GRAMMAR preposition of place 8 Complete the following sentences with the right preposition: or in, at, to, on. When I broke my leg, I stayed ______ hospital for a week. Yesterday I went ______ the hospital to visit my aunt. This door should only be opened ______ an emergency. I took my son ______ hospital yesterday. He had a pain in his stomach. I was already ______ bed when the doctor came for the daily visit. I asked for the doctor, but he was ______ the phone. I called for doctor Smith, but he was not ______ work. In British English you say or when you talk about somebody being there as a patient: to hospital in hospital . - I had to go to hospital. She spent two weeks in hospital You say or when you go there to visit a patient. to the hospital in the hospital I went to visit my uncle. to the hospital In American English, you use the article in both situations. the 9 Look at the picture of a hospital room and complete the sentences with the right preposition of place: between, in front of, near, next to, on, over, under. The crutches are ___________________ the bed. The chart is ___________________ the bed. The wheelchair is ___________________ the bed. The bedpan is ___________________ the bed. The bed table is ___________________ the bed. The crutches are ___________________ the bed and the wheelchair. The bed is ___________________ the mattress. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.