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Unit 3, Lesson 2, Page 28, Grammar Activities

PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION; THERE IS / THERE ARE
Look at the picture. Circle the correct answer.

1. The bank is between / next to the firehouse.

2. The park is across from / next to the restaurant.

3. The gas station is around the corner from the firehouse / coffee shop.

4. The firehouse is near / around the corner from the bank.

5. The post office is down the street from / across from the park.

6. The coffee shop is near / next to the library.

7. The restaurant is across from the park / library.

8. The parking lot is next to the post office / bank.

9. The library is between the bank and the coffee shop / restaurant.

Look again at the picture in Exercise A. Check the prepositions you can use to describe the two locations.

across from next to around the down the near

corner from street from
firehouse bank

post office park

library parking lot

coffee shop gas station

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Complete the e-mail. Use there’s or there are. Use capital letters as needed.

1.

2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9.

10. 11.

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Complete the sentences. Circle the correct prepositions.

1. Put the paper the wastebasket.

a. in front of b. in

2. Put the wastebasket your desk.

a. near b. over

3. Put your books your desk.

a. behind b. on

4. Put the rug your bed and your desk.

a. under b. in

5. Put your clothes the closet.

a. in b. behind

6. Put your chair your desk.

a. on b. in front of

7. Put some milk and sugar my coffee, please.

a. in b. behind

8. Put your gloves your hands.

a. on b. over

Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences.

1. are in .

2. is behind .

3. The pen is the glass.

4. The is the table.

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