Preposition of Place Exercise

1. Name________________
Date________________
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A person lives:
In a country and in a city.
Rebecca lives in the United States.
She lives in New York City.
on On a street, avenue, road, etc. She lives on Pine Street.
at At a street address. She lives at 1089 Pine Street.
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: Complete the sentences with prepositions of place.
Write about Oscar.
1
1)
) Oscar lives ______ Canada.
2
2)
) He lives ______ Toronto.
3
3)
) He lives ______ Main Street.
4
4)
) He lives ______ 1423 Main Street. O
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Write about Dr. Roberts
5
5)
) Dr. Roberts lives on ___________________. D
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6
6)
) He lives in ___________________. 1
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7
7)
) He lives at ___________________. M
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, F
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Write about yourself.
8
8)
) I live _____________________________.
(name of country)
9
9)
) I live _____________________________.
(name of city)
1
10
0)
) I live _____________________________.
(name of street)
1
11
1)
) I live _____________________________.
(street address)
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: Now make your own sentences using prepositions of place.
1
1)
) _______________________________________________________________
2
2)
) _______________________________________________________________

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above beside in back of in the middle of on
around between in the back of inside on top of
at far (away) from in front of near outside
behind in in the front of next to under
below
(
(a
a)
) The books are beside the cup.
(
(b
b)
) The books are next to the cup.
(
(c
c)
) The books are near the cup.
_________________________________
(
(d
d)
) The books are between two cups.
_________________________________
(
(e
e)
) The books are far (away) from the
cup.
_______________________________
(
(f
f)
) The cup is on the books.
(
(g
g)
) The cup is on top of the books.
_______________________________
(
(h
h)
) The cup is
under the
books.
_____________________
(
(i
i)
) The cup is above the
books.
_____________________
(
(j
j)
) The hands are
around the cup.
(
(k
k)
) The man is in back of the bus.
(
(l
l)
) The man is behind the bus.
________________________________
(
(m
m)
) The man is in the back of the bus.
________________________________
(
(n
n)
) The man is in front of the bus.
________________________________
(
(o
o)
) The man is in the front of the bus.
________________________________
(
(p
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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: 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
1)
) The apple is __________________________ the plate.
2
2)
) The apple is __________________________ the plate.
3
3)
) The apple is __________________________ the plate.
4
4)
) The apple is __________________________ the cup.
5
5)
) The apple isn’t close to the cup. It is ______________________________ the cup.
6
6)
) The apple is __________________________ the cup.
7
7)
) The cup is __________________________ two apples.
8
8)
) The hands are __________________________ the cup.
9
9)
) The dog isn’t inside the car. The dog is
__________________________ the car.
1
10
0)
) The dog is __________________________ the car.
1
11
1)
) The dog is__________________________ the car.
1
12
2)
) The dog is __________________________ the car.
1
13
3)
) The dog is __________________________ the car.