Worksheet 1: Prepositions of Place

Practice using the fundamental prepositions of place correctly. Click below to print or save as a PDF.

Worksheet 1: Prepositions of Place

Name: _________________________   Date: _________________________

1. Sorting Exercise (In, On, At)

Place each phrase under the correct preposition it should be used with.

a box, the table, the bus stop, London, the wall, the corner, a car, the floor, the entrance

In (Enclosed/Large Area)

On (Surface)

At (Specific Point)

2. Sentence Correction

Find the error in each sentence and rewrite the sentence correctly.

Original: The book is in the table.

Corrected:

Original: She is waiting on the entrance.

Corrected:

Original: I live on a small apartment.

Corrected:

Original: He put the poster at the wall.

Corrected:

3. Creative Writing

Write a short paragraph describing where you are right now. Use at least three different prepositions of place.

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