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Past to be - prepositions IN-ON-AT
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Before they were famous
File 5A
Basic 2
• review past of verb to be.
• learn about three prepositions of place.
• exercise about these prepositions.
REVIEW LAST CLASS
was and were
’
- - -
’
were It’s used with we-you-they.
It’s used to talk about the past.
exercises 1. Julius Caesar _________________ the first Roman emperor. 2. The Olympic Games ______________ in Barcelona in 1996. 3. Mozart ______________ the composer of the “Marriage of Figaro”. 4. Albert Einstein __________________ born in Germany. 5. Vincent Van Gogh _________________ from Belgium. 6. The 2002 football World Cup _______________ in China. 7. The Incas _______________ from Mexico. 8. The Beatles _______________ from Manchester. 9. Socrates and Plato _________________ Roman philosophers. 10. Che Guevara _____________________ born in Cuba. 11. Bill Clinton __________________ President of the United States in 2002. 12. Marie Antoinette ____________________ Louis XVI’s wife. 13. The Vikings ____________________ from Germany. 14. Garibaldi ____________________ born in Italy.
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
How to use them?
• home • work • bed • a train • the park • a restaurant • school • the bedroom • a bus • a meeting • the airport • a plane • the theater • Chicago • the street • the gym • the hairdresser • a car
Prepositions of place
at in on
POINT ENCLOSED SPACE SURFACE
at the corner in the garden on the wall
at the bus stop in London on the ceiling
at the door in France on the door
at the top of the page in a box on the cover
at the end of the road in my pocket on the floor
at the entrance in my wallet on the carpet
at the crossroads in a building on the menu
at the front desk in a car on a page
In general, we use: •at for a POINT •in for an ENCLOSED SPACE •on for a SURFACE
Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions:
at in on
at home in a car on a bus
at work in a taxi on a train
at school in a helicopter on a plane
at university in a boat on a ship
at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a
motorbike
at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an
elephant
at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on
television
at the side in a row on the left, on the right
at reception in Oxford Street on the way
Prepositions of place
AT
at home - at work - at school - at university - at college - at the station - at an airport - at the
seaside - at sea (on a voyage) - at reception - at the corner of a street - at the back / front of
a building / cinema / group of people, etc. - arrive at with other places or events
IN
in the newspaper - in bed - in hospital - in prison - in the street - in the sky - in an armchair (sit)
- in a photograph - in a picture - in a mirror - in the corner of a room - in the back / front of a
car - arrive in a country or town
ON
on a farm - on the left - on the right - on the ground floor - on the first, second,... floor - on
the way - on the chair (sit) - on the radio - on television - on a horse - on the corner of a street
- on the back / front of a letter / piece of paper etc.
listening
Where was Mike yesterday?
Go to page 45
and complete the sentences.