PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND DIRECTION

1. Write the preposition corresponding to each picture.

2
4
3

5
7

11

9 10
8

2. Fill in the gaps using prepositions of place, time and direction.

1) Alexander goes … college five days a week.
2) We have modern workshops … the second floor and a computer classroom … the third floor.
3) Tom comes … the room and sits down … the table.
4) His family like to go … of town … the weekends.
5) The dog is … the sofa and we cannot see him.
6) His picture hangs … the bed.
7) We have a beautiful vase … the table with a lot of flowers … it.
8) I see the schoolyard … the window.
9) The seminar starts … 10 minutes, … 12 o’clock.
3. Choose the right variant.
1) When there were no computers, people 6) Where is the cat? – Hiding … the bed, I
gathered in the evening … the TV. suppose.
a) behind b) in front of c) above a) over b) above c) under
2) Where are my keys? Have you seen them? – 7) To get to the canteen you need to go … the
Yes, they’re … the shelf … the sofa. stairs.
a) on, above b) in, under a) through b) down c) under
c) next to, opposite 8) Russians believe that if you are sitting …
3) The English classroom is … the second two people with the same names, you should
floor, … the Literature classroom. make a wish and it will come true.
a) in, at b) on, above c) on, opposite a) behind b) in front of c) between
4) What beautiful flowers there are … the 9) He opened the door and went … the
vase! Who’s present are they? classroom.
a) on b) into c) in a) into b) on c) in
5) He walked … me pretending he didn’t 10) Who is that guy … you on the photo?
notice me. a) over b) next to c) through
a) past b) through c) across
 ANSWER KEY
Ex. 1
1) over
2) out of
3) behind
4) across
5) into
6) on
7) next to
8) in
9) through
10) under
11) in front of

Ex. 2
1) to
2) on, on
3) into, at
4) out, at
5) under (or behind)
6) above
7) on, in
8) through
9) in, at

Ex. 3
1b
2a
3c
4c
5a
6c
7b
8c
9a
10b