Examples of Prepositions of Place

A preposition is a word which is generally used before a noun or a pronoun and shows its relation with other words in a sentence.

In this post, you will find the top 85+ examples of prepositions of place.

Examples of Prepositions of Place

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 1

1. She lives in Delhi.
2. There’s not a cloud in the sky.
3. The children are playing in the street.
4. She is sitting in a chair.
5. He is in the shop.
6. My brother lives in Calcutta.
7. There was a famine in the Burdwan district last year.
8. There is a big temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in our village.
9. There is a museum in Calcutta.
10. There lived a juggler in this village.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 2

1. We waited at the corner of the street.
2. She is at school.
3. They live at Mahimpur.
4. I saw the pictures at my uncle’s house.
5. He was born at Radhanagar, a village in Hooghly.
6. Kamal is at Krishnagar now.
7. Sunrise is more enjoyable at Puri than in Mumbai.
8. He resides at 50, Deshbandhu Road.
9. He is at the shop.Rajkamal lives at Garia.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 3

1. Look at the picture on the wall.
2. There are dirty marks on the floor.
3. Leave the glasses on the table.
4. They sat on the grass.
5. We stood on one foot.
6. He had a blister on his foot.
7. He wore a ring on his finger.
8. There is a coat on a hook.
9. They sat on a chair.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 4

1. He stood before her in the queue.
2. We knelt before the shrine.
3. Your name comes before mine on the list.
4. The task before us is not an easy one.
5. The future before me is bleak.
6. He was brought before the police officer.
7. “He said it before witnesses.”

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 5

1. She stood behind me.
2. The post office is behind our house.
3. Hide behind the tree.
4. The sun is hidden behind the clouds.
5. Bring out the deeper meaning behind the passage.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 6

1. We sat by the fire.  
2. She sat by me.
3. There is a Post Office by my house.
4. She was sitting by Nikhil.
5. There is a Bank by my house.
6. We were sitting by the fire.
7. There is a school by our Hanuman Temple.
8. The telephone is by the Window.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 7

1. Man is above all.
2. There is a fan above my head.
3. The sky above our heads is blue.
4. He held an umbrella above her.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 8

1. Spread the cloth over the table.
2. She put a rug over the sleeping boy.
3. There is a fan over my head.
4. The sky over our heads is blue.
5. He held an umbrella over her.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 9

1. They rested under a tree for some time.
2. The dog is under the table.
3. His luggage was under his bed.
4. The wreck of the Titanic still remains under the sea.
5. He hides the money under the bed.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 10

1. Just below the paragraph, there are some questions.
2. There was a big painting below the clock.
3. The apartment below is owned by an Indian couple.
4. Just below the questions, there are answers.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Type 11

1. They were walking beside the river.
2. Who is that sitting beside you?
3. There stands a big pupil tree beside our house.

Examples of Prepositions of Place #Miscellaneous

1. Is there anybody in the room?
2. The thief was caught red-handed inside the room.
3. Suddenly I met him in the street.
4. The prince was then passing through a forest.
5. Who is speaking there in (within) the room?
6. We went very close to Pareshnath Hill.
7. There is a stream close to our house.
8. A bird was perching on the branch of a tree.
9. A troop of monkeys sat on a branch of a tree.
10. The man walked round the house.
11. The boat sailed down the river.
12. This road goes through the forest.
13. They are moving around college street.
14. We sat beneath the tree.
15. I have put on a vest beneath the shirt.
16. Stand beside your father.
17. The road is along the river.
18. The man is standing beneath the tree.

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