Welcome to your “To” / “At” / “In” / “Into” lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Expressions
• “At the age of…”
• “On holiday” / “On a tour”
• Other expressions
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Expressions
We say “in the sun”, “in the dark”, “in the shade” etc:
“It was too hot so we sat in the shade.”
“Don’t go out in the rain, wait until it stops.”
We say “in ink”, “in pencil”, “in biro” etc:
“Please write your name in ink.“
“If you’re not sure of the answer, write in pencil.”
We say “in capitals”, “in letters”, “in words” etc:
“Write your name in capitals at the top of the page.”
“Please rewrite the sentence in your own words.”
We say “fall in love”, “be in love”:
“He is very much in love with his wife.”
“Have you ever fallen in love with someone?“
We say “in my opinion”:
“It was a very easy test in my opinion.“
“At the age of…”
We say “at the age of”, “at 110 km/h”, “at zero degrees”:
“Water boils at a hundred degrees.”
“I learnt to swim at the age of three.”
“We were driving at 90 km/h.”
“On holiday” / “On a tour”
We say “on a trip”, “on a cruise”, “on tour” etc:
“She’s going on a cruise in July.”
“They’re away on business at the moment.”
“We’re going on holiday to France.”
You can also say “go somewhere for a holiday”, “for my holidays”:
“She went to Spain for her holidays.”
“He’s going to Mauritius for a holiday.”
Other expressions
“On television”, “on the radio”:
“I didn’t watch the news on television, I heard it on the radio.”
“On the phone”, “on the telephone”:
“I’ve never met her, but I’ve spoken to her on the phone.”
“On strike”:
“The postal workers are on strike this week.”
“On a diet”:
“After Christmas I had to go on a diet!“
“On fire”:
“He played with matches and set his trousers on fire!“
“On the whole” (generally):
“On the whole, I love contact sports.”
“On purpose” (intentionally):
“I didn’t mean to upset you, I didn’t do it on purpose.”
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