at a concert/a lecture/the match
at school/university
at home
in a house/an office/a flat
in a park/a garden/the forest/the woods
in a city/a town/town/a street
in a country/the country/a continent
in the world
Note: Предлогatтакже употребляется при указании места работы, места обучения или наименовании остановки/станции, если все эти существительные выражены именами собственными:
He worksatLegal and General Insurance.
Но:
He worksina big insurance company.
14-1. Read and translate the sentences.
1. He is a student at Oxford.
2. She lives in Oxford.
3. He's at the London School of Economics.
4. I met her at Selfridge's yesterday.
5. I first met her in a shop.
6. The plane stops for an hour at Oslo.
7. She has been living in Frankfurt for ten years.
8. There's a good film at the cinema in Market Street.
9. I don't think he is in his office now.
10. Let's go for a walk in the woods.
14-2 Use the right preposition (in or at), and translate the sentences.
1. Sorry I didn't phone last night. I was… the theatre.
2. Eat… the Steak House – best food in town.
3. A day… the country will do you a lot of good.
4. He is making repairs… his summer house.
5. This matter will be discussed… an informal meeting.
6. There were many guests… the conference.
7. He made a report… the Scottish History conference.
8. She is making research… the University of Guelph, Canada.
9. It was warm and comfortable… the flat.
10. This is the best place… the world, to my mind.
14-3. Translate into English.
1. Это самая маленькая страна в мире.
2. В доме было много народа.
3. На конференции присутствовало много молодых учёных.
4. Он ведет научную работу в одном университете Франции.
5. Вчера они обедали в японском ресторане.
15. Предлоги, используемые при указании времени дня, дня недели, месяца
К таким предлогам относятся следующие:
at ten o'clock
at the weekend
on Saturday
in May
Но в следующих случаях предлоги не употребляются:
1) если перед существительным, обозначающим день недели или месяц, стоят слова this/that/last/next/every/all, например:
this Saturday, this week, this January, this month;
2) в вопросительных предложениях, начинающихся с what time, what day, which week, например:
What time is he leaving?
3) перед словами today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.