In, On, At · Exercises
B1Intermediate practice
Buses and cars, corners, no preposition (next week), arrive at / in.
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- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- B1 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at B1
- at + a point or an event (at the station)
- in + inside or an area (in the kitchen, in Paris)
- on + a surface or transport (on the table, on the bus)
- at + clock times and moments (at 7, at night)
- on + days and dates (on Monday, on 5 May)
- in + months, years, parts of the day (in May)
- Where…? When…? What time…? — short answers
- No preposition: next week, last year, tomorrow
- Tricky places: in a car / on a bus, in the corner
- arrive at / arrive in (never arrive to)
- in bed, at university, on TV, on holiday
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Sample exercises
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Write in, on or at.
The woman upstairs is going to have a party _____ October.
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The woman upstairs is going to have a party in October.
in + months: in May, in October. The woman upstairs is going to have a party in October.
Find the word that is wrong.
Omar is on the dentist’s.
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Omar is at the dentist’s.
at + a point, or a place where you do something: at the bus stop, at the station, at the doctor’s.
Find the word that is wrong.
Tom flew to Rome at Tuesday afternoon.
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Tom flew to Rome on Tuesday afternoon.
on + days: on Monday, on Friday evening.
Is this sentence correct?
They found the recipe at the internet.
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They found the recipe on the internet.
“at” should be “on”. Some places need no “the” when we mean what happens there: in bed, in hospital, at university, at school, at sea. And: on TV, on the radio, on holiday, in the newspaper.
Is this sentence correct?
Mia is going to stay in the countryside.
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Mia is going to stay in the countryside.
Yes, it’s correct. in + an area: a city, a country, a park, a garden: in Paris, in the park.
Write in, on or at.
My flatmates arrived _____ the hotel.
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My flatmates arrived at the hotel.
arrive at + a building or a point (at the airport); arrive in + a city or a country (in London). Never arrive to. My flatmates arrived at the hotel.