A selection of English ESL prepositions of place printables with grammar exercises with picture, grammar practice

I created this ESL worksheet (interactive quiz version also available) featuring a cute hamster for younger pupils to learn and practice the prepositions of place at the elementary level. Complete the sentences using the right preposition of place.

Where's The Hamster - Using Prepositions Of Place

This engaging ESL worksheet introduces and practices the prepositions of place "in," "on," "under," and "next to" through colorful, whimsical illustrations perfect for young beginners (A1 level, ages 5-8). Students will delight in spotting hidden animals in fun scenes: a cheeky mouse hiding under a table, a tortoise peeking next to a cardboard box, another mouse snug in a gift box, playful ducks splashing in a bathtub, starfish exploring an underwater reef, a magician rabbit perched on a top hat, a loyal dog guarding its cozy house, and a relaxed mouse lounging on an armchair.

The worksheet features six illustrated panels with simple questions like "Where's the mouse?" and blank lines for students to write sentences (e.g., "The mouse is under the table"). Ideal for classroom warm-ups, homework, or interactive group activities—pair it with a class hunt or drawing extension! No prep needed; just print and go. Reinforces vocabulary while building descriptive skills.

Prepositions of Place: In, On, Under & Next To - Visual Spot-the-Preposition Worksheet for Young Learners

Cat Location Detectives. 
Where is the cat? 
Level A1- A2.
A Worksheet to train the prepositions of place. 
It includes the answers. 
It is suitable for both offline and online lessons. 

Cat Location Detectives. Where Is The Cat - Prepositions Of Place

A worksheet to revise there is / there are, prepositions of place and the verb to be (present). There are 4 tasks and the keys are included. The printable is completely editable / correctable. Hope it’s useful. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day!

The messy room – there be, prepositions, to be [4 tasks] KEYS INCLUDED ((3 pages)) ***editable

In this ESL/EEFL worksheet students need to describe the room using the appropriate place prepositions. Topic: In the house. Toys and furniture. I hope you'll enjoy!

Prepositions of place

I usually get students to first draw out the description of the room in the worksheet. We then compare the drawings and compare them to the actual drawing, before filling in the handout. 

Preposition of Place

This worksheet shows the map of a town. Students must look at the picture and complete the sentences given. It provides a revision of the prepositions of place. 

Describing places

*MAKE SURE IMAGES ARE CORRECTLY SIZED AND PLACED BEFORE PRINTING*

This worksheet is an introduction to describing an image. It includes describing the location of objects within an image, as well as prepositions of relative location. Formats include fill in the blank and sentence creation based on images. 

Describing an Image and Prepositions of Location

Teacher can describe the picture with students. Then the students must complete the tasks: 1) fill in the missing prepositions; 2) read the sentences and mark "true" or "false".

Room: prepositions of place

(edited and bettered, but the original work was by: samsoom: https://en.islcollective.com/portfolio/160925)
Tasks:
Task 1: I label/name the items in the picture.
Task 2: I look at the picture and complete the sentences using the suitable preposition of place.
Task 3: I role play with my partner/classmate.

Prepositions of Place + Where

This lesson teaches students basic prepositions of place. It includes example sentences with images, speaking and writing practice and flash cards.


Get the PDF with FREE Teacher's Notes and Answers here...


https://www.tefllessons.com/product/prepositions-of-place/


You can find 100+ FREE lessons here including...


https://tefllessons.com/product/talking-about-films/


https://tefllessons.com/product/talking-about-climate-change/


https://tefllessons.com/product/social-media-speaking-lesson/

Prepositions of Place

My Room. 
Prepositions of place (on, in, under).
Level A1-A2.
Describe the picture.
Choose the correct answer.
A printable worksheet with answers. 
Both for offline and online lessons. 

My Room. Prepositions of place (on, in, under)

Grammar exercises with picture

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

For personal or classroom use only. Uploading on other internet sharing platforms or any commercial use NOT PERMITTED. Share Alike.

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License

how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

24 Prepositions of place, Grammar exercises with picture, Grammar Practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc