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Relating "Where"

 

 

 

 

In – On – At
IN ON AT

San Francisco

cable car

HOMES

 CITY

in  San Francisco

 STREET

on Powell Street

 BUILDINGS

at home, at the library

 DISTRICT

in  Chinatown

 AREA

on the Peninsula

 ADDRESS

at 1220 Haight Street

 STATE

in California

 ISLAND

on Alcatraz

 

 

 REGION

in North America

 WATER

on the bay, on Lake Tahoe

 

 

 ATMOSPHERE

in space, in the Universe

 WORLD

on earth

 

 

 TRANSPORTATION

in the car

 TRANSPORTATION

on board (ship, bus, train, airplane)
on a bike
on a horse

 

 

 ROADWAYS

in the street  note
in the crosswalk

 ROADWAYS

on the sidewalk
on the road
on Highway 101
on Route 66
on the freeway

 ROADWAYS

at the curb
at the corner
at the end of the street
at the intersection

 OTHER

in the parking lot
in the park (inexact location)
in my office

 OTHER

on campus

 OTHER

at work
at the park  (exact location)

 

 

potholes
a pothole in a street

 

 

 

 

In the street vs. on the street
ON THE STREET IN THE STREET

Refers more to the surface or side of the street. (Usage is idiomatic.)

Refers more to the central, traffic area of the street. (Usage is idiomatic.)

The workers were painting new lines on the street.

The workers were fixing potholes in the street.

He was picking up a dollar on the street when a bicycle hit him.

He was standing in the street when a bicycle hit him.

I parked parked on the street not in my driveway. (side of the street)

People drive in the street (on the freeway / on the highway)

The journalist was interviewing people on the street
(Idiom - refers to casually selecting passers-by on the sidewalk to talk to.)

Summer's here and the time is right for dancin' in the street. (music lyrics)

Solution - lightbulb  Pop-Q -9/13/2009

 

 

wing-walker
a wing-walker on the plane

 

 

 

 

 

In the plane vs. on the plane
ON THE PLANE IN THE PLANE

Refers to boarding or being aboard; or on the surface

Refers to the actual space inside.

We got on the plane last.  (idiom)

We were crowded together in the plane.

We were on the plane for ten hours. (idiom)

The luggage travels in a pressurized cabin in the plane.

The Hollywood stunt man stood on the plane while it was flying. (on top of)

Aluminum and titanium was used in the plane to reduce its weight. (construction materials)

 

 

 

 

 

Prepositions for Place

a rabbit in a hole
Relating "where"

 

 

 

Prepositional Phrases for Place

 

 

One-Word Prepositions for Place

aboard (ship, bus, plane)

atop

inside

past

about

before

into

through

above

behind

near

throughout

across

below

next

to

after

beneath

of

toward / towards

against

beside / besides

off

under

along

between

on

underneath

amid / amidst

beyond

onto

up

among / amongst

by

opposite

upon

around

down

out

with

aside

from

outside

within

at

in

over

 

 

 

Two- and Three- Word Prepositions for Place

ahead of

away from

in back of

next to

apart from

close to

in front of

on top of

aside of

far from

near to

outside of

 

 

 

 

homePractice1

Home

 

 

 

  1. Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence. 
  2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 
# YOUR ANSWER CHECK
e.g.  
1. is a wonderful place to live.

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Practice 2

A rabbit multiplying
"a rabbit multiplying"
Rabbits

 

 

  1. Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence. 
  2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

 

# YOUR ANSWER CHECK
21. (creek=small river)
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