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Prepositions of place and movement

I can use prepositions of place and movement.

In, at, on + place

i cfli/v't get o the house.
We often use at with places where an event
My teeys are íkv bag happens.
avüi i left m.y bag at school We met at the cinema.

But we can use in with the same word
TÿOKv't worry. 1here's. when we mean inside the building itself.
a spare tee y u.uvder It was dark in the cinema.
the flowerpot Kvext
We use in with towns.
to the boots.
We live in Oxford.

But we use at when we talk about a stop
on a journey.
The train stopped at Oxford.

We use on with public transport.
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I m on the bus. We re on the train.
But we use in with cars.
I'm sitting in the car.

We use at with the bottom, the top, the end.
a box, a room, a town, a country, a photo, a picture, a car, My phone was at the bottom of my bag.
bed, hospital I started writing at the top of the page.
Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.
the floor, a table, the roof, the wall, a shelf, a road/street,
a bus, a train, a plane, theTV, the internet

a bus stop, a station, a door, a cinema, a restaurant, home,
a concert, a football match, a party, school, work, the top,
the bottom, the end

* 1 O 27.1 Circle the correct option. Listen and check. Write answers to the questions using the words in
K .
ÿ They live at / in a nice town. O the box and the correct preposition.
1 You'll find the book in / on the shelf. apartment bed bus stop cinema fridge
2 They waited at / on the station for two hours. handbag River Street wall work
3 We've moved to a house at / on Preston Street. o
4 Is everyone in / on the car? OK. Let's go. Where does Kim live? tn aÿartvÿeÿt
5 I,ll see you at / in the football match tomorrow. Where does she keep her purse? _
6 He dropped his wallet in / on the ground. Where does she catch the bus? _
7 Is Gemma still in / on bed? Where does she watch films? _
8 Who's that in/on the photo? Where does she put her pictures? _
9 Can we see a film at / in the cinema this week? Where is her apartment? _
10 'I can't find the keys' They're at / in the bottom Where does she sleep? _
of my bag. ' Where does she put milk? _
Where is she from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.?

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