Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar way three part 27', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | UNIT 16 fiords Prepositions - Linking L At J We use at when we are thinking about a particular point or position. . The postman is at the door. to say where an event takes place. . There were a lot of people at the party at the conference at the concert at the theatre. in the expressions at school university col-lege at work at home at the top of at the bottom of at sea on a voyage at the station airport at the seaside etc. with addresses when we mention the house number. . I live at 18 King Street But in King Street to talk about a person s house or business. at Joan s house at the doctor s at the newsagent s In We use In in the expressions in the middle in the sea in the sky in bed in hospital in prison in a newspaper magazine book in a picture photo in a street in the world in the lesson in the country in one s hand etc. with the names of towns cities countries and continents. in Stratford in Milan in Egypt in Asia Note We use In when we are thinking about the building itself. However we use at when we are thinking about the normal function of the building. . It was very hot in the cinema. Inside the building. My parents are at the cinema. They are watching a film. On We use on in the expressions on the left right on a platform page screen island beach coast on a map on a farm on a menu on the first second etc. floor on a chair But in an armchair on at the corner of a street but in the corner of a room go run etc. round a corner Note When we talk about a means of transport we use the preposition by. by car bus train taxi plane boat But on foot But we do not use the preposition by when there is an article a an the a possessive adjective my your etc. or the possessive case before the means of transport on the train NOT by the tfoin in your car NOT by year ear on the eight o clock bus in a taxi on the plane in Richard s car Fill in the gaps with in at or on. 1 I have to be . at. the airport two hours before my flight leaves. 2 Simon called while you .
