PREPOSITION OF PLACES
WARM UP
GRAMMAR
IN: INSIDE
We use IN to show that something is enclosed or surrounded.
Example: The dog is in the garden She is in the taxi
We also use IN to show position within land-areas (town, countries, and continents).Example: We live in Soledad
We use the preposition IN in expressions as...in a room in a building in a gardenin a building in a city in a country
We say that somebody/something is...in a line in a photograph in the skyin the world in a book in a newspaperin bed in hospital in prision
ON:
ON means that something is in a position that is physically touching, covering or attached to something. We use ON to show a specific place or position.Example: I can see a spider on the ceiling.
AT:
We use AT to show an exact position or particular place.Example: I met her at the bus stop.
We use the preposition AT in expressions as...
at the bus stop at the door at the windowat the top (of the page) at the bottom (of a page) at the end
We say that somebody is at home/ at work / at school / at universityWe say that somebody is at an event (at s party / at a conference)
You can often use IN or AT with buildings. For example, you can eat in a restaurant or at a restaurant.
We usually say at when we say where an event takes place. We went to a concert at The Royal Festival Hall
OTHER PREPOSITIONSby, next to, beside, near
- not far away in distance
- The girl who is by / next to / beside the house.
between
- in or into the space which separates two places, people or objects
- The town lies halfway between Rome and Florence.
- at the back (of)
- I hung my coat behind the door.
- further forward than someone or something else
- She started talking to the man in front of her
- lower than (or covered by) something else
- the cat is under the chair.
over
- above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other.
- more than.
- across from one side to the other.
- overcoming an obstacle
- She held the umbrella over both of us.
- Most of the carpets are over $100.
- I walked over the bridge
- She jumped over the gate
across
- from one side to the other of something with clear limits / getting to the other side
- She walked across the field/road.
- He sailed across the Atlantic
- from one end or side of something to the other
- They walked slowly through the woods.
- in the direction of
- bed
- We went to Prague last year.
- I go to bed at ten.
- towards the inside or middle of something and about to be contained, surrounded or enclosed by it
- Shall we go into the garden?
- in the direction of, or closer to someone or something
- She stood up and walked towardshim.
- used to show movement into or on a particular place
- I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.
- used to show the place where someone or something starts:
- What time does the flight fromAmsterdam arrive?
ACTIVITIES
WRITING
1. Complete the sentences. Use IN, ON or AT + one of the following
the window my guitar your coffee the river the mountain the island
that tree the next garage
a) Look at those people swimming _________________________________
b) There is something wrong with the car. We´d better stop _____________________________
c) Would you like sugar ____________________________________________?
d) There is nobody living __________________________________. It is uninhabited
e) He spends most of the day sitting ______________________ and looking outside.
2. Complete the sentences with IN, ON or AT
a) It can be dangerous when children play ____________________ the street.
b) If you walk to the end of the street, you will see a small shop __________________ the corner.
c) Is Tom __________ this photogrpah ? I can´t find him.
d) Write your name _______________ the top of the page.
e) I like that picture hanging ___________ the wall __________ the kitchen.
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=597
READING
LISTENING
Listen the audio and write the sentences
SPEAKING
Make a mock-up or a plan of your neighborhood and describe it
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