English Short Lesson : Prepositions - SquLine.com

Prepositions of Place: at, in, on

Generally, we use:

  • at for a POINT
  • in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
  • on for a SURFACE

Example:

  • I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.
  • The shop is at the end of the street.
  • I have a meeting in New York.
  • There was a “no smoking” sign on the wall.

Look at these standard expressions:

at

in

on

at home/work/schoolat college

at the bottom

in the car/taxi/boatin the newspaper

in the sky

on a bus/train/plain/shipon television/radio

on the left/right