Teacher: Vu Van Duong Phone: 0337849696

Giới từ chỉ nơi chốn (Prepositions of place):

• AT (ở, tại) được dùng để chỉ vị trí tại một điểm.

Ex: at home, at school, at the bus stop, at the airport, at the office, at the cinema, at the
seaside, at the grocer’s, at the top/ bottom, at the beginning/ end, at the front/ back

* Lưu ý: arrive at the village/ the airport/ the railway station

But: arrive in Vietnam/ Ho Chi Minh City

• IN (trong, ở trong) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trong một diện tích, một không gian; dùng trước tên
đường, tên thị trấn, thành phố, quốc gia, miền, phương hướng hoặc dùng với các phương tiện đi
lại bằng xe hơi (car).

Ex: in a box, in a small room, in the countryside, in the world, in Oxford

Street, in London, in Vietnam, in the east, in a car/ taxi

* Lưu ý: in a car (trong xe hơi), but: by car (bằng xe hơi)

• ON (trên, ở trên) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trên bề mặt, số tầng trong một tòa nhà, trước tên
đường (US) hoặc dùng với một số phương tiện đi lại.

Ex: on the table, on the wall, on the ground, on the first floor, on Albert Street, on a bus/
train/ plane/ (motor)bike/ horse, on foot

On cịn được dùng trong một số cụm từ: on the left/ right, on the farm, on the coast/
beach, on TV/ radio…

• IN FRONT OF (ở phía trước), BEHIND (ở phía sau), IN THE MIDDLE OF (ở giữa)

Ex: I hung my raincoat in front of/ behind the door.

 BEHIND (ở sau) chỉ không gian.

- Behind his house is a garden. Sau nhà anh ấy là một thửa vườn.

• BETWEEN (ở giữa hai người/ vật), AMONG (ở giữa nhiều người/ vật)

Ex: Tom is sitting between Mary and Peter.

Tom is among the crowd.

*TO (đến) thường được dùng sau động từ chỉ sự di chuyển như: go, come, return, travel, ...

- He goes to the bookshop. Anh ấy đến cửa hàng sách.

- We get to the library at 10 o'clock. Chúng tôi đến thư viện lúc 10 giờ.
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BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH GIỚI TỪ CHỈ NƠI CHỐN IN / ON / AT

1. Did you learn something ___________school?

2. Don't put all your eggs_____________ one basket.
3. Eric is studying____________the university.
4. I live _______________12 Columbus Street.
5. Is John still______________bed?
6. I've read it____________a book.
7. James met us___________the door.
8. Janet is _____________home right now.
9. I was stuck_________that traffic jam for hours!
10. She fell asleep __________the armchair.
11. Let's take the bus____________ Columbus Street.
12. Look,____________ the water!
13. There were no clouds ____________the sky.
14. Matthew was______________ work when I called.
15. Megan will be_____________the office from nine to four.
16. Mirror, mirror ___________the wall, ...
17. Rachel is ___________her desk.
18. There will be many new people ______________the party.
19. Kelly took us for a ride _______________her new car.
20. She looked _____________herself in the mirror.
21. She stood ___________the center of the stage.
22. There is always lots of action ___________Times Square.
23. The books were _______________the shelf.
24. The diagram is ____________page 12.
25. The dinner will be _______________Mark's.
26. The eggs are ________________the box.
27. The food is ____________the table.
28. The keys were not ____________his pocket.
29. The taxi will be waiting _____________the hotel.
30. There is a beautiful garden _________the back of the house.
31. She was standing all by herself________ the bus stop.
32. He was sitting_________the top of the stairs.
33. There is such a mess ___________the kitchen!
34. There were many beautiful flowers_________ the garden.
35. We had dinner ____________a very nice restaurant.
36. They are dancing _____________the street!
37. We used to live ___________the third floor.
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38. They live ___________France.

39. Toni will meet us ____________the corner of the street.
40. Times Square is ___________New York.
41. We agreed to meet ____________the airport.
42. There is a lot to see ______________Texas.
43. We met _____________a wedding.
44. Where is he? He's ___________prison.
45. She put my shirts___________ the closet.