Published on Nov 6, 2013
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Do you live ON Main St? AT Main St? IN Main St? Learn how to answer
basic English questions about where you live with the right
prepositions. I'll teach you how to use "in Los Angeles", "at Hill St",
"on the 6th floor" and more. This is an important lesson for beginners
and a great review for all levels. Take the quiz on this lesson here:
http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar...TRANSCRIPT:
Hi,
my name is Rebecca from www.engvid.com. Sometimes the most basic
questions can cause us confusion. Why? Because when you have a question
like: "Where do you live?" you need to know which preposition to use to
answer the question correctly. So let's look at the board so that you
can learn to answer this question correctly and confidently.
So,
suppose you need to give your address, the actual number where you live,
the number of the house, then you say: "I live at 35 Hill St." Okay?
-"Where do you live?" -"I live at 35 Hill St." So when you're giving the
number with the street name, remember to say: "at".
If you're
just asked: "Which street do you live on?" Then you can say: "I live on
Hill St." So when you're only giving the name of the street, use the
preposition: "on". Now, just for you to know and remember: there are
many words which basically represent the word: "street". You could have
something like: "Street, Road, Avenue, Drive, Boulevard". Okay? "I live
on Hill St.", "I live on San Fernando Rd.", "I live on Fairfax Ave.", "I
live on Riverside Dr.", "I live on Hollywood Blvd." Okay? I don't, but
hypothetically. All right?
Next, if you're asked: "Where do you
live?" as in the city or the country, then you have to use a different
proposition. Then you have to use the preposition: "in". So: "Where do
you live?" -"I live in Los Angeles.", "I live in California.", "I live
in the U.S." Okay? So if you're mentioning the city, the state or the
country then you want to make sure you use: "in".
So: "I live at 35 Hill St. I live on Hill St. I live in Los Angeles." Okay? "At", "on", "in".
Here
are a few other points that sometimes you need to mention some more
detailed information. There also, you need to know which preposition to
use. So: "I live at the intersection of Pine and Maple Streets." So you
have two streets, and you live close by so you can say: "I live at the
intersection of Pine and Maple Streets." Okay?
Or if somebody asks
you: "Which floor do you live on?" You can say: "I live on the 15th
floor.", "I live on the 6th floor." All right?
And last, you
might also sometimes need to give this information and you can say: "I
live in an apartment." If you're in England, you might say: "I live in a
flat." You could also say: "I live in a house." All right? So these are
the three basic prepositions: "at", "on", and "in" that you need to
answer the fundamental question: "Where do you live?" Now, to review
that, next I'll be giving you a little exercise so you can practice what
you've learned.
All right, so we have two people here, Lucas and
Sarah and we're going to ask them: "Where do you live?" And you help me
to figure... fill in the blanks and to know how to answer the question.
"So Lucas, where do you live?" So he says: "I live in Miami." Okay?
Next one is: "the 6th floor" so what does he say? "I live on the 6th floor."
"Where do you live?" "92 Bird St." So what does he say? "I live at 92 Bird St."
-"Where do you live?" -"I live in Florida."
"Kendall Dr.": -"Where do you live?" -"I live on Kendall Dr."
"Where do you live?" "An apt": "I live in an apt." Okay? Now we know all about Lucas.
Let's go to Sarah. "Sarah, where do you live?" "65 Oxford St." So she says: "I live at 65 Oxford St."
"Where do you live?" "London": "I live in London."
"Regent St.": "I live on Regent St."
"A rented flat": "I live in a rented flat."
"The 10th floor": "I live on the 10th floor."
And: "Where do you live?" She wants to answer: "England" so she says: "I live in England." All right?
The
only way to learn these is to practice them a lot. Put down information
like this and try to see if you can put in the right answers. All
right? If you want some more practice, you can also go to our website:
www.engvid.com and there you'll have a chance to do a quiz on this
topic. So good luck with your English. Thanks for watching.
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