Location

We use prepositions to talk about where someone or something is:

above    among    at    behind    below    beneath   
beside    between    by    in    in between    inside   
near    next to    on    opposite    outside    over   
round    through    under    underneath       

He was standing by the table.
She lives in a village near Glasgow.
You’ll find it in the cupboard.

We use phrases with of as prepositions:

at the back of    at the top of    at the bottom of    at the end of   
on top of    at the front of    in front of    in the middle of   

There were some flowers in the middle of the table.
Sign your name here – at the bottom of the page.
I can’t see. You’re standing in front of me.

We can use right as an intensifier with some of these prepositions:

He was standing right next to the table.
There were some flowers right in the middle of the table.
There’s a wood right behind our house.

Activities

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