A preposition is a word that 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 a detailed discussion about Prepositions of Location (at, in, on, before, behind, by, above, over, under, below, beside)
Prepositions of Location
IN Prepositions of Location
- She lives in London.
- There’s not a cloud in the sky.
- The children are playing in the street.
- She is sitting in a chair.
- He is in the shop.
- My brother lives in New York.
- There was a famine in the Burdwan district last year.
- There is a big temple dedicated to Lord Rama in our village.
- There is a museum in Washington.
- There lived a juggler in this village.
AT Prepositions of Location
- We waited at the corner of the street.
- She is at school.
- They live at Mahimpur.
- I saw the pictures at my uncle’s house.
- He was born at Radhanagar, a village in Hooghly.
- Kamal is at Krishnagar now.
- Sunrise is more enjoyable at Puri than in Chennai.
- He resides at 50, Deshbandhu Road.
- He is at the shop.
- Minakshi lives at Garia.
ON Prepositions of Location
- Look at the picture on the wall.
- There are dirty marks on the floor.
- Leave the glasses on the table.
- They sat on the grass.
- We stood on one foot.
- He had a blister on his foot.
- He wore a ring on his finger.
- There is a coat on a hook.
- They sat on a chair.
BEFORE Prepositions of Location
- He stood before her in the queue.
- We knelt before the shrine.
- Your name comes before mine on the list.
- The task before us is not an easy one.
- The future before me is bleak.
- He was brought before the police officer.
- “He said it before witnesses.”
BEHIND Prepositions of Location
- She stood behind me.
- The post office is behind our house.
- Hide behind the tree.
- The sun is hidden behind the clouds.
- Bring out the deeper meaning behind the passage.
BY Prepositions of Location
- We sat by the fire.
- She sat by me.
- There is a Post Office by my house.
- She was sitting by Niharika.
- There is a Bank by my house.
- We were sitting by the fire.
- There is a school by our Hanuman Temple.
- The telephone is by the Window.
ABOVE Prepositions of Location
- Man is above all.
- There is a fan above my head.
- The sky above our heads is blue.
- He held an umbrella above her.
OVER Prepositions of Location
- Spread the cloth over the table.
- She put a rug over the sleeping boy.
- There is a fan over my head.
- The sky over our heads is blue.
- He held an umbrella over her.
UNDER Prepositions of Location
- They rested under a tree for some time.
- The dog is under the table.
- His luggage was under his bed.
- The wreck of the Titanic still remains under the sea.
- He hides the money under the bed.
BELOW Prepositions of Location
- Just below the paragraph, there are some questions.
- There was a big painting below the clock.
- The apartment below is owned by an American couple.
- Just below the questions, there are answers.
BESIDE Prepositions of Location
- They were walking beside the river.
- Who is that sitting beside you?
- There stands a big pupil tree beside our house.
Prepositions of Location (Miscellaneous)
- Is there anybody in the room?
- The thief was caught red-handed inside the room.
- Suddenly I met him in the street.
- The prince was then passing through a forest.
- Who is speaking there in (within) the room?
- We went very close to Pareshnath Hill.
- There is a stream close to our house.
- A bird was perching on the branch of a tree.
- A troop of monkeys sat on a branch of a tree.
- The man walked round the house.
- The boat sailed down the river.
- This road goes through the forest.
- They are moving around college street.
- We sat beneath the tree.
- I have put on a vest beneath the shirt.
- Stand beside your father.
- The road is along the river.
- The man is standing beneath the tree.
Prepositions of Location Examples
- There is a stream close to our house.
- A bird was perching on the branch of a tree.
- A troop of monkeys sat on a branch of a tree.
- The man walked round the house.
- The boat sailed down the river.
- This road goes through the forest.
- They are moving around college street.
- We sat beneath the tree.
- I have put on a vest beneath the shirt.
- Stand beside your father.
- The road is along the river.
- We sat by the fire.
- She sat by me.
- There is a Post Office by my house.
- She was sitting by Nikhil.
- There is a Bank by my house.
- We were sitting by the fire.
- There is a school by our Hanuman Temple
- There are dirty marks on the floor.
- Leave the glasses on the table.
- They sat on the grass.
- We stood on one foot.
- He had a blister on his foot.
- He wore a ring on his finger.
- There is a coat on a hook
Prepositions of Location Exercises
- She lives ………………. Delhi.
- There’s not a cloud ………………… the sky.
- The children are playing ………………… the street.
- She is sitting ………………… a chair.
- He is …………………… the shop.
- My brother lives …………………….. London.
- There was a famine ………………… the Burdwan district last year.
- There is a big temple dedicated to Lord Shiva ………………… our village.
- There is a museum ……………….. New York.
- There lived a juggler ………………….. this village.
- We waited ……………….. the corner of the street.
- She is …………………….. school.
- They live ……………………. Berlin.
- I saw the pictures ………………… my uncle’s house.
- He was born ………………………. Radhanagar, a village in Hooghly.
- Kamal is ………………. Krishnagar now.
- Sunrise is more enjoyable ……………………. Puri than in Mumbai.
- He resides ……………………….. 50, Deshbandhu Road.
- He is ……………….. the shop.
- Rajkamal lives ………………………… Garia.
- They are moving ………………….. college street.
- We sat ………………… the tree.
- I have put on a vest …………………. the shirt.
- Stand ……………….. your father.
- The road is ………………. the river.
- The man is standing ……………………. the tree.
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Prepositions of Location
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Homonyms in English
Figures of Speech
