Prepositions of place

1. Choose the correct alternative.

a JAY:         Oh, look. Here’s a photo taken in classroom at primary school. Can you recognise me (1) in / on it?

      ANNA:    No, I don’t think so. Unless that’s you right (2) in / at the back.

      JAY:         No, that’s not me. I’m the one standing (3) in / at the corner.

      ANNA:    In trouble as usual!

b MIA:        I don’t understand this.

      LILY:        What?

      MIA:       Well, I want to check something with the college, but it says (4) in / on this letter that I must give a reference number when I phone, and I can’t find it.

      LILY:        It’s in that little booklet, (5) in / on the first page.

      MIA:       Oops! So it is. Thanks.

c MEL:       Did you see Antoine (6) in / at the disco?

      JAN:        No, of course not. He returned (7) to / in France last week.

      MEL:       But I’m sure I saw him (8) in / on the bus yesterday. In fact, he waved to me when we arrived (9) to / at the bus station.

      JAN:        How strange. We’ll have to investigate what he’s up to!

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2) at   3) in  4) in   5) on

6) at   7) to   8) on   9) at

2. Put in in, at or on.

Hi Hannah,

Many thanks for agreeing to stay in the flat and look after things while I’m away. Here are some notes about what’s where, as promised.

Key

Anika, who lives (1) __in __ the flat (2) ________ the ground floor has the key. If she’s out, the landlord lives (3) ________ the building (4) ________ the end of the street. It’s called Laurel Villa, and the landlord is Mr Amiri. They both know you’ll be there while I’m away.

Electricity and gas

The electricity and gas main switches are (5) ________ the wall (6) ________ the back of the large cupboard (7) ________ the study.

Water

You can turn the water off by the large tap (8) ________ the corner of the bathroom. I hope you won’t need to!

Phone numbers

I’ve made a list of all the useful phone numbers I can think of, for takeaway pizzas, taxi, etc. It’s stuck (9) ________ the kitchen door.

I hope you have a good time.

Steve

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2) on   3) in   4) at   5) on

6) at   7) in   8) in   9) on

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