Ex: at home, at school, at the bus stop, at the airport, at the office, at the cinema, at the seaside, at the grocer’s, at the top/ bottom, at the beginning/ end, at the front/ back * Lư[r]
Trang 1Giới từ chỉ nơi chốn (Prepositions of place):
• AT (ở, tại) được dùng để chỉ vị trí tại một điểm.
Ex: at home, at school, at the bus stop, at the airport, at the office, at the cinema, at the seaside, at the grocer’s, at the top/ bottom, at the beginning/ end, at the front/ back
* Lưu ý: arrive at the village/ the airport/ the railway station
But: arrive in Vietnam/ Ho Chi Minh City
• IN (trong, ở trong) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trong một diện tích, một không gian; dùng trước tên
đường, tên thị trấn, thành phố, quốc gia, miền, phương hướng hoặc dùng với các phương tiện đi lại bằng xe hơi (car)
Ex: in a box, in a small room, in the countryside, in the world, in Oxford
Street, in London, in Vietnam, in the east, in a car/ taxi
* Lưu ý: in a car (trong xe hơi), but: by car (bằng xe hơi)
• ON (trên, ở trên) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trên bề mặt, số tầng trong một tòa nhà, trước tên
đường (US) hoặc dùng với một số phương tiện đi lại
Ex : on the table, on the wall, on the ground, on the first floor, on Albert Street, on a bus/ train/ plane/ (motor)bike/ horse, on foot
On cịn được dùng trong một số cụm từ: on the left/ right, on the farm, on the coast/
beach, on TV/ radio…
• IN FRONT OF (ở phía trước), BEHIND (ở phía sau), IN THE MIDDLE OF (ở giữa)
Ex: I hung my raincoat in front of/ behind the door.
BEHIND (ở sau) chỉ không gian
- Behind his house is a garden Sau nhà anh ấy là một thửa vườn
• BETWEEN (ở giữa hai người/ vật), AMONG (ở giữa nhiều người/ vật)
Ex: Tom is sitting between Mary and Peter.
Tom is among the crowd
*TO (đến) thường được dùng sau động từ chỉ sự di chuyển như: go, come, return, travel,
- He goes to the bookshop Anh ấy đến cửa hàng sách
- We get to the library at 10 o'clock Chúng tôi đến thư viện lúc 10 giờ
Trang 2BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH GIỚI TỪ CHỈ NƠI CHỐN IN / ON / AT
1 Did you learn something _school?
2 Don't put all your eggs _ one basket
3 Eric is studying the university
4 I live _12 Columbus Street
5 Is John still bed?
6 I've read it a book
7 James met us _the door
8 Janet is _home right now
9 I was stuck _that traffic jam for hours!
10 She fell asleep the armchair
11 Let's take the bus Columbus Street
12 Look, the water!
13 There were no clouds the sky
14 Matthew was work when I called
15 Megan will be _the office from nine to four
16 Mirror, mirror _the wall,
17 Rachel is _her desk
18 There will be many new people the party
19 Kelly took us for a ride _her new car
20 She looked _herself in the mirror
21 She stood _the center of the stage
22 There is always lots of action _Times Square
23 The books were _the shelf
24 The diagram is page 12
25 The dinner will be _Mark's
26 The eggs are the box
27 The food is the table
28 The keys were not his pocket
29 The taxi will be waiting _the hotel
30 There is a beautiful garden _the back of the house
31 She was standing all by herself the bus stop
32 He was sitting _the top of the stairs
33 There is such a mess _the kitchen!
34 There were many beautiful flowers _ the garden
35 We had dinner a very nice restaurant
36 They are dancing _the street!
37 We used to live _the third floor
Trang 338 They live _France.
39 Toni will meet us the corner of the street
40 Times Square is _New York
41 We agreed to meet the airport
42 There is a lot to see Texas
43 We met _a wedding
44 Where is he? He's _prison
45 She put my shirts _ the closet