Welcome to your “In” / “At” / “On” 2 lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Other ways we use “in”
• Other ways we use “on”
• Other ways we use “at”
• “Front” and “Back”
• “In” / “On” the corner
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Other ways we use “in”
We can use the preposition “in” with these nouns:
| in a book / newspaper | in a magazine / letter | in a photo / picture | in an office / department |
| in the country / city | in the sky / world | in bed | in a line / queue / row |
“This is the best meal in the world!“
“I saw you in the newspaper.”
“Bob was standing in a queue.”
Other ways we use “on”
We can use the preposition “on” with these nouns:
| on the left / right | on the left-hand side / right-hand side | on the ground floor | on the first floor |
| on a map | on the menu | on a farm | on a list |
“Steve works on a farm.”
“The toilets are on the first floor.“
“There’s pizza on the menu.”
We can also say that something is “on the coast”, “on a river” or “on a road”:
“London is on the Thames.”
“Bournemouth is on the coast.”
Another expression is “on the way”:
“We stopped for a drink on the way to the beach.”
Other ways we use “at”
We use “at” with “at the top”, “at the bottom” or “at the end”:
“Please sign at the bottom of the form.”
“The shop is at the end of the street.“
“Front” and “Back”
We say “in the front / back of a car”:
“We put the dog in the back of the car.”
We say “at the front / back of a building / crowd / theatre” etc:
“I had a seat at the back of the cinema.”
“At the concert, I was at the front of the crowd.”
We say “on the front / back of a letter / piece of paper”:
“Please sign your name on the back of the cheque.”
“In” / “On” the corner
“The fish tank is in the corner of the room.”
(inside the building)“The post box is on the corner of the street.”
(outside the building)
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