tailieunhanh - Collins cobuild student grammar part 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'collins cobuild student grammar part 5', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at You use at to talk about a place as a point. You use in to talk about a place as an area. You use on to talk about a place as a surface. 1 You use at when you are thinking of a place as a point in space. She waited at the bus stop for over twenty minutes. Where were you last night - At Mick s house. 2 You also use at with words such as back bottom end front and top to talk about the different parts of a place. Mrs Castle was waiting at the bottom of the stairs. They escaped by a window at the back of the house. I saw a taxi at the end of the street. You use at with public places and institutions. Note that you also say at home and at work . I have to be at the station by ten o clock. We landed at a small airport. A friend of mine is at Training College. She wanted to stay at home. You say at the corner or on the corner when you are talking about streets. The car was parked at the corner of the street. There s a telephone box on the corner. You say in the corner when you are talking about a room. She put the chair in the corner of the room. 3 You use in when you are talking about a place as an area. You use in with a country or geographical region When I was in Spain it was terribly cold. A thousand homes in the east of Scotland suffered power cuts. a city town or village I ve been teaching at a college in London. a building when you are talking about people or things inside it They were sitting having dinner in the restaurant. You also use in with containers of any kind when talking about things inside them. She kept the cards in a little box. 4 Compare the use of at and in in these examples. I had a hard day at the office. at emphasizes the office as a public place or institution I left my coat behind in the office. in emphasizes the office as a building There s a good film at the cinema. at emphasizes the cinema as a public place It was very cold in the cinema. in emphasizes .