Before they were famous

File 5A

Basic 2

• review past of verb to be.

• learn about three prepositions of place.

• exercise about these prepositions.

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was and were

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were It’s used with we-you-they.

It’s used to talk about the past.

exercises 1. Julius Caesar _________________ the first Roman emperor. 2. The Olympic Games ______________ in Barcelona in 1996. 3. Mozart ______________ the composer of the “Marriage of Figaro”. 4. Albert Einstein __________________ born in Germany. 5. Vincent Van Gogh _________________ from Belgium. 6. The 2002 football World Cup _______________ in China. 7. The Incas _______________ from Mexico. 8. The Beatles _______________ from Manchester. 9. Socrates and Plato _________________ Roman philosophers. 10. Che Guevara _____________________ born in Cuba. 11. Bill Clinton __________________ President of the United States in 2002. 12. Marie Antoinette ____________________ Louis XVI’s wife. 13. The Vikings ____________________ from Germany. 14. Garibaldi ____________________ born in Italy.

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

How to use them?

• home • work • bed • a train • the park • a restaurant • school • the bedroom • a bus • a meeting • the airport • a plane • the theater • Chicago • the street • the gym • the hairdresser • a car

Prepositions of place

at in on

POINT ENCLOSED SPACE SURFACE

at the corner in the garden on the wall

at the bus stop in London on the ceiling

at the door in France on the door

at the top of the page in a box on the cover

at the end of the road in my pocket on the floor

at the entrance in my wallet on the carpet

at the crossroads in a building on the menu

at the front desk in a car on a page

In general, we use: •at for a POINT •in for an ENCLOSED SPACE •on for a SURFACE

Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions:

at in on

at home in a car on a bus

at work in a taxi on a train

at school in a helicopter on a plane

at university in a boat on a ship

at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a

motorbike

at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an

elephant

at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on

television

at the side in a row on the left, on the right

at reception in Oxford Street on the way

Prepositions of place

AT

at home - at work - at school - at university - at college - at the station - at an airport - at the

seaside - at sea (on a voyage) - at reception - at the corner of a street - at the back / front of

a building / cinema / group of people, etc. - arrive at with other places or events

IN

in the newspaper - in bed - in hospital - in prison - in the street - in the sky - in an armchair (sit)

- in a photograph - in a picture - in a mirror - in the corner of a room - in the back / front of a

car - arrive in a country or town

ON

on a farm - on the left - on the right - on the ground floor - on the first, second,... floor - on

the way - on the chair (sit) - on the radio - on television - on a horse - on the corner of a street

- on the back / front of a letter / piece of paper etc.

listening

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and complete the sentences.