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    This document provides examples and explanations of how to use the prepositions of place "in", "at", and "on" in English. It includes a chart with sample phrases using each preposition. It then imagines the prepositions as a dot (at), line (on), and box (in) to visualize their meanings. Each preposition is defined in more detail, such as "at" referring to a specific place or event, "on" referring to surfaces like streets or levels in buildings, and "in" referring to places within larger spaces. The document concludes with a bibliography of reference materials.

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    This document provides examples and explanations of how to use the prepositions of place "in", "at", and "on" in English. It includes a chart with sample phrases using each preposition. It then imagines the prepositions as a dot (at), line (on), and box (in) to visualize their meanings. Each preposition is defined in more detail, such as "at" referring to a specific place or event, "on" referring to surfaces like streets or levels in buildings, and "in" referring to places within larger spaces. The document concludes with a bibliography of reference materials.

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    REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA


    DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
    NÚCLEO DE IDIOMAS

    ENGLISH 1
    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    Lcda. Yoleyda M. Gámez S.


    MSc. Gerencia Educativa
    MMXX
    yoleydagamez@gmail.com
    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    The following chart shows some examples of how to use the prepositions of place:

    IN AT ON
    the factory the bus stop holiday
    Toronto lunch a business trip
    China a conference the beach
    Venezuela head office Main Street
    the office home the corner

    IN: We live in Venezuela.

    AT: See you at home.

    ON: I am on the beach.

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ


    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    As it is explained in the video “When to use ON, IN and AT correctly in English |


    Prepositions of place | part 2”, we can imagine the use of each preposition like:

    AT a dot: •

    ON a line:

    IN a box:

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ


    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    AT describes a specific place or event:

    • I am sitting at the table. (a place).


    • There’s somebody at the door. (a place).
    • I am at the school (a place in town).
    • I am at the movie theater (a place in town).
    • They are at a conference. (an event).
    • I’m at a concert. (an event).
    • She is at a meeting. (an event).

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ


    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    ON describes:

    • A place on a surface like a street or a road.


    Mary lives on Main Street (we don’t know which part of Main Street)
    • Levels in a building like:
    I live on the first floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor…etc.
    • Cost lines:
    My house is on the west coast.
    The hotel is on the east coast.
    The park is on the beach.

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ


    PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

    IN describes:

    • A place within a larger space with walls or borders on a map:


    I live in Queens.
    I live in New York.
    • A place like a city:
    I live in San Cristóbal.
    I live in Caracas.
    I live in Moscow.
    • A place like a country or continent:
    I live in Venezuela.
    Sarah lives in India.
    They live in Europe.

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ


    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Eastwood, J. (1994). Oxford practice grammar. With answers. Oxford, England: Oxford
    University Press.

    Jones-Macziola, S. and White, G. (2000): Getting Ahead: A Communication Skills Course for
    Business English. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

    MSC. LCDA. YOLEYDA GÁMEZ

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