PREPOSITIONS

OF PLACE

CONTENTS • Prepositions of place

• Some prepositions of place: a list
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The pen is on the floor.

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(a) The pen is on the floor.

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(a) The pen is on the floor .

= preposition
= object of the preposition
on the floor = prepositional phrase

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(b) Demetra lives in Greece.

= preposition

= object of the preposition

in Greece = prepositional phrase

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(b) Demetra lives in Greece.
(in a country)
She lives in Athens.
(in a city)
(c) She lives on Sigma Street.
(on a street, avenue, road ...)
(d) She lives at 304 Sigma Street.
(at a street address)
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Where do you live?
I live ___
in Colombia.
on
I live ___
in Cali, Colombia. in
at
I live ___
on Quince Street.

I live ___
at 234 Quince Street.
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Where do in
I live __ on
you live?
in
Moscow. at

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Where do I live __
on on
you live? East Street. in
at

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Where do
you live? at 556
I live __
Main Street.

on
in
at

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The girl is beside

her mother.

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(a) The girl is beside her mother.

(b) The girl is next to her mother.

(c) The girl is near her mother.

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(d) Katie is between her brothers.

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(e) The girl is far away from the house.

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(f) The glass is on the table.

(g) The glass is on top of the table.

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(h) The square is under the triangle.

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(i) The square is above the triangle.

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(j) The circle is around the triangle.

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(k) The couple is in back of the car.

(l ) The couple is behind the car.

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(m) The child is in the back of the car.

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(n) The man is in front of the car.

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(o) The driver is in the front of the car.

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(p) The letter is in the middle of the circle.

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between the triangles.

The star is _______

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above the triangle.

The star is _____

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under the triangle.

The star is _____

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The moon is ___________

far away from the earth.

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