PREPOSITIONS

Objectives: * Practice using prepositions in sentences. They studied in London.

* Practice using at, for, from, in, into, on, to, with.

Use the prepositions underlined above to complete the following sentences.

1. I would like to study music  that school.
2. Where are you coming  ?
3. I just went  the store to buy some orange juice.
4. My aunt and uncle have arrived  Madrid. They are going to spend their vacation  Spain
5. Do you always hang your clothes  the closet?
6. Sometimes I fold it and put it  those drawers.
7. I want to hang this picture  the wall.
8. You first have to drive a nail  the wall.
9. Make sure you hit the nail  the head.
10. The plant is  the middle  the table.
11. The table is  the middle of the room.
12. The room is  the house. The house is  Main Street. Main Street is  Detroit.
13. California is  the West Coast. San Francisco is  California.
14. I want to get  that school.
15. I have applied to take classes  mathematics.
16. I’m also interested  French and Spanish literature.
17. She’s  her bedroom. She’s  her desk studying.
18. Many animals  the zoo are kept  a cage.
19. Are you waiting  a taxi? Yes, I’ve been waiting  fifteen minutes. I’m going to be late  dinner.
20. Someone is  the phone. She’s asking  you.
21. I’m going to Florida  my wife. We are spending our vacation  my sister’s house.
22. She has a house  the beach and has invited us  the summer.
23. What are you looking  ? Did you lose something?
24. This letter just arrived. It’s  you. Who is it  ?
25. Please look up the words  this page  the English dictionary.
26. What language do you speak  your country?
27. They are having a benefit dinner  the homeless.
28. It will be  the church  5:00 p.m.  Monday.
29. Her birthday is  June.
30. It’s  the Fifth and this year it falls  a Thursday.
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