In, On, At for Place: Multiple Choice
A2 Level
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Mei Ling was born blank Shanghai and moved to Sydney when she was six.
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Read the sentence, then choose the word that completes the gap. Choose no preposition when the gap needs no word. Your first choice counts.
Mei Ling was born _____ Shanghai and moved to Sydney when she was six.
Text me when you get _____ home tonight.
There's a big spider _____ the ceiling above my bed!
Turn left _____ the end of the road.
The answers are _____ page 32 of your book.
My cousins want to visit _____ Canada next summer.
The milk is _____ the fridge, behind the orange juice.
Passengers for Rome should wait _____ Gate 12.
Our new office is _____ 14 Mill Road.
There isn't a single cloud _____ the sky today.
Is your brother _____ upstairs? I can hear his music.
Priya always wears her grandmother's ring _____ her left hand.
When it's sunny, we eat lunch _____ the garden.
Everyone stopped talking when the manager entered _____ the meeting room.
Cars must stop _____ the traffic lights when they are red.
The children are drawing pictures _____ the pavement with chalk.
Have you ever lived _____ abroad?
Kwame's family has a house _____ Ghana.
Please don't leave your wet towel _____ the floor.
There's a small shop _____ the bottom of the hill.
Grammar review
Before you choose, imagine the place. Use in for a space around something (in the bathroom, in Madrid), on for a surface (on the door) and at for one point (at reception). Some words take no preposition at all: here, there, and verbs such as reach (reach the beach).
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