Prepositions for transport: Prepositions with Georgie

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BBC Learning English


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Why do we say 'in the car', but 'on the bus'?
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I have a trick to help you remember.
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This is Prepositions with Georgie from BBC
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Learning English. I'm Georgie and in this video,
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we're looking at prepositions for transport.
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Let's get on the learning train - choo choo!
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My trick to remember these is to
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think about how you enter the vehicle.
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If you enter like this, standing on your feet,
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we use 'on'.
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That's why we get on a bus, on a train, on a tram, on a plane and on a boat.
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The space is big, so we can stand 'on' it. The opposite is 'off'.
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So we get on the bus and then we get off the bus.
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If you enter like this and immediately have to sit down
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because the space is so small, we use 'in'.
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That's why we say we are in a car, in a taxi, in a van, in a truck
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or lorry and in a helicopter.
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The opposite is 'out'.
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So we get in the car, we go somewhere,
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and then we get out or out of the car.
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What about a bike?
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We aren't standing on the bike or
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getting inside a small space,
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so which is it?
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We are on the bike because we are sitting on the bike,
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like we sit on a chair.
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We use 'at' when we talk about the places we find these types of transport.
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I am at the airport, at the train station, at the taxi rank.
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Don't forget to check out the website below
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and download the worksheet to help you practise.
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See you next time!
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