L-5 Prepositions
Fill in the blanks with at, on, or in. Use one of those three
PREPOSITIONS even if another one
makes sense. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the
back of the book.
EXAMPLE
Niagara Falls, on the US–Canadian border, was known to many
tribes of Indians before
Europeans settled in North America.
1. Old Faithful, _____ Yellowstone National Park, erupts _____
intervals of about seventy
minutes _____ all seasons.
2. Washington State’s Grand Coulee Dam, completed _____ 1942,
sits _____ the Columbia
River _____ the junction of Douglas, Okanogan, and Lincoln
counties.
3. Noted _____ maps, El Morro is a national monument _____
western New Mexico; it consists
of ruins of ancient sandstone pueblos with inscriptions made
______ the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
4. Another national monument, the Statue of Liberty stands _____
Liberty Island _____ New
York City’s harbor; it is lit _____ night.
5. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, established as a
park _____ 1917, marks the
site of a Revolutionary War battle _____ March 15, 1781, when
Americans ended British
power _____ the Carolinas.
6. Visitors to Acadia National Park _____ Mount Desert Island
_____ Maine generally prefer to
visit _____ the summer.
7. _____ the campus of the University of Virginia _____
Charlottesville, visitors can enjoy the
architecture of Thomas Jefferson; they can continue to
appreciate his design _____
Monticello, his home nearby.
8. The Gettysburg Address was delivered _____ the military
cemetery _____ Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, _____ November 19, 1863.
9. Companies offering tours of the Grand Canyon _____ airplanes
operate almost every day
but not _____ Christmas. Tourists can inquire online and get an
answer _____ a few hours.
10. Information about the landmarks and other places mentioned
_____ this exercise was found
_____ printed reference works as well as _____ the internet.
Name: _____________________________________________________
Class/section: ________________________________
