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AT
Use “at” with places: At the bus stop / door / cinema / end of the street.
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IN
Use “in” with spaces: In a room/ in a building . In a garden / in a park.
Use “in” with bodies of water: In the water / sea. In a river.
Use “in” with lines: In a row / in a line / a queue.
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ON
Use “on” with surfaces: On the ceiling / wall /floor / table.
Use “on” with small islands: I stayed on Maui.
Use “on” with directions: On the right / left / straight on.
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TO
Use “to” with movement from one place to another: I went to school.
Did you go to work?
Let’s go to the shopping mall.
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EXERCISE: Put the correct preposition (“in, at, on, to”) into the following sentences.
(1) I am going ______ the drug store _____ the end of the street.
(2) He used to live _____ a small island, but now he lives _____ the end of our street.
(3) The book is _______ the table.
(4) He lives ____ a big house.
(5) He works _____ a bank.
(6) “Can you see my pen?”
“Yes it is _____ the table _____ your left.
(7) What time does he arrive _____ work.
(8) Can you see the frog _____ the pool.
(9) We had to wait _____ a line to buy tickets.
(10) The boys went swimming ____ the river.
ANSWERS:
EXERCISE: Put the correct preposition (“in, at, on, to”) into the following sentences.
(1) I am going to the drug store at the end of the street.
(2) He used to live on a small island, but now he lives at the end of our street.
(3) The book is on the table.
(4) He lives in a big house.
(5) He works in a bank.
(6) “Can you see my pen?”
“Yes it is on the table on your left.
(7) What time does he arrive at work.
(8) Can you see the frog in the pool.
(9) We had to wait in a line to buy tickets.
(10) The boys went swimming in the river.
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