Welcome to your “In” / “At” / “On” 1 lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• “In”
• “At”
• “On”
• Nuances
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“In”
We say:
| in a room | in a garden | in the sea |
| in a box | in a town | in a pool |
| in a building | in the town centre | in the bath |
“What’s in the box?“
“I live in the town centre.”
“Brian is in the swimming pool.”
“I have a lychee tree in the garden.”
“At”
We say:
| at the bus stop | at the lights | at reception |
| at the door | at the roundabout | at the stop sign |
“Who is at the door?“
“She stopped at the lights and checked her makeup.”
“We wait at the bus stop every morning.”
“On”
We say:
| on the table | on a boat | on her face |
| on the floor | on an island | on the wall |
“There was a blue stain on the ceiling.”
“He was stranded on an island for five years.”
“She had a massive spot on her face.”
Nuances
Let’s compare “in” and “at”:
“There were lots of children in the toy shop.”
“Go straight forward and turn left at the toy shop.”“Meet me in the hotel lobby.”
“I’ll be waiting at the entrance to the hotel.”
Let’s compare “in” and “on”:
“There is some water in the bottle.”
“There is a label on the bottle.“
Let’s compare “at” and “on”:
“Who is at the door?”
“There’s a sign on the door.”
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