this video is all about prepositions such as in on and at in conversation we
know that these small words are little buggers for English learners so in this
video we've recorded a natural conversation then we've gone ahead and
highlighted the specific rules to these prepositions in context now there are a
lot of prepositions in this conversation so we've decided to focus only on
prepositions of location or place and ignoring any phrasal verbs so that you
don't get too confused and thus enabling you to gain clearer insight just to
clarify a preposition of place or location is
one that refers is is one that is is one that describes I can't stop reading that
I should just put the I'm gunna put I'm gunna turn the phone off a preposition of
location or place is is one that describes where something is located in
reference to something else see I did it for example Charlie I I am in my office so
stick around and enjoy our conversation in prepositions welcome to real English
with real teachers with Harry and Charlie
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ready for your conversation in position I think I am yeah hope I give you the
prepositions you're looking for my friend I hope so too
let's hope you don't get caught out it would be embarrassing as an English teacher if I
if I were to choose the wrong position wouldn't it don't feel nervous no need
to feel alarmed it's going to be some routine questions
so just relax there and tell me where were you born
ah I was born in Bedford yeah in Bedford in the South of England
yeah little little well medium-sized town called Bedford that's that's my hometown
born and bred Bedford baby born and bred in Bedford nice okay what time were you born
mmm I wish I did remember I couldn't tell if it was in the morning in the
afternoon or in the evening or if it was it at midday at 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. no
idea but I do know that I was umm my mum had a caesarean with me and she did with
my brother and sister as well actually you were all big babies we were we were
all really really fat babies especially my brother he was massive he was close
to a stone so he was huge and a stone in European conversions that is about six
point three kilograms right yeah yeah I was gonna say about
six point three kilograms yeah that's what my my internal
calculator was telling me or my brain yeah where's your brain Harry
good question well my brain is actually in my head in my cranium it's not on
your head it's not on my head no no no that would be worrying if it was or if
it was kind of coming out of my head if I could see it kind of coming escaping
through my ears that would be really worrying wouldn't it moving on when is
your birthday my birthday is on the 16th of August and what time do you usually
wake up in the day on my birthday if you want to keep talking about your special
day then yes on your birthday when do you usually wake up on your birthday
well on my last birthday I reckon I just get up at my normal time I think on my last
birthday I worked actually I think I had some lessons so probably at about 10 a.m.
not too not too early what time do you wake up on the weekend on the
weekend I wake up about 11 or 10:00 a.m. and then I get up at about
12:00 okay and where was your school back in the day where was your school
well my lower school was quite close to my house actually it was about 20
minutes away walking my middle school was a little bit further away but also
in Bedford but maybe about 30 minute walk and then
my upper school was even further and that was about 40 minutes away but I
used to get there by bike okay okay by bike little cyclist Harry where's your
bike now my bike is just outside my flat me in the hallway what you've kept the
same bike from your school days ah no no no my dad actually sold that bike
without my permission it was a BMX a really little bike I used
to love it you know doing tricks and stuff like that but yeah no I got a
new bike and it's just outside in the hallway okay and where's your house it's
eh it's on a street called Chaucer Road and it's yeah very close same street
I used to live on with my parents so it's on Chaucer Road and hopefully
you don't have any stalkers out there but what number Road are you at I live at
number 17 Chaucer Road flat one okay good luck
but if you do come to my house there's a doorbell on the front but it doesn't
work so if you do come here just knock on the window
at any hour yeah yeah yeah you know when I get up anyway so yeah that's true yeah be
reasonable okay where's your bank more details that could enable a stalker
where's your bank what's your sort code an account number
yeah my bank is on the high street in Bedford
so the high street stretches through the middle of the centre of the town and
that's where my bank is on the high street
okay what d'you like to have for lunch
well that depends on the day depends on what I'm doing that day but today for
example I had a soup for lunch homemade soup but you know really depends on the
day really depends on the day I like to cook to cook something quick
that I can eat home but I always seem to cook and so you had a soup today how did
you eat it I put it in a bowl and I ate it out of out of from the bowl
you ate it out of the bowl or from the bowl either or Harry when did you
leave school I left school in I think 2009 is when I left school yeah I left in 2009
okay and how long were you at University oh well yeah so after school I went to uni
for three years and I left uni in 2012 what did you do at university at
university I studied psychology with sports science and that's where I met
you it is it is indeed and do you drive a vehicle do you drive a car
not in my day-to-day life but I drive a car when we do our immersion courses so
have you ever owned a vehicle I have owned a vehicle yeah couple of couple well
quite a good few years ago actually I had a Peugeot 206 yeah did you have many
people in the passenger seat it's normally just me in the car to be honest
you know I'm a lone ranger a single man always have been
no I haven't always been a single man yeah I mean I was partial to maybe
having one person in the passenger seat a couple of people in the back I never
had any kids in my car though it's probably a good thing yeah I think so
what's that in your boot ah just Kevin but on the course I've had up to kind of four four
people in the car and yeah that was quite nerve-racking having not driven
in a long time okay so having four people in your car
makes you a bit nervous yeah a little bit yeah yeah but if I was driving a bus
for example and I had like 30 people on the bus Oh
my god I would be way more nervous have you ever driven a bus no I've
I've driven a minibus so when I had 15 people in the minibus that was a bit
nerve-racking when were you driving 15 people around
do you know 15 people sure I imagine most of them are probably Stacey's
friends cheers yeah do you go to London much I bloody love
going to London yeah I go by by train actually oh yeah okay how often do you
go by train probably once or twice a month I I go to London on the train or
by train yeah how long does it take to go on the train it takes about to get to
London by train or on the train it takes around 30 minutes I normally sit in one
of the carriages which is closest to the toilet so I can get up and go to the
toilet easily and when you go to the toilet
do you do you stand or do you sit on the toilet I stand on the toilet you stand on the toilet
yeah I do this kind of weird squatting thing were I stand on the
toilet seat and just squat down no I stand up to wee yeah yeah definitely
don't sit on the toilet seat and even if I was doing a number two which as we know
is a poo I probably wouldn't sit down on the toilet seat I probably wouldn't sit down
no not on a train what would you do I reckon I'd probably squat really wow
yeah yeah okay okay okay yeah we don't want to get too involved in that yeah
it's another episode that yeah check out the video up here how to poo in English
no it's not gonna it's not gonna be there okay
what about your local where's your local my local pub is on a street called
Tavistock Street which is a bit of a dodgy street actually and actually
it's off that Street so it's kind of parallel to it but yeah it's on I can't remember
the name of the road but it's on this dodgy little road is it on the
corner of the street it is actually yeah yeah it's on the corner opposite a
multi-story car park that multi-story Oh God it's a good one isn't it's
textbook it really is and so your local when was the last time you went last time I
went to my local was probably two weeks ago and can you remember where you were
sat in the pub yeah I think I was sat near the bar actually near the bar but not at
the bar because I was with my mate if I'd been alone I probably would have
sat at the bar because I like to chat to the barman
or barmaid keep me company yeah either or doesn't matter thank you very much for
telling me about your life in Bedford in prepositions it's been my pleasure I
hope I have provided the prepositions that you were desiring I think you have yeah
well done good call thanks bye bye now over to you we want you to tell us using
as many prepositions of place as possible where your local is and tell us
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