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Page header Prepositions of place

1 Whos who?
Use the sentences on the right to work out the
names of the people in the picture. One of them
has been done for you.
I Sarah is next to a boy.
I Tom has no one beside him
on his right.
I James is in front of Diana.
I Jack is behind Jill.
I Diana is between Tom
and another boy.
2 Describing pictures
A Practise your shapes and prepositions.
Complete the sentences with a
preposition from the box.
1 The diamond is
_____________
the square.
2 The circle is
_____________
the triangle.
3 The square is
_____________
the oval.
4 The rectangle is
_____________
the star.
5 The triangle is
_____________
the oval
and the rectangle.
B Describe the pictures using a
preposition from the box to
complete the sentences.
1 The temperature is
_______________
zero.
2 The girl is leaning
________________
the wall.
3 The cat is
________________________
the table.
4 The house is
_____________________
the trees.
5 Kim is
___________________________
Tom
4 5 3 2 1
1
1
____________________________
2
____________________________
3
____________________________
4
____________________________
5
____________________________
6
____________________________
3 5
2 4
6
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in
between in below
on top of above
against opposite under
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