In, On, At - Prepositions of Place

Generally, we use at, in and on when we talk about the location of things.

What do the prepositions in these three things tell us about the locations?

"Meet Simon at the end of the road."

"You left your glasses in the bathroom."
"Is that a spider on the wall?"

At a Point
At tells us that the following noun is located at a specific point. It shows a position without
a delimited area or with an abstract sense, not concrete.

"She's waiting at the entrance."

"He's sitting on his chair at his desk."
"I work at a bank."

In an Enclosed Space
In tells us the noun is in an enclosed space (surround or closed off on all sides). Basically,
when something is inside something.

In a box.
In a room.
In a country.

On a Surface
On tells us that the following noun is located on a surface. Use on when one thing is
attached to or touching something.

On the table.
On the floor.
On the chair.

What's the difference between these two sentences?

She's at the library.
She's in the library.

She's at the library. - the emphasis is on her location and the type of place she has
gone to, for an expected reason (reading, doing research etc.)
She's in the library. - the emphasis is on the type of building she is in (inside).

Both of these sentences are fine to answer the question, "Where is she?"

She was waiting for me at the restaurant.

She was waiting for me in the restaurant.

Both are fine, but with slightly different meanings. "At the restaurant" means she could be
either outside or inside the restaurant, while "in the restaurant" means she's definitely
inside. If you are "in" a place, that area has limits (e.g., walls, a fence, a border etc.) and you are
surrounded by those limits.
Now decide which preposition needs to be used:

 1 - I always keep some extra money __ my bag in case of emergencies.

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 2 - I'll read it tonight ___ home.

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 3 - Do you live ___ a house or an apartment?

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 4 - Did you learn English ___ that school?

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 5 – We all discussed every point _____ the meeting last week.

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 6 - I read about it ___ the newspaper.

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 7 - He went for a swim ___ the river

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 8 - The dog's sleeping ___ the carpet.

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 9 - The information is ___ the top of the page.

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 10 - Were you ___ the party too?

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