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106 in at on (places 1)
in

in a room in a garden
in a shop in a town
in a car in the city centre
in the water in Brazil

'Where's David?' In the kitchen. / In the garden. / In London.'

What's in that box / in that bag / in that cupboard?
Rachel works in a shop / in a bank / in a factory.
I went for a swim in the river / in the pool / in the sea.
Milan is in the north of Italy. Naples is in the south.
I live in a big city, but I'd like to live in the country.

at

at the bus stop at the door at the traffic lights at her desk

O There's somebody at the bus stop / at the door. at the top (of the page)
O The car is waiting at the traffic lights. n*=
0 Vicky is working at her desk.

at the top / at the bottom / at the end ( o f ...):

O W rite your name at the top of the page.
O M y house is at the end of the street. at the bottom (of the page)

on

on a shelf on a wall
on a plate on a door
on a balcony on the ceiling
on the floor etc.
etc.

O There are some books on the shelf and some pictures on the wall
O There are a lot of apples on those trees.
O Don't sit on the grass. It's wet. - stamp
O There is a stamp on the envelope.

on a horse / on a bicycle / on a motorbike:

O W ho is that man on the motorbike? envelope

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01m Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use in/at/on.

CD (the kitchen) (D (the box) (D (the box) © (the wall)

(the bus stop) © (the field) (Z) (the balcony) GD (the pool)

© (the window) © (the table) 02) (the table)

Where is he? I.H Tho kjTchan................................... 7 Where are they standing? on the balcony
in the box
Where are the shoes? ..................................................... 8 Where is she swimming? in the pool
on the box in the window / at the window
Where is the pen? ............................................................ 9 Where is he standing? ......
on the wall on the ceiling
Where is the clock? ......................................................... 10 Where is the spider? ..........
on the bus
Where is the bus? ............................................................. 11 Where is he sitting? ...........on table
in the field
Where are the horses? ................................................... 12 Where is she sitting? .........at the table

Write in/at/on.
Don't s it on the grass. It's wet.
W hat do you have in your bag?
Look! There's a m a n on the roof. What's he doing?
in
There are a lot of fis h .................this river.
O ur house is number 45 - the number is on a the door.
'Is the hospital near here?' 'Yes, turn le ft at the traffic lights.'
at / in
It's difficult to p a rk................. the centre of town. It's better to take the bus.
in Brussels.
M y sister lives.................
There's a small p ark
at the top of the hill.
at
I think I heard the doorbell. There's som ebody the door.
in
M unich is a large c ity .................the south of Germany.
on
There are a few sho ps.................the end of the street.
It's difficult to carry a lot of th in gs
on a bike.
at
I looked at the list of names. My name w a s .................the bottom.
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107 on (places 2)
in
inbed O 'Where's Kate?' inbed.'
'She's
inhospital O David's father is ill. He's inhospital.
inthe sky O I like to look at the stars inthe sky at night.
inthe world O What's the largest city inthe world?
ina newspaper / ina book O I read about the accident inthe newspaper.
ina photo(graph) / ina picture O You look sad inthis picture.
ina car / ina taxi O Did you come here inyour car?
inthe middle (o f ...) O There's a big tree inthe middle of the garden.

at
at home O at home this evening?
Will you be
at work / at school O 'Where's Kate?' 'She's at work.'
at university / at college O Helen is studying law at university.
at the station / at the airport O I'll meet you at the station, OK?
at Lisa's (house) / at my sister's (house) / O a : Where were you yesterday?
at the doctor's / at the hairdresser's b: At my sister's.
etc.
O I saw Tom at the doctor's.
at a concert / at a party / at a football O There weren't many people at the party.
match etc.

inor at for buildings (hotels, restaurants etc.):

Often it is possible to use
O We stayed at a nice hotel, or We stayed ina nice hotel.
on

ona bus on the first floor

on a bus / on a train / ona plane / O Did you come here onthe bus?
on a ship
on the ground floor / on the first floor O The office is on the first floor.
etc.
on the way (to ...) / on the way home O I met Anna on the way to work / onthe way home.

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Exercises
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use in/at/on.

CD (hosp ital) CD (the airp ort) (D (b ed ) © (a ship)

GD (the sky) © (a p arty) © (the doctor's) GD (the second floor)

@5 (a taxi) (a w edd ing)

1 Where is she? ....I.H.hospital................... .................

at the doctor
7 Where is Steve? ................................................................
2 Where are they? ................................................................
at the airport) 8 Where is the restaurant? on second flor
.............................................
in tge bed
3 Where is he? ........................................................................
at work
9 Where is she? .....................................................................
on a shi on plane
4 Where are they? ....................................... .............. 10 Where are they? ...............................................................
in the sky
5 Where are the stars? ............................... .............. 11 Where
in a taxi
are they? ....................................................
at the árty
6 Where are they? ............................................... ................. 12 Where at the weedding
are they? ...............................................................

W rite in/at/on.
1 Helen is studying la w at university.
2 There was a big tab le in the middle of the room.
in the
3 W hat is the longest riv er................the world?
4 Were there many people...............the at concert last night?
5 Will you b e .................
at home tomorrow afternoon?
6 W ho is the m a n in this photo? Do you know him?
7 Where are your children? Are th e y at school?
8 Gary is coming by train. I'm going to meet h im
on the station.
in
9 Charlie is .................hospital. He had an operation yesterday.
10 How many pages are there un this book?
11 Are you hungry after your journey?' 'No, I had something to e a t on the train.'
12 I'm sorry I'm late. M y car broke d o w n the way here.
13 'Is Tom here?' 'No, he's at his friend's house.'
14 Don't believe everything you se e in the newspaper!
15 I walked to work, but I came ho m e on the bus.

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