Предлоги места (prepositions of place)

Мы используем предлоги места, для того чтобы сказать, где кто-то или что-то находится. К ним относятся: on, under, in, in front of, behind, beside/next to, near, between, among, over, above, below, opposite.

We use at: at school/college/university, at work, at home, at a station, at an airport, at the seaside, at the cinema, at the theatre, at someone’s house (at Tom’s house or at Tom’s), at the top of the page, at the bottom of, at 20, Oxford Street.

We use in: in the middle, in the air, in the sky, in bed, in hospital, in prison, in a picture, in England, in Africa, in London, in street, in an armchair.

We use on: on the left, on the right, on the first floor/on the second floor, on a chair,

in on under behind next to near in front of

between among

Exercise V. Fill in the gaps with in , at, on.

1. What have you got ….your pocket?
2. Where’s Paul? He is … his bedroom.
3. Mother is …home.
4. I like to sit ….an armchair by the fire.
5. We live ….number 37, King’s Road.
6. Glasgow is a large city … Scotland.
7. The answer is ….the bottom of the page.
8. My house is the first one ….the left.
9. She has left her purse ….the chair.
10. The manager’s office is ….the second floor.
11. Dinner is …the table.
12. Paul is …hospital because he is ill.

Exercise VI. Underline the correct word(s).

1. I’m studying French on/in/atschool.
2. Your shoes are under/between/atthe bed.
3. The cat is lying among/in front of/atthe fire.
4. Sue is standing under/at/behindNancy.
5. The boy is standing on/in/amonghis friends.
6. Who was that woman beside/under/onyour mother.
7. Our house is among/near/inthe fire station.
8. He has a computer in front of/on/athis desk.
9. The children are playing at/on/in the garden.
10. The sofa is at/next to/amongthe table.
11. I sit at/in/betweenmy two best friends in class.
12. George studied Historyin/on/atthe University of Essex.

HOME EXERCISES

Exercise I. Use to bein the right form.

1. There…a table, four chairs, a TV set and a sofa in my sitting room. 2. There…no fire-place in the house; it is cold in winter. 3. …there hot water in your kitchen? 4. There…two large windows in the sitting room. 5. There…a clever article in this magazine. 6. There…a lot of apples on the plate. 7. There …many people here, aren’t there? 8. There…some cups on the shelf. 9. There… a text-book and two pencils on the table. 10. There…eight pens in my bag. 11. There… a lot of beautiful buildings in Moscow. 12. ….there a cinema in this street? 13. What ….there on the walls? 14. There…. nice pictures on the walls.

Exercise II. Fill in the prepositions.

1. … this picture Jerry is sitting…..Alex and Ted.

2. The postman is ….the door. He’s got some letters for us.

3. The flowers are …the vase.

4. The cat is sitting ….the fireplace.

5. It’s better to stay …home.

6. I live ….a house …the country.

UNIT VI.

GRAMMAR:неопределенные местоимения: a lot of (lots of), many, much, few, a few, little, a little; some, any, not any. Предлоги времени.