Write a sentence using the word place

Prepositions of place describe the location of an object. For example, is the object under, on top, next to, behind, or in front?

In this Prepositions of Place Worksheet, students have to write a sentence to describe a location. For example, they can use the words “on”, “around”, “out of” in this preposition worksheet.

In addition, teachers will have to provide a separate table to write on. Answers are below the worksheet.

Preposition of Place Worksheet Answers

1. The man is in the bed.
2. The man walks around the bed.
3. The man gets out of bed.
4. The man is under the bed.
5. The man goes through the door.
6. The man is between the beds.
7. The man is on top of the bed.
8. The man is behind the bed.
9. The man is beside the bed.
10. The man is in front of the bed.

Related Prepositions Worksheets

If you need more grammar and preposition worksheets, see our free printable activity sheets below.

• 5 Preposition Worksheets for Place, Time and Movement
• Prepositions of Time Worksheet
• Preposition Game: Draw the Prepositions of Position

DEMONSTRATIVE
LESSON PLAN

Theme: Describing places

Aims:

§ 
communicative

To enable students to take part in social
conversations (describe places with appropriate words); to revise already known
adjectives describing places; to present new words and to provide learners with
useful expressions to make their speech more diverse

§ 
developing

To develop ability to work in pairs and in groups,
collaborative skills through creative tasks

§ 
educational

To enlarge pupils` outlook and to enhance their
ability to make a decision 

Objectives:

    
to
have students to match words with their synonyms

    
to
read the dialogue and make their own

    
to
listen to the video

    
to
make a decision using six thinking hats

    
to
write the story

Learning outcomes: By the end of the
lesson students will be able to

ü Use lots of
adjectives to describe places and places in the city

ü Create the model
of their own city

ü Explain the
meaning of words to each other

Aids: handouts,
billboard, pictures, hats and blackboard.

Organizational moment: Good
afternoon, students! How are you? (Teacher greets students and takes
attendance.) Today we will learn how to describe places, cities and design the
model of our own city.

Warm-up:

(Revision of what they already learned.)

1.     Write
a sentence using the word written in your card and read it.  (2 min)

(The students are given cards with a word in them. 
They have to make up a sentence using their words.)

Words: crowded, beautiful, peaceful, noisy, ancient,
modern, beach, city, holiday, touristy, dangerous, fantastic.

2.     Match
the words with their synonyms (2min)

Presentation: (4min)

Buildings in the city

Shopping centre       museum

Cathedral                  hospital

Library                     bank

Swimming pool         police station

(The teacher provides students with the most widely
used questions and useful expressions for describing places)

 

Grammar
(2 min)

(Teacher asks some questions to check learners`
understanding.)

Ex: Do you like ice-cream?

Are you like your mother?

Reading (2min)

Susan: What`s London like?

Jennifer: It`s big and interesting but there are too
many people.

Susan: What is the food like?

Jennifer: It`s fantastic. You can buy food from every
part of the world. There are Greek, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Indian
restaurants too, but they are all very expensive.

Susan: What are the buildings like?

Jennifer: There are all kinds. Some are very old, like
the Tower of London. Some are very modern…

Practice:

1.     Read
the dialogue and make up your own, using the questions and useful expressions.
(5 min)

2.     Listening
(4 min)

Listen and watch. Answer the questions. (What is the
…like?)

1.     What
are the buildings like in the city?

2.     What
is the weather like today?

3.     What
is the food like in the city?

4.     What
are the shops like in the city?

3.     Speaking

Six Thinking Hats (13 min)

 

Task: Students, now we will work in pairs, but we will
make a decision reflecting upon it from six different points of view.

You will run your own business via opening a shopping
mall in a residential are next to the hotel and department stores. Before
coming up with the idea of opening a shopping mall, you had a choice between
opening cinema, hotel or shopping mall. Think carefully and decide whether it
is the right choice, the right place to open it and think of possible positive
and negative sides of opening it.

Procedure:

The students are divided in six. Each pair gets a hat of
one of the six colours: white, red, green, yellow, black and blue.

    
White
hat: What do we have? How much money will we invest?

Give the general information
about the shopping mall we are going to open. (Think up how many floors it will
have, what departments there will be, etc.)

    
Red
hat: What will be the reaction of people when they see our shopping mall?  Think
of how to make it amazing, so that it will attract people.

    
Green
hat: What will make our shopping mall different from others? What ideas do you
have for grandiose opening ceremony?

Devise an original name
for our shopping centre and come up with an original idea of how to increase
the number of people coming to our shopping mall.

    
Yellow
hat: What will be the positive sides of opening the shopping mall next to the
hotel? Why is it better than opening hotel or department store?

Think of benefits of the decision to open a shopping
mall and value of it.

    
Black
hat: What will be the negative sides of opening the shopping mall in a
residential area?  Why it might not work? What will we do in case people don`t
like it?

Think of negative sides
and possible negative outcomes.

    
Blue
hat: What to do: open or not? How to handle with the negative sides and
outcomes?

Try to solve the possible
negative outcomes and decide whether to open it or not.

(At the end, the students will decide
whether to open the shopping mall)

Writing(5 min)

Work in groups.

“Crazy city”

Write about an imagined crazy city. Write about its
size, population, food, weather and buildings. Try to make it as crazy and
unrealistic as possible. 

(The students are divided in 2 groups. Look at the
example: ex. 5 p. 166. )

Evaluation:

Game “Explain it without naming” (3-4 min)

Procedure:

The teacher gives every student a card, where a word
is written or a picture that depicts a wonderful place.  Every student should
stand in front of the class to explain verbally the word written in his card or
the place depicted in the picture but he/she shouldn`t name the word itself.

Homework:

1.     Draw
a model of the city you have designed as a class.

2.     Write
a description essay about your favourite city. (50-80 words)

Teacher_______________________  
Signature__________________________

1. Complete the names of these places and match them with the pictures (a-h) below.

1   t__wn  h__ll   …e…

2   c__r  p__rk   ……..

3   __ __rp__rt   ……..

4   f__r__st__t__ __n   ……..

5   g__m ……..

6   sq__ __r__   ……..

7   sw__mm_ng  p__ __l   ……..

8   b__s  st__t__ __n   ……..

Answer

2 car park d   3 airport a   4 fire station g   5 gym c

6 square b   7 swimming pool f   8 bus station h

2. Match the sentences with the places in town below.

bank      cinema      hospital      hotel      library      museum      park     

police station      post office      shopping centre      train station      zoo

1   ‘Hello. I’m Doctor Langton. How is your arm today?’

      …………………………..

2   ‘Excuse me. I’m looking for a book about the rainforest.’

      …………………………..

3   ‘The 9.35 from London to York is arriving at platform four.’

      …………………………..

4   ‘I need to report a crime.’

      …………………………..

5   ‘Can I have a room for three nights, please?’

      …………………………..

6   ‘I need to send this letter to Canada, by air.’

      …………………………..

7   ‘Excuse me. Where are the lions and tigers?’

      …………………………..

8   ‘Look at that Greek plate. It’s 3,000 years old!’

      …………………………..

9   ‘I’d like to change some money into euros, please.’

      …………………………..

10   ‘Be quiet! The film is starting!’

      …………………………..

11   ‘Let’s play football, then have a picnic.’

      …………………………..

12   ‘You can stay here in the café. I need to go to the clothes shop and then the bookshop.’

      …………………………..

Answer

1 hospital   2 library   3 train station   4 police station

5 hotel   6 post office   7 zoo   8 museum   9 bank

10 cinema   11 park   12 shopping centre

3. Look at the pictures and listen to the sentences. Are the sentences true or false? Tick the correct answer.

1   a   True ◻  False ◻    

     b   True ◻  False ◻    

     c   True ◻  False ◻

2   a   True ◻  False ◻    

     b   True ◻  False ◻    

     c   True ◻  False ◻

3   a   True ◻  False ◻    

     b   True ◻  False ◻    

     c   True ◻  False ◻

Answer

1 a F b T c T   2 a T b T c F   3 a T b T c F

Transcript

1

a   The hospital is between the car park and the cinema. True or false?

b   The park is behind the hospital. True or false?

c   The car park is next to the cinema. True or false?

2

a   The man with the hat is in front of the hotel. True or false?

b   The hotel is opposite the train station. True or false?

c   The bank is next to the train station. True or false?

3

a   The swimming pool is in the park. True or false?

b   The town hall is behind the park. True or false?

c   The bus station is behind the town hall. True or false?

Extra exercises

1. Match words 1-6 with words a-f to make places in towns and cities.

1   bus

2   car

3   post

4   shopping

5   swimming

6   town

a   centre

b   hall

c   office

d   park

e   pool

f   station

Answer

1 F   2 D   3 C   4 A   5 E   6 B

2. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions of place.

1   There’s a bank o…………………… the cinema. You have to cross the road to take some money out.

2   The library is b…………………… the museum and the supermarket.

3   The train station is n…………………… my house. It’s a ten-minute walk.

4   There’s a gym i…………………… the hotel. It’s free for guests.

5   There’s a park n…………………… t…………………… the hospital, on the left.

Answer

1 opposite   2 between   3 near   4 inside   5 next to

3. Complete the definitions.

1   a big area of water with land all around it ……………………

2   a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain ……………………

3   a lot of people together ……………………

4   a piece of land used for animals or growing crops ……………………

5   a big group of trees ……………………

Answer

1 lake   2 hill   3 crowd   4 field   5 wood

4. Choose the correct answers.

1   My grandparents usually fly to Spain on holiday. They go by coach / plane / train.

2   We often ride to the park at the weekend. We go by motorbike / ship / plane.

3   My dad always drives to work. He goes by bus / car / underground.

4   My sister sometimes stays out late on Saturday nights, so she goes home by plane / ship / taxi.

5   There’s always a lot of traffic on the roads in the morning, so we go to school by car / coach / underground.

Answer

1 plane   2 motorbike   3 car   4 taxi   5 underground

5. Complete the sentences with the words below.

Africa      Asia      east      Europe      North America      south

1   France is in ……………………

2   Marseille is in the …………………… of France and Paris is in the north.

3   Kenya is in ……………………

4   China is in ……………………

5   Berlin is in the …………………… of Germany and Düsseldorf is in the west.

6   Canada is in ……………………

Answer

1 Europe   2 south   3 Africa   4 Asia   5 east   6 North America

6. Complete the directions with the verbs below. You can use one verb more than once.

go      take      turn

1   …………………… over the bridge.

2   …………………… the first left.

3   …………………… past the fire station.

4   …………………… straight on.

5   …………………… left at the crossroads.

6   …………………… along Station Road.

Answer

1 Go   2 Take   3 Go   4 Go   5 Turn   6 Go

Adverbs can take different positions in a sentence. It depends on the type of sentence and on what role the adverb plays and what words the adverb defines, characterizes, describes.

Most often, we put adverbs after the verb but before adjectives, other adverbs, or participles.

She walked quickly away.
He runs slowly along.

Adverb and three main positions

There are three main positions for an adverb in a sentence:

• before the verb
• at the beginning of a sentence
• at the end of a sentence

Let’s look at these positions separately.

At the end

We put an Adverb at the end of a sentence after the predicate and the object.

The water is rising fast.

At the beginning

We put an adverb at the beginning of a sentence before the subject.

Today I have a piano lesson.

In the middle

Most often, we put an adverb in the middle of a sentence. But “middle” is not an accurate concept. Where exactly this middle is located, it depends on the words next to which we use the adverb.

1. In interrogative sentences, we put an adverb between the subject and the main verb.

Did he often go out like that?

1. If the predicate in the sentence is only one verb, then we put the adverb before the verb.

You rarely agree with me.

1. If the predicate contains more than one word, then we put the adverb after the modal verb or after the auxiliary verb (if there is a modal verb or auxiliary verb).

You must never do this again.

There are adverbs that we can put before a modal verb or an auxiliary verb.

He surely can prepare for this.

Adverb placement depending on the type of adverb

The place of an adverb depends on what type of adverbs it belongs to. Different adverbs can appear in different places.

Adverbs of manner

We usually use Adverbs of manner:

• before main verbs
• after auxiliary verbs
• at the end of the sentence

1. If the verb is in the Passive Voice, then we use an adverb between the auxiliary verb and the verb in the third form.
2. We usually use Adverbs of manner after the verb or after the Object.
3. We can NOT use an Adverb of manner between the verb and direct object. If the sentence has a verb and a direct object, then we use an adverb of manner before the verb or after the object.
4. Usually we put an adverb of manner that answers the question HOW after the verb or after the verb and the object.

She held the baby gently.
We are running slowly.

1. We usually put the adverbs well, fast, quickly, immediately, slowly at the end of a sentence.

I wrote him an answer immediately.
The truck picked up speed slowly.

Adverbs of Frequency

Adverbs of frequency are adverbs that indicate how often, with what frequency an action occurs.

Adverbs of frequency answer the question “How often?“

1. Most often we put Adverbs of frequency before the main verb.
2. We can use normally, occasionally, sometimes, usually at the beginning of a sentence or at the end of a sentence.
3. We usually put Adverbs of frequency that accurately describe the time (weekly, every day, every Saturday) at the end of a sentence.

We have another board meeting on Monday.
I wish we could have fried chicken every week.
Maybe we could do this every month.

1. We put Adverbs of frequency after the verb to be if the sentence contains the verb to be in the form of Present Simple or Past Simple.

My routine is always the same.

1. We often use usually, never, always, often, sometimes, ever, rarely in the middle of a sentence.

I often wish I knew more about gardening.

1. We can use usually at the beginning of a sentence.

Usually, I keep it to myself.

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree express the degree to which something is happening. These are such adverbs as:

• almost
• absolutely
• completely
• very
• quite
• extremely
• rather
• just
• totally

1. We put Adverbs of degree in the middle of a sentence.
2. We put Adverbs of degree after Auxiliary Verbs.
3. We put Adverbs of degree after modal verbs.

I feel really guilty about that.

1. We put Adverbs of degree before adjectives.

When guns speak it is too late to argue.

1. We put Adverbs of degree before other adverbs.

He loses his temper very easily.

1. Sometimes we put Adverbs of degree before modal verbs and before auxiliary verbs. Usually, we use such adverbs as:

• certainly
• definitely
• really
• surely

You definitely could have handled things better.
I think I really could have won.

1. The adverb enough is an exception to this rule. We put the Adverb enough after the word it characterizes.

I have lived long enough.

Adverbs of place and time

Let’s see where we use the adverbs of place and adverbs of time.

1. Most often we put the adverb of place and time at the end of the sentence.

I thought you didn’t have family nearby.
They found her place in Miami yesterday.

1. We put monosyllabic adverbs of time (for example, such as now, then, soon) before main verbs but after auxiliary verbs including the verb to be.

Now imagine you see another woman.
Yes, he is now a respectable man.

1. We can use adverbs of place and time at the very beginning of a sentence when we want to make the sentence more emotional.

Today, we have to correct his mistakes.

1. We put the adverbs here and there at the end of the sentence.

Independent thought is not valued there.

1. Most often we put adverbs of place and time after the verb or verb + object.

I can’t change what happened yesterday.
You have to attend my wedding next month.

1. Most often we put such adverbs as towards, outside, backward, everywhere, nearby, downstairs, southward, at the end of the sentence or in the middle of the sentence, but immediately after the verb.

I made iced tea and left it downstairs.
With this speaker, you can hear everything outside.
I can run backward!

1. We put adverbs of time that accurately define the time (for example, yesterday, now, tomorrow) at the end of the sentence.

The ship is going to be back tomorrow.

He wants it to happen now.

If we want to emphasize time, we can put an adverb that accurately specifies the time at the beginning of the sentence.

Tomorrow I’m moving to Palais Royal.

Adverbs that show the speaker’s degree of confidence.

Let’s talk about the place in the sentence occupied by Adverbs that show the speaker’s degree of confidence in what the speaker is saying.

1. We can put at the beginning of the sentence such adverbs as:

• definitely
• perhaps
• probably
• certainly
• clearly
• maybe
• obviously

Certainly, you have an opinion about that.

Definitely think twice before correcting one of your mistakes again.

Maybe someone else was in her apartment that night.

We can also put adverbs like this in the middle of a sentence:

They’ll probably name a street after me.
This assumption is clearly no longer valid.

Adverbs that emphasize the meaning of the word they describe

The next group of adverbs is adverbs that emphasize the meaning of the word they describe.

1. Look at the following adverbs:

• very
• really
• terribly
• extremely
• almost
• quite
• pretty

We usually put such adverbs in the middle of the sentence before the word that these adverbs characterize.

He is very tired.
She found it extremely difficult to get a job.
I’m quite happy to wait for you here.

Adverbs defining a verb

1. We put an adverb after the verb to be. If the adverb defines the verb to be in one of its forms.

He was never a good man.

1. If an adverb defines another adverb or adjective, then we put such an adverb most often before the word that it defines.

I can see it quite clearly.
They walked rather slowly.

Adverbs connecting sentences

Adverbs can connect sentences in a logical sequence.

Such adverbs can appear at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle of the sentence. These are such adverbs as:

• next
• anyway
• however
• besides
• next

Adverbs that explain the speaker’s point of view

Let’s take a look at Adverbs that explain the speaker’s point of view in what he says.

• fortunately
• surprisingly
• personally

We most often put them at the beginning of the sentence.

Honestly, I wish I had time to do more reading.
Often their homes are their only major material possession.

We can put some of these adverbs at the end of a sentence.

I know what you’ve done for me, honestly.

Always, Never, and Only

Now let’s talk about some adverbs separately. These are very popular adverbs that we often use in English.

1. Always and never.

We usually put always and never in the middle of the sentence before the verb they define.

The bread always falls buttered side down.
Love is never paid but with true love.

1. Only.

Only is an incredibly popular adverb. Most often, we put only before the word that the adverb only characterizes.

Wisdom is only found in truth.
A man can only die once.

Additional tips

If we have two or more adverbs to define one verb, then the order of these adverbs should be as follows:

1. Adverb of manner
2. Adverb of place
3. Adverb of time

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