end: Can you tell me what happen at the
end of the movie please?
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE
Use prepositions of place to describe where something is.
At is also used in these situations:

4. In is also used in these situations:
✓ Countries, cities, Villages: They live in Italy/ in Rome/ in Belmiro.
✓ The world: It’s the richest country in the world.
✓ Mountains and Valleys: I have a cottage in the mountain/
There is a hut in a valley near by here.
✓ Buildings: We live in an apartment.
✓ Water: Swimming in the river is not allowed/ in the sea/ in the
lake.
✓ The middle/Centre: She is in the middle of New York/ In the
city centre.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE
Use prepositions of place to describe where something is.
✓ Books/ Films/ Newspaper: Which film was that actress in?
I read the news in the newspaper.

5. ✓ Walls, ceilings, doors, floor: He hung the picture on the wall/the
ceiling/the door.
✓ Surfaces: There is a mark on the sofa/ table/ page.
✓ The front/ side / back: There is a label on the bottle.
✓ Left / right: The office is on the right.
✓ Floors: Her flat is on the third floor.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE
Use prepositions of place to describe where something is.
On is also used in these situations:
✓ Lists/ Menus: Is your name on the list? What’s on the
menu?
✓ Electronic Devices: The movie is on the TV, The music
is on the radio, My files are on the computer.

6. Answer the Questions.
1. Which sentence is NOT correct:
✓ He works in the second floor.
✓ She lives in the centre of the city.
✓ I will meet her at the mall.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

7. Answer the Questions.
2. Which sentence is NOT correct:
✓ There are no raw meals on the menu.
✓ You can watch the movie on Netflix.
✓ The Queen dies on the end of the story.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

8. Answer the Questions.
✓ Turn left at the end of this hill .
✓ There’s something written at the side of the
container.
✓ You are standing at the back of the queue.
3. Which sentence is NOT correct:
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

9. Answer the Questions.
4. Which one goes in the space?
Our names are ______ the top of the list.
✓ at.
✓ on .
✓ in.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

10. Answer the Questions.
5. Which preposition goes in the space?
She lives next ______ a railway line.
✓ from.
✓ to .
✓ of.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

11. Answer the Questions.
6. Which preposition goes in the space?
My suitcase is right in front ______ her.
✓ to.
✓ from .
✓ of.
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF PLACE

12. Answer the Questions.
7. Complete the sentence.
We rented a car _____ Polska.
✓ on.
✓ in.
✓ at.
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13. Answer the Questions.
8. Which sentence is NOT correct?
✓ I saw you on the butcher’s today.
✓ I saw you at the butcher’s today.
✓ I saw you in the butcher’s today.
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14. Answer the Questions.
9. Which sentence is NOT correct?
✓ The office is at Timoteo Penteado.
✓ I was at a meeting. Sorry I missed you.
✓ Please sign your name at the bottom.
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15. Answer the Questions.
10. Which sentence is NOT correct?
✓ We live in a farm on the mountain.
✓ The garage is on the main road between Guarulhos
and Tatuapé.
✓ She wrote something for you on the back of
the envelope.
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