This free ESL worksheet helps students practise common prepositions of time and place in context. It’s ideal for reviewing or consolidating high-frequency prepositions like in, on, and at, and works well with elementary and pre-intermediate learners. The worksheet includes 15 gap fill sentences covering both time and location references.
Activity Overview
- Level: Elementary / Pre-intermediate
- Target language: Prepositions of time and place
- Time: 10–20 minutes
- Group size: Pairs or individuals
What you need
- One copy of the worksheet per student (download here)
How to use the activity
- Hand out the worksheet to students working in pairs or individually.
- Explain that each sentence contains one or more missing prepositions.
- Students complete the gaps with the correct prepositions of time or place.
- Go through the answers together and check understanding.
- Optionally, ask students to create new sentences using the same prepositions.
Example sentences:
- Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756.
- It starts on Tuesday.
- Halloween is in October.
- We travelled overnight and arrived in Paris at 5:00 in the morning.
- I wasn’t sure this was the right office. There is no name on the door.
- My brother lives in a small town in the southeast of England.
Why use this activity?
This worksheet offers a simple but effective way to reinforce one of the most common – and commonly confused – areas of English grammar. It’s useful for both new learners and those reviewing basics. The example sentences also support vocabulary development.
