PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Exercise 1
Choose the correct preposition for each expression: in, at, on

1. _____ a room 18. _____ the corner of a room

2. _____ a building
3. _____ a garden
4. _____ a park
5. _____ the water
6. _____ a row
7. _____ a line
8. _____ the bus-stop
9. _____ the cinema
10. _____ the end of the street
11. _____ the top of the page
12. _____ the seaside
13. _____ the ceiling
14. _____ the floor
15. _____ the left
16. _____ the right
17. _____ the outskirts
19. _____ the corner of a street
20. _____ the ground floor
21. _____ the suburbs
22. _____ the sky
23. _____ the list
24. _____ a dinner
25. _____ the Opera House
26. _____ this book
27. _____ the bottom of the page
28. _____ the back of the class
29. _____ the front of the class
30. _____ the front of a car
31. _____ the front of a piece of
paper
32. _____ the west coast
33. _____ the main road
34. _____ a wedding party

Exercise 2
Use the correct preposition for each sentence.

1. I live _____ an apartment building.

2. My apartment building is _____ the corner.
3. My apartment is _____ the fifth floor.
4. My friend lives _____ 27 Strong Street.
5. He lives _____ apartment 501.
6. I live _____ the top floor.
7. It’s the fifth floor _____ your left.
8. That apartment was _____ the basement.
9. I used to live _____ 12 Harrison Street.
10. The label is _____ the bottle.
11. Jack is waiting _____ the bottom of the stairs.
12. Our seats are _____ the third row.
13. Turn left _____ the lights.
14. He’s sitting _____ the chair next to the piano.
15. I met Jack _____ the street.
16. He has a lot of beautiful pictures _____ the wall.
17. I live _____ the fifth floor of my apartment building.
18. We waited for an hour _____ the bus-stop.
19. Who is that woman _____ the photograph?
20. You will find an explanation _____ page 18.
21. Paris is _____ the river Seine.
22. The instructions are _____ the back of the box.
23. Can you see who is _____ the door?
24. She is _____ the bus-stop waiting for a bus.
25. The headline is _____ the top of the page.
26. The boys are playing football _____ the street.
27. She had a toothache so she’s _____ the dentist office.
28. I am _____ home all day on Friday.
29. Please turn right _____ the traffic light.
30. Shall we travel _____ your car or mine?
31. I didn’t see you _____ the party on Saturday. Where were you?
32. I wasn’t in when you phoned. I was _____ my sister’s house.
33. Is Tom _____ this photograph? I can’t find him.
34. It’s a very small village. You probably won’t find it _____ your map.
35. When I’m a passenger in a car, I prefer to sit _____ the front.
36. I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting
_____ a desk.