Learn Common Prepositions in English
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- Match-the-Pairs Game
- Memory Game
- Basic Flash Cards
- Spell-the-Word Game
- Multi-Choice Test
- Learn with Hangman!
- "Sentence" Flash Cards
- "Missing Word" Flash Cards
- Example Sentences
Match-the-Pairs Game
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- Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
- There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
- Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game
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- Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
- Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
- This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
- Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
Ranking (Clicks)
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Hero ()
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Recruit ()
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Hero ()
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Basic Flash Cards
Spell-the-Word Game
Spell the word represented by the picture.Learn with Hangman!
Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "prepositions" category. Choose your first letter to start.- Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
- If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
- If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
- If the gallows are completed, you lose.
- Good luck!
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"Sentence" Flash Cards
Click on the box to see the word in a sentence."Missing Word" Flash Cards
Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.Example Sentences
Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "prepositions" category:- in, on, through, from, with, past, over, under, between, near
- In indicates being inside something.
- She is in the house.
- He found the book in the bag.
in
- On indicates being above and in contact with something.
- The book is on the table.
- She put her hand on his shoulder.
on
- The preposition through indicates movement from one side to the other.
- She walked through the park.
- He drove through the tunnel.
through
- From indicates the starting point of motion or action.
- She received a gift from her friend.
- He came from the store.
from
- With indicates being accompanied by someone or something.
- She went to the movies with her friends.
- He is working with his colleagues.
with
- The preposition past indicates movement in a direction that passes by something.
- She walked past the store.
- He ran past the finish line.
past
- Above indicates a position over something else.
- Jack put a picture above the bed.
- She lives above a shop.
above
- Under indicates a position below something else.
- The cat is hiding under the table.
- He slipped the paper under the door.
under
- Between indicates a position in the middle of two things.
- She sat between her friends.
- He placed the picture between the books.
between
- Near indicates a short distance away.
- The park is near my house.
- She sat near the window.
near
This page was written by Craig Shrives.
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