English Grammar - Prepositions to say where you live: AT, ON, IN

1,978,482 views ・ 2013-11-06

Learn English with Rebecca


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

00:02
Hi, my name is Rebecca from www.engvid.com. Sometimes the most basic questions can cause
0
2629
6371
00:09
us confusion. Why? Because when you have a question like: "Where do you live?" you need
1
9000
7000
00:16
to know which preposition to use to answer the question correctly. So let's look at the
2
16219
5761
00:21
board so that you can learn to answer this question correctly and confidently.
3
21980
6299
00:28
So, suppose you need to give your address, the actual number where you live, the number
4
28279
7000
00:35
of the house, then you say: "I live at 35 Hill St." Okay? -"Where do you live?" -"I
5
35730
9544
00:45
live at 35 Hill St." So when you're giving the number with the street name, remember
6
45300
6420
00:51
to say: "at".
7
51720
2320
00:54
If you're just asked: "Which street do you live on?" Then you can say: "I live on Hill
8
54040
7000
01:01
St." So when you're only giving the name of the street, use the preposition: "on". Now,
9
61530
7000
01:08
just for you to know and remember: there are many words which basically represent the word:
10
68770
8374
01:17
"street". You could have something like: "Street, Road, Avenue, Drive, Boulevard". Okay? "I
11
77170
9873
01:27
live on Hill St.", "I live on San Fernando Rd.", "I live on Fairfax Ave.", "I live on
12
87069
8904
01:35
Riverside Dr.", "I live on Hollywood Blvd." Okay? I don't, but hypothetically. All right?
13
95999
8944
01:44
Next, if you're asked: "Where do you live?" as in the city or the country, then you have
14
104969
6080
01:51
to use a different proposition. Then you have to use the preposition: "in". So: "Where do
15
111049
5950
01:56
you live?" -"I live in Los Angeles.", "I live in California.", "I live in the U.S." Okay?
16
116999
7000
02:05
So if you're mentioning the city, the state or the country then you want to make sure
17
125499
5531
02:11
you use: "in".
18
131030
1080
02:12
So: "I live at 35 Hill St. I live on Hill St. I live in Los Angeles." Okay? "At", "on",
19
132110
11134
02:23
"in". Here are a few other points that sometimes
20
143270
4060
02:27
you need to mention some more detailed information. There also, you need to know which preposition
21
147330
5880
02:33
to use. So: "I live at the intersection of Pine and Maple Streets." So you have two streets,
22
153210
8544
02:41
and you live close by so you can say: "I live at the intersection of Pine and Maple Streets."
23
161780
8274
02:50
Okay? Or if somebody asks you: "Which floor do you
24
170080
5090
02:55
live on?" You can say: "I live on the 15th floor.", "I live on the 6th floor." All right?
25
175170
7000
03:02
And last, you might also sometimes need to give this information and you can say: "I
26
182390
6230
03:08
live in an apartment." If you're in England, you might say: "I live in a flat." You could
27
188620
5620
03:14
also say: "I live in a house." All right? So these are the three basic prepositions:
28
194240
6100
03:20
"at", "on", and "in" that you need to answer the fundamental question: "Where do you live?"
29
200340
6220
03:26
Now, to review that, next I'll be giving you a little exercise so you can practice what
30
206560
5740
03:32
you've learned. All right, so we have two people here, Lucas
31
212300
4880
03:37
and Sarah and we're going to ask them: "Where do you live?" And you help me to figure...
32
217180
6040
03:43
fill in the blanks and to know how to answer the question.
33
223220
4190
03:47
"So Lucas, where do you live?" So he says: "I live in Miami." Okay?
34
227410
11694
03:59
Next one is: "the 6th floor" so what does he say? "I live on the 6th floor."
35
239130
10734
04:09
"Where do you live?" "92 Bird St." So what does he say? "I live at 92 Bird St."
36
249890
11744
04:21
-"Where do you live?" -"I live in Florida." "Kendall Dr.": -"Where do you live?" -"I live
37
261660
12844
04:34
on Kendall Dr." "Where do you live?" "An apt": "I live in
38
274530
8374
04:42
an apt." Okay? Now we know all about Lucas. Let's go to Sarah. "Sarah, where do you live?"
39
282930
7974
04:50
"65 Oxford St." So she says: "I live at 65 Oxford St."
40
290930
9383
05:00
"Where do you live?" "London": "I live in London."
41
300400
4010
05:04
"Regent St.": "I live on Regent St." "A rented flat": "I live in a rented flat."
42
304410
16544
05:20
"The 10th floor": "I live on the 10th floor." And: "Where do you live?" She wants to answer:
43
320980
10584
05:31
"England" so she says: "I live in England." All right?
44
331590
5710
05:37
The only way to learn these is to practice them a lot. Put down information like this
45
337300
6010
05:43
and try to see if you can put in the right answers. All right? If you want some more
46
343310
4200
05:47
practice, you can also go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you'll have a chance
47
347510
7000
05:55
to do a quiz on this topic. So good luck with your English. Thanks for watching.
48
355090
9456
About this website

This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.

https://forms.gle/WvT1wiN1qDtmnspy7