A selection of English ESL prepositions at, in, on printables

A small worksheet for practising the prepositions of "to" "at" and "on" and their relation to time. Answers overleaf. It may take a while before there is a part 2, after having seen my timetable, but watch this space, just in case.

Prepositions of time - Part 1

The purpose is to practice prepositions with words onA, B, C D. It's a grammar drill, with solutions on the first page. You may find the list of the words with the prepositions in Round-up 5 at the end of the book.

Prepositions

My students are very confused when it comes to prepositions. Therefore, I decided to make a list on the most commonly used prepositions (in, on, at, by) and I compiled a short task as well. I hope this worksheet will also help you. :) 



This reading comprehensions has two functions. The first is to practice using prepositions of time (in,on,at) by looking for all the mistakes, then correcting them. Once that is done, the passage can be used as a reading comprehension & answer the questions that follow.

Prepositions of Time: Our First Holiday After Lockdowns

Why not gain new information while working with grammar? Students find and write the missing prepositions on the lines and at the same time they will learn about a unique thing in the USA -Natl Parks. Pictures all shot by me so no problem there.

Revision: Prepositions (US Natl Parks)

The text might need changing a little to suit your students' needs, but basically this explains the prepositions In/On/at as used for time & place. I use the image of a target, becoming more precise with each preposition. There is a short exercise attached as well.

Prepositions of Time & Place



The purpose is to practice prepositions with adjectives, nouns and vebs with word begging with F,G. It's a grammar drill, with solutions on the first page. You may find the list of the words with the prepositions in Round-up 5 at the end of the book.

Prepositions F,G

Boardgame to practise some time expressions as well as some prepositions of time. Students work in pairs. Each student starts the game on a different "Start" square. They move forward by one square at a time. Then they talk about the topic using one (or more) of the time expressions. E.g. "When was your best friend Born"? - "She was born on the 14th of February in 1995". 

Prepositions of time 

A reading and comprehension worksheet and grammar guide about a daily routine of meeting a friend for coffee.  Using prepositions ~ in,on,at  and question forms who,what,where.  Students can work alone and then ask a partner questions about meeting a friend for coffee.  Hope you find it useful. 

Prepositions - Coffee Time

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Find and circle each of the twelve words (frog, cat, fly, ant, on, in, under, by, tree, rock, log and bag). After your student has found and circled the correct word, they can get writing practice by writing the word two times. Study animals, prepositions and nouns with this fun and easy word search!





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English Prepositions (on, in, under, by) Word Search Plus Writing Practice

The test is created to remember Present Simple in positive and negative sentences as well as in questions, prepositions of time such as at,on,in and degrees of comparison.



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Review Present Simple (Indefinite), comparatives, prepositions of time

This is the first set of flash cards (10 out of 20) dealing with prepositions. They are double: at the front: only the preposition and a picture; at the back: a sentence and a picture, so that you can choose if you want to introduce only the preposition word connected to the picture, or also the preposition in the context of a sentence, which I consider very important in the learning process. The whole set has been created with the aim of making my students familiar with the preposition words and the pictures connected to them, as afterwards they play the games "Snap!!" and "Memory", which they love. I have also uploaded here the little cards to play the games together with the instructions. Enjoy yourself!!

Prepositions Flash Cards

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)

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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)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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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>

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