1 on-in-above

on/in/above

I don't know

I love my wife. But there is one thing that always causes problems. She likes running but always forgets where her running shoes are and when she asks me where they are, I say:

I don't know

Then she asks others. This is why our language coach first taught us how to indicate a place. He started with simple pictures and a ball to explain different positions.

Indicating where it is

I like my language coach. He makes it very simple.

very simple

these are the symbols he finally uses in our illustration language.
Now he takes flowers and he places these flowers at different positions.
First we show the symbols in a more abstract form:

1 on, in, in front of, behind

2 above, under, next to, between

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More examples

Here are a more examples. With our illustration language understanding the meaning it is really easy!

1 the flowers are on the table

2 the flowers are under the table

3 the flowers are next to the table

4 the flowers are in front of the table

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1 the flowers are above the table

2 the flowers are behind the table

3 the flowers are in the box

4 the flowers are between the table and the chair

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Now with a question: where is?

Here are some examples that start with "where is".

1 where is the cat?

2 the cat is on the chair

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1 where is Anna?

2 Ans sits on the chair

Notice that in sentence 2 we use "sits" instead of "is". If you had used "is" the sentence is still ok.
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