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Prepositions of Location: At, In, On: Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with the correct preposition: at, in, or on. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers. (For a non-interactive version of this quiz, please visit our printer-friendly version .)

PLEASE NOTE: The answer numbers on this quiz do not correspond to the question numbers. Each drop-down answer has a separate number even if it belongs to a differently numbered question. We're aware that it's confusing and we're going to switch to a new system.

1. Will you wait for me the bus stop?

2. Jane is her bedroom.

3. Daria's books are lying the floor.

4. The girls didn't want to spend a long time the carnival.

5. I let the cat sit my lap, but then suddenly it jumped my face!

6. Do you live the city or the country?

7. Trent arrived the school building just in time.

8. The rancher built a fence to keep his cows the pasture.

9. Kevin and Mack are out practicing the football field.

10. From afar, Heathcliff could see a light the window.

11. The old house had so much grime the windows that Bradley could hardly see inside.

12. The shepherd boy grazed his flock the grassy hillside.

13. The audience threw tomatoes the terrible comedian.

14. Wrestling isn't real; those guys the ring are just pretending.

15. David works the field of network administration, while Marty works web design.

16. The car stalled and got stuck the street.

17. Audrey lives Third Street.

18. If William doesn't make any money on his book, he'll be out the street.

19. I'll use my cellular phone when I'm the bus, but never while I'm the car.

20. Passengers are not allowed to use electronic devices airplanes during takeoff and landing.

PLEASE NOTE: The answer numbers on this quiz do not correspond to the question numbers. Each drop-down answer has a separate number even if it belongs to a differently numbered question. We're aware that it's confusing and we're going to switch to a new system.


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