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Prepositions of Place / Preposiciones de Lugar

The most common prepositions used in english to give locations are: /Las proposiciones más comúnmente usadas en el inglés para comparar posiciones entre objetos son: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. At. - En In; inside – Dentro de algo On; over (óuver) - encima de, sobre. under (ánder); beneath (biníiz); underneath (anderníiz); below (bilou) - debajode, bajo. by (bái); beside (bisáid); next to (next tu) - al lado de, junto a. near (níar); close to (clóus tu) - cerca de. across (acrós) - al otro lado de. In front of – en frente de Behind (bijaind) - detras

Examples / Ejemplos:
         I am at the school / I’m at the office… The cat is under the table / The cat is underneath the table / The cat is beneath the table. The flowers arein the vase / There is a hair in my soup… The papers are on the desk / The papers are over the desk My sister lives across the park. Our house in close to the airport. / Our house in near to the airport. I have a beautiful house by the river / I have a beautiful house next to the river / I have a beautiful house beside the river. My house is in front of hers. Her office is behind mine.

How touse in, on y at.
We use in to specify that a noun (object, person etc) is inside / Usamos la preposición in cuando queremos indicar que un objeto está dentro de otro, o pertenece a otro.
For example: - Where is your father? He’s in the kitchen. - Who is in the room? - Brian was swimming in the ocean. - Bogota is in Colombia.

We use at to refer to a “general” location / Usamos la preposiciónat para referirnos a una posición general.
For example: - Maria is at the window talking on the phone. - Juan is at the table with his girlfriend. - Please read the paragraph at the top of the page. - The restaurant is at the end of German Avenue.

We use on when we want to say that an object or person is on the surface of another object / Usamos la preposición on para indicar que un objeto seencuentra sobre otro.
For example: - Your books are on the shelf. - Don’t put your hands on my head. - There is an orange on the table.

Exercise 1: Using the prepositions you learned at the beginning answer the questions below.

Figure A / Figura A: Where is the dog? / Where is the chair? Figure B: Where is the cat? / Where is the table? Figure C: Where is the cat? / Where is the computer?Figure D: Where is the cat? / Where is the dog? Figure E: Where is the dog? / Where is the cat? Figure F: Where is the dog? / Where is the painting? Figure G: Where is the cat? Figure H: Where is the cat? / Where is the dog? / Where is the TV? Figure J: Where is cat? / Where is the dog? / Where is the cabinet? Figure K: Where is the shelf? Figure L: Where is the dog?

Exercise 2: Let’s practicewhat we learned before using the most common prepositions in, on and at.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences below with the correct preposition.

Most common expressions for in, on and at.

Exercise 4: Answer the following questions.

Exercise 5: Complete the following expressions.

Links donde pueden conseguir más actividades.    http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1984 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=597 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=227

Part 2: Prepositions of Time / Preposiciones de Tiempo
We use:  at for a PRECISE TIME.  in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS.  on for DAYS and DATES.

at PRECISE TIME at 3 o'clock at10.30am at noon at dinnertime at bedtime at sunrise at sunset at the moment
Look at these examples:         

in MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS in May in summer in the summer in 1990 in the 1990s in the next century in the Ice Age in the past/future

on DAYS and DATES on Sunday on Tuesdays on 6 March on 25 Dec. 2010 on Christmas Day on Independence Day on my birthday on New...