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Prepositions of Location: At, In, On: ExercisesBrought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. Complete the following sentences with the correct preposition: at, in, or on. 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.
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