1.5 Questions with where and people
Where are you? Where is Lisa? |
I'm in the office. She's at school. |
Use the preposition in when talking about:
Use the preposition at:
Use the preposition on for:
- a room (kitchen, living room, classroom) ex. I'm in the kitchen.
- a city (Moab, Green River, Salt Lake City) ex. I'm in Moab.
- a state (Utah, Colorado, Alaska) ex. I'm in Utah
- a country (The U.S., Mexico, Russia) ex. I'm in the U.S.
Use the preposition at:
- before a place (the library, school, Sally's house) ex. I'm at the library.
- for directions (125 W 200 S, the intersection of Kane Creek Rd. and Main Street) ex. I'm at 125 W 200S
Use the preposition on for:
- the name of streets (Main Street, 200 S) ex. I'm on Main Street.
Careful!
Never use the before a specific place. (City Market)
ex. I'm at City Market.
Use the to talk about a place in general. (the grocery store)
ex. I'm at the grocery store.
There is no good explanation for when to use the before some places but not others. In general, use the before general names of places such as: work, school, and church.
Activities
Where is your .....?
teacher asks each student, "where is your _____________?".
ex. Where is your mother? She is in Alaska.
teacher asks each student, "where is your _____________?".
- mother
- father
- brother
- best friend
- dog
- family
ex. Where is your mother? She is in Alaska.
Imaginary where is he/she?
- As a class, generate a list of places on the board.
- Then, make a separate list of people.
(be sure to include I, you, he, she, we, and they). - Next, choose a place from the list and a person from the list and
have the students make a sentence using the two.
ex. Place: City Market Person: Martha
"Where is Martha?" "She is at City Market."
Imaginary Places
this document can be used for help generating the list of imaginary places on the board. |
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Tips
This is a great time to introduce Countries, Nationalities, and Cities vocabulary!