Prepositions Quiz: Direction, Time, and Place

Prepositions of Direction

• Use "in" to refer to a general direction or a large area
• Use "into" to refer to movement from outside to inside
• Use "on" to refer to a surface or a linear movement
• Use "onto" to refer to movement from one surface to another

Prepositions of Time

• Use "in" to refer to parts of the day (e.g., morning, evening), months, years, and seasons
• Use "at" to refer to a specific time of day (e.g., 3 o'clock), noon, night, and midnight
• Use "on" to refer to specific days (e.g., Friday)

Prepositions of Place

• Use "in" to refer to the point itself (e.g., a city, a building)
• Use "at" to refer to the general vicinity (e.g., at the store)
• Use "on" to refer to a surface (e.g., on the wall)
• Use "inside" to refer to something contained (e.g., inside the house)

Prepositions of Location

• Use "in" to refer to an area or volume (e.g., in the forest)
• Use "at" to refer to a specific point (e.g., at the corner)
• Use "on" to refer to a surface (e.g., on the floor)

Prepositions of Spatial Relationships

• Use "above" to refer to something higher than something else
• Use "across" to refer to something on the opposite side
• Use "against" to refer to something in contact with something else
• Use "ahead of" to refer to something in front of something else
• Use "along" to refer to something next to something else
• Use "among" to refer to something in a group or collection
• Use "around" to refer to something surrounding something else
• Use "behind" to refer to something at the back of something else
• Use "below" to refer to something lower than something else
• Use "beneath" to refer to something directly underneath something else
• Use "beside" to refer to something next to something else
• Use "between" to refer to something in the middle of two things