en, adentro, sobre

In / Dentro

On / Sobre

Examples

What is there in the box? (a pencil)
¿Qué hay dentro de la caja?
There is a pencil is in the box.
Hay un lápiz dentro de la caja.

What is there in the box? (2 pens)
¿Qué hay dentro de la caja?
There are 2 pens in the box.
Hay 2 plumas dentro de la caja.
Examples

What is there on the table? (a bag)
¿Qué hay sobre la mesa? (una mochila)
There is a bag on the table.
Hay una mochila sobre la mesa.

What is there on the table? (a flower)
¿Qué hay sobre la mesa? (una flor)
There is a flower on the table.
Hay una flor sobre la mesa.
Answer the questions.
1. What is in the box? (a cap)
.
2. What is in the box? (a bowl)
 .
3. What is in the box? (a bottle)
 .
4. What is in the box? (a cup)
Answer the questions.
1. What is on the table? (a spoon)
 .
2. What is on the table? (a fork)
 .
3. What is on the table? (a plate)
 .
4. What is on the table? (a butter knife)
.

In front of

Behind

Examples

What is there in front of the box? (a cup)
There is a  a cup is in front of the box.

What is there in front of the box? (a cap)
There is a cap in front of the box.
Examples

What is there behind the box? (2 books)
There are 2 books behind the box.

What is there behind the box? (an eraser)
There is an eraser behind the box.
Answer the questions.
1. What is there in front of  the box? (a clock)
 .
2. What is there in front of  the box? (a balloon)
.
3. What is there in front of the box? (a ball)
.
4. What is there in front of the box? (an envelope)
.
Answer the questions.
1. What is there behind the banana? (a brown helmet)
 .
2. What is there behind the banana? (colorful cushions)
.
3. What is there behind the banana? (a mouse)
4. What is there behind the banana? (a crown)
.

Next to

Between

Examples

What is there next to the book? (a pencil)
¿Qué hay un lado  del libro? (un lápiz)
There is a pencil next to the book.
Hay un lápiz un lado del libro.

What is there next to the book? (a table)
¿Qué hay un lado del libro? (una mesa)
There is a table next to the book.
Hay una mesa un lado del libro.
Examples

What is there between the books? (a pencil)
¿Qué hay entre los libros? (un lápiz)
There is a pencil between the books.
Hay un lápiz entre los libros.

What is there between the trees? (2 birds)
¿Qué hay entre los árboles? (2 pájaros)
There are 2 birds between the trees.
Hay 2 pájaros entre los árboles.
Answer the questions.
1. What is there next to the book? (a teddy bear)
 .
2. What is there next to the book? (a key)
 .
3. What is there next to the book? (a lock)
 .
4. What is there next to the book? (a pencil sharpener)
 .
Answer the questions.
1. What is there between the trees? (2 birds)
2. What is there between the trees? (a house)
.
3. What is there between the trees? (a butterfly)
.
4. What is there between the trees? (2 flower pots)
.

Prepositions

Drag the colored lamps into the correct boxes:

The green lamp is under the table
The blue lamp is on the table
The red lamp is between the chairs
The brown lamp is next to the box
The yellow lamp is in front of the box
The orange lamp is behind the box