This document provides examples of prepositions of direction and place. It lists common prepositions of direction like above, across, after, along, and down and provides example sentences to illustrate their uses. It then discusses prepositions of place like in, on, under and examples of their uses to indicate location. It emphasizes the difference between being in something, which means inside, versus being in front of something, which means outside.

1. DAY 1

2. PREPOSITIONS OF
DIRECTION

6. Preposition Use Sentences
above higher than sth.
The picture
hangs above my bed.
across
from one side to the other
side
You mustn't go across this
road here.
There isn't a
bridge across the river.
after one follows the other
The cat ran after the dog.
After you.
against directed towards sth.
The bird flew against the
window.
along
in a line; from one point to
another
They're walking along the
beach.
among in a group I like being among people.

7. around in a circular way
We're sitting around the
campfire.
at* position at a point I arrived at the meeting.
behind at the back of
Our house is behind the
supermarket.
below lower than sth.
Death Valley is 86
metres below sea level.
beside next to
Our house is beside the
supermarket.
between sth./sb. is on each side
Our house is between the
supermarket and the school.

8. The woman is running up the hill.
He looks up at the sky.
You need to walk up the stairs
to get to the bedrooms.
The children love to climb up
trees.
up

9. up to
They're going up to their rooms.
She goes up to the
attic to look for
her old stuff.

10. down
She's running down the hill.
The children run down the
stairs.
He slipped and fell
down the stairs.

11. down to
She's going down to the laundry.
They all went down to
the living room.

12. It's hard to transport something across the border.
He sailed across the ocean.
They swam across the lake.
across

13. Prepositions of Place
Examples
My dad is in the kitchen.
The dog is on the sofa.
The toys aren’t under the table.

14. Remember!
We use prepositions of place to say where things are.
Where’s the cat? It’s hiding behind the chair.
I don’t like sitting next to my brother in the car.
Have you got any apples? Yes, they’re in the
fridge between the grapes and the oranges.

15. Be careful!
If you are in something, you are inside.
If you are in front of something, you
are outside it (the opposite of behind).
Ben is in his house. I can’t see him.
Look, Ben is in front of his house. I can
see him!

16. We say... We don’t say...
The book is on the table. (NOT The
book is in the table.)
My school is between a park and a
cafe. (NOT My school is between a
park.)

18. I'm Peter and I live _______ Germany. ________ summer I
like to travel _______ Italy, because ________ the
weather and the people there. Last summer I took a
plane __________ Munich to Rome. __________ the
airport we went to our hotel _________ bus. We
stopped ________ a small restaurant for a quick meal. The
driver parked the bus _______ the restaurant. Nobody
could find the bus and the driver, so we
waited _________the restaurant ________ one hour. The
driver was walking ________ the small park ________ the
restaurant which we did not know. So we were very
angry _______ him. But my holidays were great. We
sat ________ campfires and went dancing _______the
early mornings.

19. I'm Peter and I live in Germany. In summer I like to
travel to Italy, because of the weather and the people there.
Last summer I took a plane from Munich to Rome. From the
airport we went to our hotel by bus. We stopped at a small
restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the
bus behind the restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and
the driver, so we waited outside the restaurant for one hour.
The driver was walking through the small park near the
restaurant which we did not know. So we were very
angry with him. But my holidays were great. We
sat round campfires and went dancing till the early mornings.