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Complete the tourist's excited postcard to her family by choosing the correct prepositions.
Right now, I am standing _________________________ the roof of the castle! It is very windy up here. Soon, I will go back downstairs to rest _________________________ my hotel room. Tonight, we are going to meet some friends _________________________ the local theater to watch a play.

The correct answers are on, in, and at.

We use on for surfaces of a building (like on the roof or on the ceiling).

We use in for enclosed rooms and spaces inside a building (like in a hotel room).

We use at for a building when we think about the activity that happens there or use it as a general meeting point (like at the theater or at the cinema).

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Preposition

  • interested in — ❌ interested on
  • good at football — ❌ good in football
  • depend on — ❌ depend of
  • arrive at the station — ❌ arrive to the station

Prepositions link nouns to the rest of the sentence: time (at 5pm), place (in London), manner (with care), abstract (afraid of). Most are idiomatic — the "correct" preposition must be memorised with each verb/adjective combination.

Rule: there is no universal rule. English prepositions are learned by combination: interested IN, good AT, depend ON, afraid OF. Your native language's equivalent will often mislead.

A1 | Elementary | Beginners

  • My name is Anna. — present simple of be
  • Where is the station? — basic *wh-*question
  • I have two brothers. — possession with have
  • She likes coffee. — third-person -s

These are A1 sentences — the starting level of the CEFR framework. At A1 you can introduce yourself, ask and answer simple personal questions, and handle basic everyday transactions using present tense, be/have/do, and core vocabulary.

If you can say these but freeze at normal speaking speed, you're solidly A1 — and that's exactly where to start.

Medium

  • If I were you, I would apologise. — one rule (second conditional), but distractors like was tempt you
  • Answers require active thought, not instant pattern recognition
  • Vocabulary and context are realistic, not artificially simplified
  • Usually tests one rule, but the wrong answers are plausible

Medium marks middle-difficulty challenges: A2B1, one rule tested, but with realistic distractors that require genuine understanding.

Use "Medium" when Easy feels too obvious but Hard feels overwhelming. This is where most productive learning happens — the sweet spot of difficulty.