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One hot summer morning, we decided to take a trip in our car ... the city ... the ocean. We got ... the car
and drove ... the highway. We went... one side ofMt. Washington and ... the other side. The highway
went... the lake and ... the bridge. Then we drove ... the forest and ... the big water tower. We arrived ...
the beach and the climbed out... the car.
Look at the local map and describe how to go from one place to another: from the park to the cleaner's,
from the militia station to the drugstore, from the bookstore to the library, from the post office to the
railway station, from the department store to the church.
Where did the fly go? Put in prepositions: around, into, on, out of, through, under, up.
The fly came in through the door.
1. It flew ... the chair.
2. It crawled ... the chair leg.
3. It stopped ... the desk for a moment.
4. It went ... the telephone.
5. It flew ... the drawer.
6. It went ... the window.
Key: 1 under; 2 up; 3 on; 4 around; 5 into; 6 out of.
Teach a whole set of related prepositions simultaneously using a situational game approach. You will
need a large chart with the following objects and locations represented in a line or circle:
school supermarket
street street
lamppost bridge
mailbox corner
parking lot home
The relationship of the person's movement with respect to these objects is marked with arrows.
When John gets out of school he goes across the street, under the lamppost, past the mailbox, through
the parking lot, into the supermarket, out of the supermarket, along the next street, over the bridge, around
the corner, and then he's (at) home.
Practise with the first and third person singular and with the plural.
Prepositions of time
at, on, in, for, since, during, over, from ... to/till/until,
between, by, before.
The following activities can be recommended to practise the use of prepositions of time.
Look at an English story and choose a paragraph with some prepositions in it. Copy the paragraph,
living blanks instead of prepositions. Ask the students to put in the prepositions.
Have a look at the calendar and insert the appropriate prepositions.
January 1997