1. Prepositions

2. Opposite and in front of Opposite On the other side/ across a road a street In front of is the opposite of behind There’s a bus stop in front of the school (the same side of the road) It can mean outside

3. Above or over We ‘ve got a little house above the lake Not directly over another Over when something touches or covers another He put on a coat over his pyjamas

6. across

7. Through

8. Across or through? Note the difference in use between across and through. Across suggests flat or open space, whereas through suggests a space which is closed with things on all sides: Although it was dark, I was not afraid of walking home through the forest. The ice was quite thick and he experienced no difficulty in skating right across the lake. We cycled across Bodmin moor and through a number of small villages.

9. Particular use of at, in, on In In the mountains ON on a map on tv on the way In the sun/rain In adictionary In the background In the foreground AT At the sea At the beginning At the end At the window

10. How to describe a picture/photo Speaking part 3 In the upper left-hand corner At the top of the photo On (the) top of it [sopra a…] IN THE BACKGROUND In the upper right-hand corner On the left On the left-hand side In the left part… IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO On the right On the right-hand side In the right part… In the bottom left-hand corner IN THE FOREGROUND At the bottom (of the photo) In the lower part In the bottom right-hand corner