Grammar

Preposition of Place: On

 

This preposition of Place is commonly used in the following situations: specific position above, in contact with (surface), location along, abstract positions, inside big vehicles where you can walk on.

 

Pay attention to the examples below. Listen and repeat.

 

Examples:

 

01

Could you please help me to put these maps on the wall?

02

I can see a beautiful picture hanging on your door

03

She met her friends yesterday on the bus when she was going to school

04

Do you spend a lot of time on the internet?

05

That gorgeous Brazilian model is on the cover of all the magazines

06

All your magazines are on the floor

07

He felt something heavy on his foot but he didnīt know what it was

08

The children were watching their favorite cartoon on the television

10

Mike and James were on the train when their father called them

11

What is that on the window? It seems to be a cockroach

12

Does James live on Greystone Street?

13

We live in that building, on the 7th floor

14

Janie spends a lot of time on the subway because she works too far

15

We left our keys on the table, can you get them for us, please?

16

The information you are looking for is on page 37

17

That girl works on a plane. She is a flight attendant

18

They are playing my favorite songs on the radio

19

The sailors spend a long time living and working  on the ship

20

Mary is still on the phone talking to her boyfriend

21

Letīs see whatīs on the menu before we order our dinner

 

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