PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, IN EXERCISE 2 (ESL)
B1–B2 · IntermediateA second exercise on at, on, and in, with a heavier focus on fixed expressions and idiomatic uses — phrases like on time, at most, in class, and in line where the preposition is part of a set combination.
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Fill in each blank with at, on, or in.
1. The train will arrive time.✓
2. I'm not at home. I'm work.✓
3. Those running shoes are sale until Tuesday.✓
4. Amelia fell asleep class this morning.✓
5. Is your grandfather still the hospital?✓
6. The drive to Atlanta will take five hours most.✓
7. This is the most expensive neighborhood San Francisco.✓
8. He was a bit confused first.✓
9. We normally go to the beach the weekend.✓
10. We were standing line for two hours.✓
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Grammar review
At, on, in — idiomatic and fixed expressions
Beyond the basic rules, at, on, and in appear in a large number of fixed expressions where the preposition must simply be memorized as part of the phrase.
Common expressions with AT:
at work, at home, at school, at most, at first, at last, at the moment, at risk, at fault, at all
Common expressions with ON:
on time, on sale, on holiday, on the phone, on the weekend, on purpose, on foot, on the way
Common expressions with IN:
in class, in hospital (British), in a hurry, in the end, in line, in trouble, in love, in time, in the neighborhood
Tricky pairs in this exercise:
on time (punctual, exactly when expected) vs in time (not too late, before a deadline)
at most (maximum) vs in all (in total)
in hospital (British: as a patient) vs in the hospital (American, or visiting)
Beyond the basic rules, at, on, and in appear in a large number of fixed expressions where the preposition must simply be memorized as part of the phrase.
Common expressions with AT:
at work, at home, at school, at most, at first, at last, at the moment, at risk, at fault, at all
Common expressions with ON:
on time, on sale, on holiday, on the phone, on the weekend, on purpose, on foot, on the way
Common expressions with IN:
in class, in hospital (British), in a hurry, in the end, in line, in trouble, in love, in time, in the neighborhood
Tricky pairs in this exercise:
on time (punctual, exactly when expected) vs in time (not too late, before a deadline)
at most (maximum) vs in all (in total)
in hospital (British: as a patient) vs in the hospital (American, or visiting)
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