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Materials

The question “What is it made of?” is answered with the structure:

It’s made of wood, wool, gold, ...

Nevertheless, when we indicate the material an object is made of, we put it before the noun
like an adjective and some materials have a special form:

A cup made of glass:       A glass cup

A bag made of plastic:     A plastic bag

A tray made of silver:      A silver tray

But:     A scarf made of wool:      A wool scarf

A box made of wood:       A wooden box

Earrings made of gold:     Golden earrings

Prepositional phrases of place


Prepositional phrases can be used to describe the position of an object:

at the top / on top

There's a café at the top of the hill.

A bird is standing on top of the car.

at the bottom

There's a river at the bottom of the hill.

at the back

at the front

in the middle

There are six overwing exits: Two at the front, two in the middle, and two at the rear of the
aircraft.

at/on/in the corner


I'm standing at the corner of Main Street and Madison Avenue. (specific location)

There's a store on the corner. (touching the corner)

The artist's signature is in the bottom-left corner. (specifying which corner)

on the side

There are windows on each side of the building.

along the side

There's a scratch along the side of my car.

on the back

on the front

The destination address is on the front of the envelope and the sender's address is on the
back.

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