PREPOSITION OF PLACES

 PREPOSITION OF PLACES

OBJECTIVE

Use information acquired in the practice of dialogues, writing texts, listening activities and reading comprehension.

WARM UP

Read the clues and complete the crossword with words related to places.

GRAMMAR

Prepositions of place are words used to determine where an object is. These words are used after the verb and before an object.

Examples: 

• The roof ventilator is above all around us. (El ventilador de techo está encima de todos nosotros).
• My house is between Linda’s and Pablo’s. (Mi casa está entre la de Linda y la de Pablo).
• My bag is next to my chair. (Mi bolso está junto a mi silla).
• The store is opposite my house. (La tienda está en frente de mi casa).
• My shoes are under my bed. (Mis zapatos están debajo de mi cama).

Prepositions of place help us to locate a thing, an animal or a person but, we need to say or to write sentences so as to use them. Here we will use THERE BE, which denotes existence -or absence, in the case of negative sentences-. This verb has two forms: one in singular and one in plural. The singular form is THERE IS and you can look at it on the following examples: 

• There is a cat under the bed. (Hay un gato debajo de la cama.)
• Is there any yellow shirt in the washing machine? (¿Hay alguna camiseta amarilla en la lavadora?)
• There is a red-haired girl next to my house. (Hay una chica pelirroja junto a mi casa.)
• Is there any ball on the roof? (¿Hay alguna pelota sobre el techo?)

ACTIVITIES

Complete the sentences with the appropriate prepositions

a.                  The black cat is ___________ the two purple cushions.

b.                  The roses are ___________ the pink vase.

c.                   The mouse is __________ the table.

d.                  The toy truck is __________ the stripped cat.

e.                   The teddy bear is ___________ the bookshelf.

f.                    The lamp is ___________ the vase.

g.                  The picture is ____________ the wall.

h.                  The newspaper is _________ the sofa.

i.                    The big plant is ___________ the sofa.

j.                    The bookshelf is ___________ the teddy bear. 

Ejercicio 2: Translate to English.

 

a.                  Hay un gato debajo de la mesa

b.                  ¿Hay una naranja en la nevera?

c.                  Hay un perro encima de la cama

d.                  ¿Hay un radio dentro del librero?

e.                  Hay un edificio junto a mi casa

f.                   Hay un vaso entre el computador y la impresora

g.                  ¿Hay un libro encima de la mesa?

h.                  Hay un lápiz debajo de la silla.