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Prepositions

 AT

on utilise cette préposition lorsque l'on veut dire où quelqu'un (ou quelque chose) est.

Bob is at school     Fred is at the doctor's        Dad is at work         They are at the airport          at home

Dans ces exemples la préposition at indique le point où la personne ou l'objet est positionné            

        at the door                    at the window                   at the bus stop             at the street corner

 ON

 on utilise on lorsqu' une personne ou un objet touche une surface ou  

est supporté par cette surface   

there is a fir tree on the carpet        he is playing on a basket court               they are sitting on a sofa   

                                                there is a painting                 the books are                        they are practising

                                                   on the wall                           on the table                             on a soccer field

 IN

  on utilise in lorsqu' une personne ou un objet est à l'intérieur d'un volume, d'une aire clôturée ou qui a des limites

the sheep are grazing             there is a clown            what is there in the                kangaroos live

in the pasture (enclosed)      in the box                       witch's cauldron?                   in Australia  

there is a fire place           the children are playing            in the garden                 in a boxing ring

in the house                            in the street                                                                  (because of the ropes)

NEXT  TO 

  très près de quelque chose ou quelqu'un (sans que rien ne sépare)

   my house is next to  the white house, the one which has a blue roof

BEHIND

the boy is hidden behind the fence             the sun is behind the clouds 

BETWEEN

    the boy is between his twin sisters       a silhouette between palm trees

UNDER

 en dessous de quelque chose ou recouvert par quelque chose

  she is sitting under a willow tree           the green book is under the blue book

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1.
- Bob! Why are you crouching down like that ? You should be doing your homework.
- Mum I can't find my book.

- But your books are in under on next to between at behind your desk.
2. - Except my grammar book.
- It must be in under on next to between at behind your school bag. It is such a mess!
- No, it's not in my bag, I have already searched twice.
- Stand up! Why are you still squatted on the floor?
3.
- I'm looking in under on next to between at behind the bed, but I can't see any book there.
4.
- Oh! look in under on next to between at behind the top of the rack.
- It's not my grammar book, the grammar book is green.
5.
- Don't you see something in under on next to between at behind the lamp?
6. - No, it's only a shadow in under on next to between at behind the wall.
7.
- May be it fell in under on next to between at behind the heater and the wall.
- There is a sheet of paper but no book.
8.
- I have seen some books in under on next to between at behind the vase in the living room.
- No, there are my math books.
- Bob, you are really too untidy!
9. - Oh! I remember now, I have forgotten my book in under on next to between at behind school.
10. I think it is in under on next to between at behind the drawer of the teacher's desk.