UNIT 3
preposition
of place: ON / IN
We usually say:
in a car/ in a taxi
but:
on a buson a train
on a plane
on a ship / on a bicycle
on a motorcycle
on a horse
on foot
1Complete the sentences with in or on.
1Dave is ___ a train.
2I saw Mary ___her bicycle.
3We spent a few days ___New York.
4I didn't feel very well when I woke up, so I stayed ___bed.
5Some people are ___prison for crimes that they did not commit.
6A friend of mine was injured ___an accident a few days ago. She's still ___hospital.
7I enjoyed the flight but the food ___the plane wasn't very nice.
8Bill works ___ships. He is away at sea most of the time.
9I don't know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it ___the bus.
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2 Complete the sentences with in or on.
1We stayed ___a very nice hotel when we were IN Amsterdam.
2I left the car ___the car park ___South Street.
3There were fifty rooms ___the hotel.
4My dad works ___an office. He goes to work ___the train.
5It's always too hot ___my sister's house. The heating is always on too high.
6We can’t go BY car. We have to go ___the bus.
7___the future there will be too many cars ___the roads.
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3Complete the sentences with in or on
1We live ___a city now, but I grew up IN the country ___a small farm.
2I want to live ___a small town.
3___a small town everybody knows each other and people are friendly.
4You can be very lonely ___a big city, but ___a small town you’ve always got friends.
5I don’t think that ___the future people will live ___a space or go to other planets.
6Lucy hopes that she will live ___a big city.
7Children will have lessons ___the internet.
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4 Complete the sentences with in or on
1Put different parts of your project together ___a poster or ___a scrapbook.
2People will travel ___flying cars, astronauts will lend ON Mars.
3I often read car magazines, and I always watch motor racing ___the TV, too.
4My dad’s got a spaceship ___the garage.
5George arrived ___a taxi.
6Mary passed me ___her bicycle.
7Paul lives ___London. He's a student at LondonUniversity.
8I saw my friend ___TV. She was ___a plane.
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5 Complete the sentences with in or on
1I find some information ___the internet and I used it ___my project.
2Shall we travel ___ your car or mine?After some years we’ll probably find life ___other planets.
3Perhaps people will live ___Mars.
4___the future there will be more and more cars ___the roads, so we’ll spend more time ___traffic jams.
5Shall we get a taxi or shall we go ___foot?
6The bus was very full. There were too many people ___it.
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5 Put in by, in or on.
1Liz usually goes to work ___bus.
2I saw Jane this morning. She was ___the bus.
3How did you get here? Did you come ___train?
4How did you get here? Did you come ___the train?
5I decided not to go ___car. I went ___my bike instead.
6I didn't feel like walking home, so I came home ___a taxi.
7Sorry we're late. We missed the bus, so we had to come ___foot.
8I don't mind going ___car but I don't want to go ___your car.
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1Complete the sentences with in or on.
10Dave is on a train.
11I saw Mary on her bicycle.
12We spent a few days in New York.
13I didn't feel very well when I woke up, so I stayed in bed.
14Some people are in prison for crimes that they did not commit.
15A friend of mine was injured in an accident a few days ago. She's still in hospital.
16I enjoyed the flight but the food on the plane wasn't very nice.
17Bill works on ships. He is away at sea most of the time.
18I don't know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it ON the bus.
19Shall we travel IN your car or mine?
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2 Complete the sentences with in or on.
8We stayed IN a very nice hotel when we were IN Amsterdam.
9I left the car IN the car park IN South Street.
10There were fifty rooms IN the hotel.
11My dad works IN an office. He goes to work BY train.
12It's always too hot IN my sister's house. The heating is always on too high.
13We can’t go BY car. We have to go ON the bus.
14IN the future there will be too many cars ON the roads.
15Paul lives IN London. He's a student at LondonUniversity.
16I saw my friend ON TV. She was ON a plane.
17I find some information ON the internet and I used it IN my project.
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3Complete the sentences with in or on
8We live IN a city now, but I grew up IN the country ON a small farm.
9I want to live IN a small town.
10IN a small town everybody knows each other and people are friendly.
11You can be very lonely IN a big city, but IN a small town you’ve always got friends.
12I don’t think that IN the future people will live IN a space or go to other planets.
13Lucy hopes that she will live IN a big city.
14Children will have lessons ON the internet.
15After some years we’ll probably find life ON other planets.
16Perhaps people will live ON Mars.
17IN the future there will be more and more cars ON the roads, so we’ll spend more time IN traffic jams.
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4 Complete the sentences with in or on
7Put different parts of your project together ON a poster or IN a scrapbook.
8People will travel IN flying cars, astronauts will lend ON Mars.
9I often read car magazines, and I always watch motor racing ON the TV, too.
10My dad’s got a spaceship IN the garage.
11George arrived IN a taxi.
12Mary passed me ON her bicycle.
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5 Put in by, in or on.
9Liz usually goes to work BY bus.
10I saw Jane this morning. She was ON the bus.
11How did you get here? Did you come BY train?
12How did you get here? Did you come ON the train?
13I decided not to go BY car. I went ON my bike instead.
14I didn't feel like walking home, so I came home IN a taxi.
15Sorry we're late. We missed the bus, so we had to come ON foot.
16I don't mind going BY car but I don't want to go IN your car.
17Shall we get a taxi or shall we go ON foot?
18The bus was very full. There were too many people ON it.
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