24th March 2020. Prepositions (II)	
in	at	on	
in a line
in a row 
in a queue
in a picture
in a photo(graph)
in a newspaper 
in a magazine 
in a book
in an off ice
in a department
in the sky
in the world
in th e country (= not in a town)
	at the top (of …) 
at the bottom (of …)
at the end (of …)	on the left 
on the right
on the ground floor 
on the first floor 
on the second floor
on a map
on a menu
on a list
on a page 
on a website
on a river  
on a road  
on the coast
on the way (from one place to another)	
Compare in ,at, on:

in the front, in the back of a car
I was in the back (of the car) when we had the accident.

at the front, at the back of a building / theatre / group of people etc.
The garden is at the back of the house.
Let’s sit at the front (of the cinema).
We were at the back, so we couldn’t see very well.

on the front, on the back of an envelope / a piece of paper etc.
I wrote the date on the back of the photo.	
Compare in and on:

in the corner of a room
The TV is in the corner of the room.

at the corner or on the corner of a street
There is a small shop at the corner (of the street).
or … on the corner (of the street).	
Complete the sentences with in, at or on.
1 Write your name at the top of the page.
2 Is your sister_____ this photo? I don’t recognize her.
3 They live in a small house______ the bottom of the hill.
4 We normally use the front entrance to the building, but there’s another one______the back.
5 We had to wait______ a queue for an hour to check in at the airport.
6 There was a list of names, but my name wasn’t ____the list.
7 Is there anything interesting _____today’s newspaper?
8 I love to look up at the stars______the sky at night.
9 When I’m a passenger in a car, I prefer to sit ____the front.
10 I live in a very small village. You probably won’t find it _____your map.
11 Joe works _____the furniture department of a large store.
12 Paris is _______the (river) Seine.
13 I don’t like cities. I’d much prefer to live ______the country.
14 My off ice is _______the top floor. It’s___________ your left as you come out of the lift .	

Все материалы из книги  R. Murphy  «English grammar in use»