University of CaraboboFaculty of Sciences of Education

School of Education

MEC

Floranyi PerazaSandy Sangronis

Eliana Navia

Prepositions of place

What is a preposition?

It is a word that shows a relationship between a noun and some other word or element in a sentence.

Now, we are going to study four important prepositions in this lesson, click on each preposition to see its

communicative function

Behind Under

In on

Behind

We use it when something or someone is in the opposite place of

something or someone else.

Example:

The sun is behind the cloud

Under

We use it when something or someone is below something or

someone else.

Example:

The dog is under the table

In

We use it when something or someone is into something

Example:

The balls is in the box

On

We use it when something or someone is above something

Example:

The apple is on the table.

Okay, now you know how to use each

preposition, look at the following picture and the examples.

See the animal

The giraffe is behind the bus

The monkey is in the bus.

The crocodile is under the bus.

The tiger is on the bus.

Now that you know more about

those prepositions, it is time to do

some exercises.

Exercises •Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition of place (in, on, behind, under)

1. The students are _____ the classroom.

2. The books are _______ the table.

3. The girl is _____ his mother.

Now, we are going to introduce

to you new vocabulary about a guy’s family’s

members.

Family

Hello, my name in Carlos, I live in New York and I am

going to introduce to you my family.

On my father’s side these are my grand parents.

This is Ana and she is my

grandmother.

This is Adrian and he is my grandfather.

On my mother’s side these are my grand parents.

This is Zorarge and she is my grandmother.

This is Manuel and he is my grandfather.

These are my parents.

This is Sandy and she is my mother.

This is Luis and he is my father.

These are my uncle and my aunt.

This is Lenin and he is my uncle.

This is Ismary and she is my aunt.

These are my siblings.

This is Jorge and he is my brother.

This is Betania and she is my sister.

This is Wilmer and he is my son.

This is Genesis and she is my daughter.

These are my sons.