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sábado, 27 de janeiro de 2018

ABA INGLÊS 143

Friday Message
26/1/2018
Prepositions of Place

Hello again!

I hope you are well today.

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Beginners

For today’s fun language tip we are going to look at the prepositions of place at, in and on.

We can use at, in and on when we talk about the location of things.
What do these three prepositions tell us about the location?

In general, we use:

• At for a POINT (um ponto específico)
• In for an ENCLOSED SPACE (um espaço fechado)
• On for a SURFACE (uma superfície)

Look at some examples:

Mike is at the bus stop waiting for a bus.Mike está na paragem esperando um ônibus.

James doesn’t like to be locked in his office all day; he likes to be outside.O James não gosta de estar no escritório o dia todo; ele gosta de estar ao ar livre.

When I got home, I saw a cat sitting on my car!Quando cheguei a casa vi um gato deitado sobre o meu carro!

Let’s take a look at a list of some words which often follow these prepositions of place:

AT
home - work - school - university - college - a station - an airport - the seaside

IN
the newspaper - bed - hospital - prison - the street - the sky - a photograph - a picture/photo - the mirror - the corner (of a room).

ON
the left - the right - the ground floor - the first, second, etc, floor - on a chair (sit) - on the radio - on television/TV - on a horse - on the corner (of a street).

An important rule to remember is, that we use on for most means of transport: Uma regra importante é que usamos “on” com a maioria dos meios de transporte:

I am on the bus/my bike/my motorbike/my skateboard/a plane/the train at the moment.

However, we do not use on for cars and taxis; we use the preposition in:Contudo, não usamos “on” com carros e taxis; usamos a preposição “in”.

I am in my car/a taxi at the moment.

I hope this has been helpful for you! Remember that for more information on this topic, you can take a look at unit 21 of the ABA online course.

Have a great weekend.

Take care,