Preposition of Place

Preposition of Place in English! Learn a list of the most commonly used prepositions with At, In, On in English with ESL printable infographic.

Prepositions are words which link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. Prepositions usually describe the position of something, the time when something happens and the way in which something is done. Prepositions of place is one of them and it refers to those prepositions that can be used to show where something is located.

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There are three basic prepositions of place: IN, ON, AT

Prepositions of Place: At

‘At’ is used for a point:

At college
At home
At reception
At school
At the bottom
At the cinema
At the corner
At the crossroads
At the desk
At the dinner
At the door
At the end of the lane
At the end of the road
At the entrance
At the exit
At the front desks
At the side
At the top
At the top of the page
At university
At work

Prepositions of Place: In

‘In’ is used for enclosed spaces / larger areas:

In a taxi
In the sky
In the building
In a row
In the newspaper
In the garden
In a boat
In Germany
In the store
In the kitchen
In a car
In my pocket
In the room
In Oxford Street
In the book
In a building
In the park
In a lift
In London
In a helicopter
In a box
In the picture
In Park Street
In the bathroom
In the world
In my bag
In the magazine
In the tower

Prepositions of Place: On

‘On’ is used for surfaces, is seen as a point on a line, by a lake or sea:

On the way
On the radio
On the page
On a bicycle
On a ship
On a horse
On a train
On the right
On the floor
On the menu
On the left
On the cover
On the rug
On an elephant
On the table
On the bus
On the carpet
On a page
On a plane
On the wall
On the television

Prepositions of Place List| Infographic

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anand singh

1 year ago

on television explain it

Tonitopito

6 months ago

Reply to anand singh

I
like horses

Vanessa

how do I explain to students when you can use both in and at depending on the context?
eg. what did you do this weekend? I was at the park all day.
eg 2. where are you right now? I am in the park, where are you?
or
I’ am going to be at the movie theater later, want to meet up? or I am in the movie theatre I cant talk right now.

Rita

1 month ago

Reply to Vanessa

Those are the what so called “grey areas”. You can use them both!