hello everyone how are you today this marc I'm doing great thanks for asking
I met Mary at the bus stop yesterday he published his book only in Italy they
sat on the floor to watch TV, in this lesson we are going to look at
Prepositions of place at, in and on so stay tuned - How many times have you
thought about which preposition to use? well it's important that you learn the verb plus the preposition.
For example I went to Japan last year I went to so I go to
I stayed in Japan for a month
stay in so I learned the verb plus the preposition if you wish to watch a
lesson on prepositional verbs you may click here - now let's concentrate of these
prepositions prepositions of place at in and on - I listed some rules to follow the
first one AT we use it for an exact point my example was, I met Mary at the
bus stop so this is - let's immagine a bus stop right here and I'm staying there
I met her at the bust stop so we also could say I met her at the corner or
at the door a door of a neighbors at the end of the road for example now we
also use AT with public spaces or buildings so I met her at university, I met her at the cinema
or I met her a library - we can say also without the article the AT hospital
we also use AT for events - so we can also say with I met Mary I met Mary at the
party or I met Mary at the concert or at the wedding - I met her at the wedding.
There are some expressions that use AT these are - not all of them but some are: AT home
we don't use the article the - so AT home we say - at the top or at the bottom or at the table -I sat at the
table In front of you - at the side, etc. let's look at IN - IN is used for enclosed space
so INSIDE - including countries like my example - He published his book
only in Italy in Italy, in France - in Russia - in Canada - in the US IN a box in a
building - so enclosed space - some means of transport - in a car a car is usually
small right ? so in a car, in a helicopter in a ship, in the lift or if you want to be
American in the elevator - elevator is the same as lift - with expressions in the sky
in the sky there are many birds - in Main St. pay attention because if you had a number in 58
Main Street it wouldn't be easy 58 Main St. but
on 58 Main Street so IN takes only the name of the street IN Main St. - on 58
Main St. - in the newspaper - in the mirror I looked in the mirror - in the picture - in
the world - in their world they are many people who speak English
let's take a look at ON ON for surface - it could be horizontally or vertically
they sat on the floor they sat on the floor or there's a sign on the door or
on the ceiling there is a fan on the ceiling - on the table okay on the table
there are many glasses - so with means of transport on the bus we say - on the train
on the plane - on a horse - on a bike - Expression that take ON
on the radio I heard it on the radio - on TV I watched it on TV - on the way on
the way to work I met Mary - on the right on the left - on the river - on the sea etc now
let's recap ! in this lesson we looked at
prepositions of place AT IN and ON - Use AT for an exact point, public spaces or buildings and
events - Use IN instead for an enclosed space and some means of transport - Use ON
for a surface and for some means of transport too - remember the fixed expressions - at home at
hospital - in the mirror - in the picture - on the radio - on TV - so that's it for today
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