Prepositions of place & location

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Note these rules for preposition use related to place and location:

at + places at the café, at the train station, at the movie theater, at the stoplight, at home, at work Example: Bob is at the train station right now.   in + bodies of water in the water, in the pool, in the sea Example: Abby is in the pool.   in + towns, cities, countries in Westport, in New York, in the United States Example: John lives in the United States.   in + towns, cities, countries on the desk, on the floor, on the table Example: Your coat is on the floor.   on + surfaces On Earth, on Mars Example: Is there life on Mars?   on + planets on the left, on the right Example: Ours is the second house on the right.

Preposition of place with verbs of movement

• When you have a verb of movement (come, go, walk, run, fly, etc), use the preposition “to” instead of “at.”
• I’m walking to work today.
• John is flying to Florida.
• Mary will run to the store.

• With “home” and a verb of movement, use no preposition.
• We drove home.
• I’m flying home tomorrow.

• With the verb “visit”, use no preposition.
• We visited France last year.
• We visited Joe and Susan at their summer home.