Prepositions of

place and movement

Prepositions of place and movement
Let’s look at some examples of sentences with
prepositions of place and movement:

❖ Stephanie saw Uyen sitting at a table on the fourth floor.

❖ Stephanie repeated the third grade in Mexico.

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1. Complete the gaps with AT, IN, ON.
a. We found some interesting quotes ____
in a book.
b. My dad tells me jokes he hears ____
on the radio every
day. in London
c. I’m sure I saw that actress
at ____ a taxi two days ago.
d. Will you meet me ____ the corner
in shop?
e. Please place your groceries in
____ a paper bag.
f. Jenny studies engineering
at ____ London.
g. You won’t catch me ____ work after 6 pm.
 1. Complete the gaps with AT, IN, ON.
h. I lost my sunglasses ____
on the school bus.
i. Be sure to meet me ____
at the bus stop tomorrow.
j. Did you read that ____
on an online article? London
k. My mom seems to spend half her life ____
in the kitchen.
l. Kevin met his girlfriend ____
at a tennis match.
m. Don’t trust everything you read ____
on the internet.
n. I’m watching a fabulous series ____
on Netflix.
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1. Choose a preposition of movement for each
sentence.

a. The dog is running over / across

the field.

b. Why are you looking through

/ across the window?
1. Choose a preposition of movement for each
sentence.

c. After you go past / along the

red phone booths, turn left.

d. After jumping around / over the bar,

the athlete sprained his ankle.

1. Choose a preposition of movement for each
sentence.

e. We put our tent under / over a

tree so as to be in the shade.

f. My grandparents love walking past /

along the river bank after their yoga
class.
2. Complete these sentences with prepositions of
movement.
a. If you keep going _________
around in circles, you’ll get dizzy.
b. It takes me 5 minutes to go _________
from home _________
to
school.
past
c. Are you sure you’re allowed to go _________ that sign? It might
not be safe.
under
d. Why are you putting all these boxes _________ your bed? This
way it will be difficult to hoover!
2. Complete these sentences with prepositions of
movement.
e. Turn _________
towards me so that I can see your face better.
f. We are driving _________
across the country from Chaves to Faro.

g. Go _________
along the street and turn right at the traffic lights.

h. It was impossible to get the new sofa _________

through the door.