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BETWEEN NEXT TO OPPOSITE

BEHIND IN FRONT OF (PLACE) (4)

 

Look at the plan. Read the sentences and translate them.


The telephone box

The Bank The Gift Shop The Restaurant

 

The H i g h S t r e e t The bus stop

The Sports Shop The Travel Agency The Art Gallery

 

 

 
 


1) The bank is next to the gift shop.

2) The sports shop is opposite the bank

3) The travel agency is between the sports shop and the art gallery.

4) The telephone box is behind the restaurant.

5) The bus stop is in front of the Art Gallery.

 

E x e r c i s e s

 

3.1. Write in or at.

1) She usually does her shopping in the city centre.

2) My granny is ….. hospital. She’s going to have an operation tomorrow.

3) My cousin is coming by train. I’m going to meet him ….. the station.

4) Do you work? – No, I’m still ….. school.

5) Will you be ….. home next week?

6) Where does your father live? – ….. Moscow.

7) My friend is studying English ….. London University.

8) Were there many people ….. the party on Friday?

9) What is the longest river ….. the world?

10) There was a big carpet ….. the middle of the room.

11) Go straight and turn right ….. the church.

 

3.2. Complete the sentences with in, at or on.

1) Is there anything interesting in the paper today? – Well, there’s an unusual photograph on the back page.

2) My neighbours normally use the front entrance but there’s another entrance ….. the back.

3) My office is ….. the second floor. It’s ….. the right as you come out of the lift.

4) If you walk to the end of the street, you’ll see a small church ….. the corner.

5) It can be dangerous when children play ….. the street.

6) Where shall we sit? – Over there, ….. the corner of the restaurant.

7) Loretta was wearing a golden ring ….. her finger.

8) The man the police are looking for has a scar ….. his right cheek.

9) My parents live ….. a small village ….. the north-west of England.

10) He wouldn’t like an office job. He couldn’t spend the whole day sitting ….. a desk.

11) ….. the end of the road there is a path leading to the lake.

12) She wasn’t sure whether she had come to the right room. There was no name ….. the door.

13) There was an accident ….. the crossroads last night.

 

3.3. Complete the sentences. Use in, at or on + one of the following.

the back of the envelope, the back of the classroom, his way to work, the west coast, the world, the front row, the left, my guitar, the lake, the island, the next garage, the window, your tea, the mountains, that tree

1) There’s something wrong with the car. We’d better stop at the next garage.

2) One of the strings ….. is broken.

3) Look at those people swimming ….. .

4) I spend most of the day sitting ….. and looking outside.

5) There’s nobody living …… It’s uninhabited.

6) Last week we had a wonderful skiing holiday ….. .

7) The leaves ….. are a beautiful colour.



8) Would you like sugar …..?

9) When you send a letter, you need to write your name and address ….. .

10) We couldn’t hear the lecturer very well. He spoke quietly and we were sitting ….. .

11) We went to the concert last night. We had seats ….. .

12) San Francisco is ….. of the United States.

13) He usually buys a business newspaper ….. .

14) What is the tallest building …..?

15) In Britain people drive …... .

 

3.4. Complete the following sentences using in, at or on.

1) Hello. This is Tom. I’m in London at the Savoy Hotel.

2) He’s applied for a job ….. the United Nations ….. Geneva.

3) Meet me ….. the entrance to the Supermarket …..the High Street.

4) Her diary is ….. the table ….. the sitting room.

5) When my friends were ….. the south they stayed ….. a small cottage ….. the coast.

6) We live ….. Polegate, a small village ….. the road to Brighton.

7) Meet me ….. the bus-stop ….. the end of Main Road.

8) He has left his case ….. the office. He thinks he left it ….. the chair ….. the corner.

9) Alex works ….. Oxford ….. the University.

 

3.5. Correct the mistakes where necessary,using in, at or on.

1) I spent the whole holiday on at the beach.

2) We had to change planes in Heathrow airport.

3) The passengers had to stand on a queue.

4) There weren’t many books at the shelves.

5) London is on the Thames.

6) We were standing in the counter in the pet's shop, waiting to be served.

7) My friend now lives in 32 The Avenue.

8) We’ll meet you in the station.

9) A child was holding a small bird on his hands.

10) Our flat is at the first floor.

 

3.6. Use the plan of your city/town. Complete the sentences using the prepositions:

next to, in front of, behind, between, opposite etc.

 

 

REVIEW EXERCISES

(Prepositions of place)

 


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