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Complete the following sentences with the correct preposition: at, in, or on.
1. Will you wait for me at the bus stop?
2. Jane is in her bedroom.
3. Daria's books are lying on the floor.
4. The girls didn't want to spend a long time at the carnival.
5. I let the cat sit on my lap, but then suddenly it jumped at my face!
6. Do you live in the city or in the country?
7. Trent arrived at the school building just in time.
8. The rancher built a fence to keep his cows in the pasture.
9. Kevin and Mack are out practicing on the football field.
10. From afar, Heathcliff could see a light in the window.
11. The old house had so much grime on the windows that Bradley could hardly see inside.
12. The shepherd boy grazed his flock on the grassy hillside.
13. The audience threw tomatoes at the terrible comedian.
14. Wrestling isn't real; those guys in the ring are just pretending.
15. David works in the field of network administration, while Marty works in web design.
16. The car stalled and got stuck in the street.
17. Audrey lives on Third Street.
18. If William doesn't make any money on his book, he'll be out on the street.
19. I'll use my cellular phone when I'm on the bus, but never while I'm in the car.
20. Passengers are not allowed to use electronic devices on airplanes during takeoff and landing.
You can review the exercises or return to the handout on prepositions of location.
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