PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Prepositions can be used to show where something is located.

THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, AND IN

We use at to show a specific place, location or position.

For example:

Someone is at the door.

They met each other at a friend's house.

I used to live at 51 Portland Street.

The owls are waiting at the bus stop.

We use on to show position on a horizontal or vertical surface.

For example:

The cat sat on the mat.

The picture is hanging on the wall.

The satellite dish is on the roof.

The owl is standing on the box.

We also use on to show position on streets, roads, etc.

For example: 

I used to live on Portland Street.

We use in to show that something is enclosed or surrounded.

For example:

The dog is in the garden.

She is in the taxi. 

They live in a flat.

The owl is sleeping in the box.

We also use in to show position within a general area (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).

For example:

I used to live in Nottingham, but now I live in Germany.

MORE PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

We say in a car / taxi, but on a boat, train, bus etc. Why? Because.

If it helps: When you get in a car or a taxi, you climb in and sit straight down, but you have to get onto public transport and then walk to your seat / carriage etc.