126 - Preposition (To: At: In: Into)

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We say go/come/travel (etc) to a place or event, For example goto China gotobed come to my house go back to italy go to the bank be taken to hospital return to London gotoaconcert be sent to prison welcome somebody to a place drive to the airport fo italy? (nat going back in Italy) ‘When are your friends going back t ident and taken to hospital Three people were injured in the acci Welcome to our country! (not Welcome in) rip to /a visit to /on my way 0 ‘your visit to the 200? In the same way we say ‘a journey to / at ete Did you enjoy your trip to Pars / ‘Compare to (for movement) and in/at (for position): (Theyre going to France. but They live in France. Canyou come to the party? but Ill see you at the party We say been to a place or an event: 5 ve been to Italy four times, ‘Amanda has never been to a fo but 've never been to Rome, jotball match in her life, Get and arrive We say get toa place: ‘What time did they get to ut we say arrive in... o arrive at. (not ative to) ‘We say arrive in a town, city or country: (They arrived in London / in Spain a week ago. we say arrive at: the airport / at the party? London / to work /to the hotel? For other places (buildings etc) or events, ©) When did they arrive at the hotel / att! Home We say go home / come home / get home / arrive home / on th We do not say ‘to home’: (© I'mtired. Let's go home now. (not go to home) © met Lisa on my way home. (not my way to home) ye way home etc. (no prepostn). Into Go into, get into... etc. = enter (2 room / a building /a car etc): ~ Topened the door, went into the room and sat down. ‘A bird flew into the kitchen through the window. O_Every month, my salary is paid directly into my bank account. With some verbs (especially go/get/put) we often use in (instead of into): ‘She got in the car and drove away. (or She got into the car...) © Tread the letter and put it back inthe envelope. The opposite of into is out of: She got out of the car and went into a shop. ‘We usually say ‘get on/off a bus /a train /2 plane’ (not usual into/out of) (C)_ She got on the bus and | never saw her again. an to Units 7-8 In/atTon (postion) -PUnits T23-125_-Athome > Unit 1254 > Unit 138A a exercises put in to/at/in/into where necessa FY. Ino 1 Three people were taken to Preposition is ne [met Rate on hosp is necessary, leave the space empty: 2 Imet Kate on my way. = pyr@aertheaccdeng if ° We left our luggage (0 preps i the sta on) Shall we take a taxi tion and wen Ihave to go the station o shat eo? 3 4 something to eat 5 the ban or shall we walk? e 6 The Amazon flows today. Ne 7 8 9 at time the ation at time doesit open? ‘Do,you nove ou camera wth youre fe hina? theca U had lost my key, but | managed to cimb 40 We got stuck in a traffic jam on our w {he house through a window. Mf Wehad tnch hearse the spor 42 Welcome the hotel. We hope yes se 43 We drove along the °F Sie street 1M. Did you enoy yourvst——_—_ hey 15 Trmtired.ASsoonastgex—_ "emus? 16 Meelis French He asst etme MERE ed ri was bon ec ater wo yet a 7 Carl was born Chicago, but his family moved nn eats ee He still lives NewYork, ye New York when he was three. G@ Have you been to thes paces? so, how ma sentence using been to, How many times? Choose three ofthe places and write a anarrow ‘Athens Australia HongKong Mexico Pars Rome Singapore sweden Tokyo the United States 1 (example answers) _\'ve never been to Australia, / Ive been bo Mexico once 2 3 4 EB Put in to/at/in where necessary. itn preposition is necessary, leave the space empty. 11 What time does this train gett London? 2 Wearrived Barcelona a few days ago 3 What time did you get home lastnight? 4 What time do you usualy arrive workin the morning? 5 When we got the cinema, there was along queve outside. 6 Larrived home feeling very tired ew ; sentences using got + into / out of /on / off. ‘You were walking home. A riend passed youin he car. She saw you, stopped and offered you a lift, She opened the door. What didyou do? _ | grt into thre car. 2. Youwere waiting forthe bus. At lstyourbus ame. The dors opened. What dd you do then? the bus. 1 3 You drove home in your car. You stopped outside your house and parked the car. What did you do then? «4 You were travelling by tran to Manchester, When the train got to Manchester ‘what did you do? 5 Yorrjzeded awn afer afew minutes ata stopped for you Youopenssthe dor, What dd do then? plane nded athe spot and « Nouvere roving bya Ate dota eat stopped. The doors were opened YO 253 ' Additional exercise 34 (page 322)

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