PREPOSITIONS: IN ON AT

1. Complete the sentences with the prepositions

IN ON AT:
a) I’m waiting for you ____________the bus stop.
b) The pink t-shirt is ______________ the closet.
c) There are many English books _______________ the shelves.
d) Can you see that poster _____________ the wall?
e) I meet my friend Laura _____________the shopping centre_________7 pm.
f) I am ___________ home now. Call me _____________a few minutes please.
g) Sarah is ______________the airport. I hope she’ll be here right________ time.
h) I get up_____________7 o ‘clock in the morning, so I never go to bed
late__________night.
i) My brother studies _______________university, my sister is still _________school
and I work as a nurse ______________ hospital.
j) My birthday is ______________May. I was born _____________May, the 3rd 1988
____________ Madrid, Spain.
k) I live _________24 St. Theresea ST, ___________Denver, Colorado.
l) The Beatles were the best band ____________the 1960s. They were always
________ the top of the lists.
m) There’s a new shop _________________Main Street, right ____________the corner.
n) He became professional football player ______________the age of 16.
o) She appears _________________TV every Sunday afternoon__________5 o’clock.
p) __________Sunday I go to the cinema with my friends.
q) ____________Lunchtime I go back home to eat something.
r) Please, put that red pen______________the desk, it’s ______________the floor now,
or maybe _______________that box.
s) She’s been_________________prison for some years. Currently, she’s working
__________ supermarket.
t) Amy’s sister goes ___________ holiday ______________summer.
u) The English books are ____________________my schoolbag. My schoolbag is
____________the table, _______________the living-room.
v) I can’t live _________________a farm, it’s too boring. I’d rather live _____________an
island ___________the Caribbean.
w) My father is ________________the office now. He comes back home
_____________midnight because he’s very busy.
x) I am _______________the window, looking at the people passing by.
y) Do you like the life _____________the country or the life ___________the city?
z) See you ______________Mayte’s party!!

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 ANSWER KEY:
A) AT
B) IN
C) ON
D) ON
E) AT/AT
F) AT/IN
G) AT/IN
H) AT/AT
I) AT/AT/AT
J) IN/ON/IN
K) AT/IN
L) IN/AT
M) IN/AT
N) AT
O) ON/AT
P) ON
Q) AT
R) ON/ON/IN
S) IN/AT
T) ON/IN
U) IN/ON/IN
V) ON/ON
W) IN/AT
X) AT
Y) IN/IN
Z) AT

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