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6. I'm going take the bus school tomorrow.<br />

7. Shh. I want listen the news broadcast.<br />

8. 1 can't study. The music is loud.<br />

9. The weather is cold for us go the beach.<br />

10. I have apples. Ken wants have apples<br />

AORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: ATAND IN FOR LOCATIONS<br />

(a) Olga is at home.<br />

Ivan is at work.<br />

Yoko is at school.<br />

(b) Sue is in bed.<br />

Tom is in class.<br />

Paul is in jaillprison.<br />

Mr. Lee is in (the) hospital<br />

In (a): at is used with home, work, and school.<br />

In (b): in is used with bed, class, jaillprison, and hospital.<br />

NOTE: American English = in the hospital.<br />

British English = in hospiml.<br />

( c ) Ahmed is in the kitchen.<br />

(d) David is in Mexico City.<br />

(e) A: Where's Ivan?<br />

B: He isn't here. He's at the bank.<br />

COMPARE<br />

( f) In Picture 2, Ivan is in the bank.<br />

He is not outside the bank.<br />

In (c): in is used with rooms: in the kitchen, in the classroom, in<br />

the hall, in my bedroom, etc.<br />

In (d): in is used with cities, states/provinces, counmes, and<br />

continents: in Mexico City, in Flnda, in Italy, in Asia, etc.<br />

In (e): at is usually used with locations in a city: at the post<br />

office, at the bank, at the library, at the bookstore, at the park, at<br />

the theater, at the restaumnt, at the football stadium, etc.<br />

In (f): A speaker uses in with a building only when it is<br />

important to say that someone is inside, not outside, the<br />

building. Usually a speaker uses at with a building.<br />

in the bank = inside the bank building.<br />

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ENTRANCE<br />

Ivan is at the bank.<br />

Ivan is at the bank.<br />

Ivan is in (i-do) the bank.<br />

EXPRESSING ABlLlN M 37 1

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