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Prepositions “On,” “At,” and “In”

by learnenglish | Jan 26, 2022 | Learn English

Prepositions On At In

Prepositions “On,” “At,” and “In”

A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to some other part of the sentence.Prepositions can be tricky for English learners. There is no definite rule or formula for choosing a preposition. In the beginning stage of learning the language, you should try to identify a preposition when reading or listening in English and recognize its usage.

to the office
at the desk
on the table
in an hour
about myself

A preposition is used to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object.

Here are a few common prepositions and examples.

On

Used to express a surface of something:

I put an egg on the kitchen table.
The paper is on my desk.

Used to specify days and dates:

The garbage truck comes on Wednesdays.
I was born on the 14th day of June in 1988.

Used to indicate a device or machine, such as a phone or computer:

He is on the phone right now.
She has been on the computer since this morning.
My favorite movie will be on TV tonight.

Used to indicate a part of the body:

The stick hit me on my shoulder.
He kissed me on my cheek.
I wear a ring on my finger.

Used to indicate the state of something:

Everything in this store is on sale.
The building is on fire.

At

Used to point out specific time:

I will meet you at 12 p.m.
The bus will stop here at 5:45 p.m.

Used to indicate a place:

There is a party at the club house.
There were hundreds of people at the park.
We saw a baseball game at the stadium.

Used to indicate an email address:

Please email me at abc@defg.com.

Used to indicate an activity:

He laughed at my acting.
I am good at drawing a portrait.

In

Used for unspecific times during a day, month, season, year:

She always reads newspapers in the morning.
In the summer, we have a rainy season for three weeks.
The new semester will start in March.

Used to indicate a location or place:

She looked me directly in the eyes.
I am currently staying in a hotel.
My hometown is Los Angeles, which is in California.

Used to indicate a shape, color, or size:

This painting is mostly in blue.
The students stood in a circle.
This jacket comes in four different sizes.

Used to express while doing something:

In preparing for the final report, we revised the tone three times.
A catch phrase needs to be impressive in marketing a product.

Used to indicate a belief, opinion, interest, or feeling:

I believe in the next life.
We are not interested in gambling.

[Quiz 22.1] Prepositions On At In

Identify all prepositions in the following sentences.

After flying for many hours, we finally got off the airplane. We walked out the exit and went to the baggage claim area. There were hundreds of different bags on the conveyer belt. I almost picked up the wrong one because it looked like mine.

[Quiz 22.2]

Choose a correct preposition in the sentence.

1)I want to lose 5 kilogram                      (on, at, in) one month.
2)Could you get me this pants                      (on, at, in) a larger size?
3)She seems to be interested                      (on, at, in) Psychology.
4)I will come to pick you up                      (on, at, in) 2 pm tomorrow.
5)This class will be held                      (on, at, in) Mondays.

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[22.1]
After flying for many hours, we finally got off the airplane. We walked out the exit and went to the baggage claim area. There were hundreds of different bags on the conveyer belt. I almost picked up the wrong one because it looked like mine.[22.2]
1) in
2) in
3) in
4) at
5) on

simple present tense

by learnenglish | Oct 30, 2019 | Learn English

Simple Present Tense

The simple present tense is used to discuss permanant situations, and the frequency of events.

To have	Short form	Other Verbs (to work)
I have	I’ve	I work
he has	he’s	He works
she has	she’s	She works
it has	it’s	It works
you have	you’ve	you work
we have	we’ve	we work
they have	they’ve	they work

Statements +	Statements –	Questions	Short answer +	Short answer –
I work.	I don’t work.	Do I work?	Yes, I do.	No, I don’t.
He works.	He doesn’t work.	Does he work?	Yes, he does.	No, he doesn’t.
She works.	She doesn’t work.	Does she work?	Yes, she does.	No, she doesn’t.
It works.	It doesn’t work.	Does it work?	Yes, it does.	No, it doesn’t.
You work.	You don’t work.	Do you work?	Yes you do.	No, you don’t.
We work.	We don’t work.	Do we work?	Yes we do.	No, we don’t.
They work.	They don’t work.	Do they work?	Yes they do.	No, they don’t.

Regular or permanent situations

When something happens regularly or is a permanent situation we usually use the simple present tense. When using the simple present the verb (with the exception of the auxiliary verbs) remains in the dictionary form (verb + s with he/she/it).

Simple Present Timeline

For example:

Q) “Where do you live?” A) “I live in Germany.”

Q) “Where does he live?” A) “He lives in Germany.”

Q) “What do you do?” A) “I’m a teacher.”

Q) “What does he do?” A) “He’s a teacher.”

Frequency

The simple present tense is also used to show how often something happens with adverbs of frequency – always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, never, etc…. And when discussing daily, weekly, monthly etc. routines.

For example:

“I always get up at 6.00.”

“I never drink coffee before 12.00.”

“I work on my website every day.”

“Every Monday and Thursday I go to the gym.”

We also use the simple present to ask for and give instructions or to discuss a series of actions.

For example:

Q) How do I make pancakes?” A) Well, first you take 4 eggs and crack them into a bowl, then you weigh out 4 oz. of flour and sieve it into the eggs. etc.

The simple present tense can also be used to discuss future events.

plural in english

by learnenglish | Oct 30, 2019 | Learn English

Plural Forms

Regular Plurals

The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter ‘s’ to the end of the word .

For example:-

bag – bags
dog – dogs
horse – horses
minute – minutes

But there are some exceptions:-

Nouns that end in –ch, -x, -s, -sh add ‘-es‘ to the end of the word.

For example:-

box – boxes
boss – bosses
bush – bushes
church – churches
gas – gases

Most nouns ending in –o preceded by a consonant also form their plurals by adding ‘-es‘ .

For example:-

potato – potatoes
tomato – tomatoes
volcano – volcanoes

However many newly created words and words with a Spanish or Italian origin that end in –o just add an ‘s‘.

For example:-

photo – photos | piano – pianos | portico – porticos

Nouns that end in a single ‘z’, add ‘-zes‘ to the end of the word.

For example:-

quiz – quizzes

Nouns ending in a consonant + y, drop the y and add ‘-ies‘.

For example:-

party – parties | lady – ladies

Most nouns ending in ‘is’, drop the ‘is‘ and add ‘-es‘.

For example:-

crisis – crises | hypothesis – hypotheses | oasis – oases

Most nouns ending in -f or -fe, drop the f and add ‘ves‘.

For example:-

calf – calves | half – halves | wolf – wolves

But this isn’t a hard and fast rule:-

belief – beliefs (believes is a verb form)
brief – briefs
chef – chefs
proof – proofs
roof – roofs
cafe – cafes
safe – safes (saves is a verb form)

Irregular Plurals

There are also a lot of common nouns that have irregular plurals.

Most common nouns connected with human beings seem to be irregular.

For example:-

child – children | person – people | man – men | woman – women

Other irregular common nouns are:-

foot – feet | goose – geese | mouse – mice | tooth – teeth

Some nouns have identical plural and singular forms.

For example:-

aircraft – aircraft | fish – fish | headquarters – headquarters | sheep – sheep | species – species

In the plural form they still take a plural verb (are / were):-

There is an aircraft in the hangar.

There are some aircraft in the hangar.

There was a fish in the tank.

There were some fish in the tank.

Uncountable nouns on the other hand have no plural form and take a singular verb (is / was …).

For example:-

advice
information
luggage
news

There is a lot of luggage on the plane, but a piece of luggage has gone missing.

Some nouns (especially those associated with two things) exist only in the plural form and take a plural verb (are / were…).

For example:-

cattle
scissors
trousers
tweezers
congratulations
pyjamas

Have you seen my scissors? They were on my desk.

Nouns that stem from older forms of English or are of foreign origin often have odd plurals.

For example:-

ox – oxen
index – indices or indexes

In compound nouns the plural ending is usually added to the main noun.

For example:-

son-in-law – sons-in-law
passer-by – passers-by

Words ending in -us

Linguists can argue for hours about the plural ending of nouns ending in -us. Many of these words are loanwords from Latin and preserve their Latin plural form, replacing the -us suffix with -i, but of course not all words ending in -us have a Latin origin , and some Latin words ending in -us were not pluralized with -i. hence the argument.

For example:-

The English plural of virus is viruses, not viri.

Other Latin loanwords that take the regular English plural -es ending include campus – campuses | bonus – bonuses

Latin loanwords that take a -i plural ending include radius – radii | alumnus – alumni

If you want to bait a linguist ask them if the plural of crocus is crocuses or croci, or whether the plural of octopus is octopuses, octopi or octopodes.

Singular

Uncountable nouns are always singular.

The pronouns each, either, neither, another, and all compound words ending in one, body, or thing are always singular.

VEGETABLE QUIZZ

by learnenglish | Oct 29, 2019 | Learn English

في الدرس السابق تعرفنا على أسماء الفواكه بالانجليزية و العربية، اليوم سنتعرف على أسماء الخضر أو الخضروات بالانجليزية والعربية، كما نعلم فإنه لتعلم أي لغة بسهولة تحتاج الى تعلم مفرداتها، لهذا نسعى دائما لتزويد القارئ بأهم المفردات اللغوية الأكثر استخداما في الحياة اليومية. هناك العديد من المفردات التي يحتاج أي مبتديء تعلمها، نحن حاولنا أن نقسمها إلى أقسام متعددة ونصنفها بحسب درجة أهميتها لتسهيل عملية الحفظ على كل المبتدئين. أسفله ستجد أسماء الخضروات بالعربي و كيفية نطقها بالانجليزي مع الصور، إذا نسيت إضافة أي مفردة لا تتردد في إضافتها في كومنت لنستفيد ويستفيد الجميع . ولا تنسى في الاخير تجربة الكويز و مراجعة ما حفظته . شكرا اصدقائي

اسماء الخضروات بالانجليزي والعربي

Vegetables in English and Arabic

بطاطس : بوتَيْتُو – Potato البطاطا الحلوة : سويت بُتَايْتو – Sweet potato