Prepositions 



  1. Prepositions Worksheets
  2. Prepositions Exercises
  3. Prepositions Of Place

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If you want to play the old Flash version of this game, follow this link: prepositions

to learn prepositions of place, ask and answer questions with 'where', and more. The games have sound and images to aid with listening, pronunciation and getting used to native speaker pronunciation and speed. through 5 different areas of the application students will practice and solidify the vocabulary and use. There are grammar practice sections that provide additional practice with reading and writing.

This game focuses on prepositions of place vocabulary for students to learn English pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary usage. The games focus heavily on proper use of prepositions with wh- questions All of the listening activities are at normal native speaker speeds but students can listen to questions and answers as many times as they need to understand. These ESL learning applications follow the Speaking First ESL Curriculum - Unit 5 from MES English.

The questions and answers for this game are as follows.

A: Is the ball in the box?

B: Yes, it is./No, it's not.

Other notes:

The spelling section will accept just the preposition or the full prepositional phrase - 'in' or 'in the box'

The game focus heavily on being able to form wh- questions with 'where'.

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Prepositions 

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Prepositions of place

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Get English Prepositions List PDF

There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In fact, the prepositions of, to and in are among the ten most frequent words in English. Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise meaning and usage. You can also see the long preposition list with example sentences here.

  • aboard
  • about
  • above
  • across
  • after
  • against
  • along
  • amid
  • among
  • anti
  • around
  • as
  • at
  • before
  • behind
  • below
  • beneath
  • beside
  • besides
  • between
  • beyond
  • but
  • by
  • concerning
  • considering
  • despite
  • down
  • during
  • except
  • excepting
  • excluding
  • following
  • for
  • from
  • in
  • inside
  • into
  • like
  • minus
  • near
  • of
  • off
  • on
  • onto
  • opposite
  • outside
  • over
  • past
  • per
  • plus
  • regarding
  • round
  • save
  • since
Prepositions exercises

Prepositions Worksheets

Prepositions 
  • than
  • through
  • to
  • toward
  • towards
  • under
  • underneath
  • unlike
  • until
  • up
  • upon
  • versus
  • via
  • with
  • within
  • without
Prepositions 

See also: long list of prepositions

Prepositions Exercises

For a full list of prepositions plus examples and quizzes, get the PDF ebook English Prepositions List by EnglishClub founder Josef Essberger. IIlustrated with example sentences, quizzes and answers.

Wora Tularuk ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
...well organized, easy to understand, very useful when writing or even speaking.

Inés Barbero ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Extremely useful...full of examples and visual aid to learn prepositions.

Prepositions Of Place

John Vincent ⭐⭐⭐⭐
...serves well as a quick reference guide to see how different prepositions function in sentences. I especially liked the diagrams.