Exercise 1
Complete the sentences about the pictures. Use in, at or on with the words below the pictures.
1) You can hire a car ________
2) Dave is ________
3) Karen is ________
4) Martin is ________
5) Judy is ________
6) I saw Gary ________
7) We spent a few days ________
8) We went to a show ________
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1)
1 at the airport
2 on a train
3 at a conference
4 in hospital / in the hospital
5 at the hairdresser's
6 on his bike
7 in New York
8 at the Savoy Theatre
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences. Use in , at or on + the following:
|
the plane |
hospital |
a taxi |
the station |
the cinema |
|
Tokyo |
school |
prison |
the airport |
the sports centre |
1) train arrives at 11.30. Can you meet me ________ ?
2) We walked to the restaurant, but we went home ________
3) I'd like to see a film. What's on ________ this week?
4) Some people are ________ for crimes that they did not com m it.
5) 'What does your sister do? Does she have a job?' 'No, she's still ________
6) I play basketball ________ on Friday evenings.
7) A friend of mine was injured in an accident a few days ago. She's still ________
8) Our flight was delayed. We had to wait ________ for four hours.
9) I enjoyed the flight, but the food ________ wasn't very nice.
10) Vicky has gone to Japan. She's living ________
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2)
1 at the station
2 in a taxi
3 at the cinema
4 in prison
5 at school
6 at the sports centre
7 in hospital
8 at the airport
9 on the plane
10 in Tokyo
Exercise 3
Complete these sentences with in , at or on .
1) We went to a concert ________ the National Concert Hall.
2) It was a very slow train. It stopped ________ every station.
3) parents live ________ a small village about 50 miles from London.
4) I haven't seen Kate for some time. I last saw her ________ David's wedding.
5) We stayed ________ a very comfortable hotel when we were ________ Amsterdam.
6) There were about fifty rooms ________ the hotel.
7) I don't know where umbrella is. Perhaps I left it ________ the bus.
8) 'Where were you on Monday evening?' 'I was ________ a friend's house.'
9) There must be somebody ________ the house. The lights are on.
10) The exhibition ________ the Museum of Modern Art finishes on Saturday.
11) Shall we travel ________ your car or mine?
12) I didn't expect you to be ________ home. I thought you'd be ________ work.
13) 'Did you like the movie?' ‘Yes, but it was too hot ________ the cinema.’
14) Paul lives ________ Birmingham. He's a student ________ Birmingham University.
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3)
1 at
2 at
3 in
4 at
5 at/in a very comfortable hotel … in Amsterdam
6 in
7 on
8 at
9 in
10 at
11 in
12 at home or be home (no preposition) … at work
13 in
14 in Birmingham … at Birmingham University