PREPOSITIONS - LOCATION

Let's talk about prepositions!

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Prepositions can drive a student crazy.

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Do you want to know why? Some details are obvious whereas others are tricky. There's never an explanation that's why!!!

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You'll find some interesting and straightforward info below:

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LOCATION prepositions: You can start being less specific and go on to being more specific. Check it out:

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- John lives in South America. (continent)
- John lives in Brazil. (country)
- John lives in São Paulo. (state)
- John lives in Sorocaba. (city)
- John lives in Vila Whatever. (suburb)
- John lives on Wherever street. (street)
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OBS: You started being less specific and you ended up being exact.
You use IN for NON-SPECIFIC LOCATION
You use ON for SPECIFIC LOCATION (street)
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LOCATION prepositions 2: you'll use AT when using names of places, numerical addresses, END and BEGINNING and a couple of other words.
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- John always has dinner at that Japanese restaurant.
- John has a lot of things to do at work.
- John went shopping at the mall last Sunday.
- John has a lot of friends at school.
- John's office is at the end of the hallway.
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LOCATION prepositions 3: you'll use ON when using RIGHT, LEFT, BEACH, FLOOR and a couple of other words.
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- John's office is on the right at the end of the hallway.
- John is going to spend the weekend on the beach.
- John's apartment is on the fifth floor.
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You can access the following site for practice:
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/location_prepositions_1.htm
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I hope the hints above will help you improve your English.
Remember that you can post questions or comments by clicking on the word comments below.
Best wishes,
André