Common mistakes: arrive to

'Arrive' is a bit of a strange verb in English. Even though we say 'come to', 'go to' and 'get to', we say
'arrive in' or 'arrive at'. We never say 'arrive to somewhere'. ('Get to' means the same as 'arrive'.) We
use 'at' with buildings and 'in' with cities and countries. Here are some examples.

• I arrived at the airport.

• I went to the airport.
• I got to the airport.

• She arrived in London.

• She went to London.
• She got to London.

• They arrived in Brazil.

• They went to Brazil.
• They got to Brazil.

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Let's review! Put in the correct preposition for the verb.

1. I'm going to arrive ___________ the theatre after 6pm.

2. We got ___________ the campsite before everyone else.

3. She's already arrived ___________ Prague.

4. They went ___________ Milan last year.

5. He went ___________ the cinema yesterday.

6. What time will you arrive ___________ the hotel?

7. They arrived ___________ the school after the class had started.

8. She'll get ___________ work around 8am.

9. We went ___________ Australia in 2010.

10. I arrived ___________ London in April.

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Answers

1. at
2. to
3. in
4. to
5. to
6. at
7. at
8. to
9. to
10. in

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