Prepositions of place
indicate where something is or where something happens ( across , in , inside , on , outside , under ).
Examples:
- The newly built bridge across the river has just collapsed.
- His alarm clock went off twice and he is still snoring in bed.
- There was something like a snake or a rope inside the dark cage.
- There was a big fly on the bull’s nose.
- I fell asleep while waiting outside the clinic for my turn.
Prepositions of place also tell us the position of something in relation to another with such words as behind , beside , between , in front , and near .
Examples:
- Behind his farmhouse was a large scary scarecrow.
- I sat beside a snoring woman in the cinema.
- There is an awkward gap between her two front teeth.
- Someone parked a tractor in front of our house.
- Please don’t come near me; I have a bad cold.