Unit 99: in / at / on (places 1)

Master prepositions of place

A. in

in a room / in a shop / in a car / in the water

in a garden / in a town / in the city centre / in France

• 'Where's David?' 'In the kitchen.' / 'In the garden.' / 'In London.'
• What's in that box / in that bag / in that cupboard?
• Angela works in a shop / in a bank / in a factory.
• I had a swim in the river / in the sea.
• Milan is in the north of Italy.
• I live in a town but I want to live in the country.

B. at

at the bus stop / at the door / at the traffic lights

at her desk / at the top (of the page) / at the bottom (of the page)

• There's somebody at the bus stop / at the door.
• The car is waiting at the traffic lights.
• Julia is working at her desk.
• Write your name at the top / at the bottom / at the end (of ...):
• My house is at the end of the street.

C. on

on a shelf / on a plate / on a balcony / on the floor etc.

on a wall / on a door / on the ceiling etc.

• There are some books on the shelf and some pictures on the wall.
• There are a lot of apples on those trees.
• Don't sit on the grass. It's wet.
• There is a stamp on the envelope.

also on a horse / on a bicycle / on a motor-bike:

• Who is that man on the motor-bike?

in

in the kitchen
in a shop
in the river

at

at the bus stop
at the door
at her desk

on

on the shelf
on the wall
on the floor

99.1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use in/at/on + the words in brackets ( ... ).

1 (the kitchen)

2 (the box)

3 (the box)

4 (the clock)

5 (the bus stop)

6 (the field)

7 (the balcony)

8 (the pool)

9 (the window)

10 (the ceiling)

11 (the table)

12 (the table)

Where is he? In the kitchen.
Where are the shoes? .
Where is the pen? .
Where is the clock? .
Where is the bus? .
Where are the horses? .
Where are they standing? .
Where is she swimming? .
Where is he standing? .
Where is the spider? .
Where is he sitting? .
Where is she sitting? .

99.2 Put in in/at/on.

Don't sit on the grass. It's wet.
What have you got your bag?
Look! There's a man the roof. What's he doing?
There are a lot of fish this river.
Our house is number 45 — the number is the door.
'Is the cinema near here?' 'Yes, turn left the traffic lights.'
I usually do my shopping the city centre.
My sister lives Brussels.
There's a small park the top of the hill.
I think I heard the doorbell. There's somebody the door.
Munich is a large city the south of Germany.
There are a few shops the end of the street.
It's difficult to carry a lot of things a bicycle.
I looked at the list of names. My name was the bottom of the list.
There is a mirror the wall the living room.