Prepositions: In/at/on (position) 1

Exercise 1 

Answer the questions about the pictures. Use in, at or on with the words below the pictures.

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1) Where's the label? On the bottle. ________

2) Where's the fly? ________

3) Where is the car waiting? ________

4) a   Where's the notice? ________

   b   Where's the key? ________

5) Where are the shelves? ________

6) Where's the Eiffel Tower? ________

7) a   Where's the man standing? ________

   b   Where's the bird? ________

8) Where are the children playing? ________

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1)

1   On the bottle

2   On his arm. or On the man's arm.

3   At the traffic lights.

4 a   On the door.

   b   In the door.

5   On the wall.

6   In Paris.

7 a   At the gate.

   b   On the gate.

8   On the beach.

Exercise 2 

Complete the sentences. Use inat or on + the following:

the window

your coffee

the mountains

that tree

guitar

the river

the island

the next petrol station


1) Look at those people swimming ________

2) One of the strings ________ is broken.

3) There's something wrong with the car. We'd better stop ________

4) Would you like sugar ________ ?

5) The leaves ________ are a beautiful colour.

6) Last year we had a wonderful skiing holiday ________

7) There's nobody living ________ . It's uninhabited.

8) He spends most of the day sitting ________ and looking outside.

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1   in the river

2   on guitar

3   at the next petrol station

4   in your coffee

5   on that tree

6   in the mountains

7   on the island

8   at the window

Exercise 3 

Complete the sentences with inat or on .

1) There was a long queue of people ________ the bus stop.

2) Nicola was wearing a silver ring ________ her little finger.

3) There was an accident ________ the crossroads this morning.

4) I wasn't sure whether I had come to the right office. There was no name ________ the door.

5) There are some beautiful trees ________ the park.

6) You'll find the sports results ________ the back page of the newspaper.

7) I wouldn't like an office job. I couldn't spend the whole day sitting ________ a computer.

8) brother lives ________ a small village ________ the south-west of England.

9) The man the police are looking for has a scar ________ his right cheek.

10) The headquarters of the company are ________ Milan.

11) I like that picture hanging ________ the wall ________ the kitchen.

12) If you come here by bus, get off ________ the stop after the traffic lights.

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1   at

2   on

3   at

4   on

5   in

6   on

7   at

8   in a small village in the south-west

9   on

10   in

11   on the wall in the kitchen

12   at

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