Learn How to Use Prepositions of Place in English - Grammar in Use

learn how to use prepositions of place in english coming up [Music] hey student i am teacher prix and i'm going to help you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in english first and foremost thank you so much for watching this lesson make sure to subscribe because every week i bring different kinds of english lessons to help you become a better and more confident english speaker now let's talk about prepositions of plays and i believe that the main tip that i can give you here is to use visual aids the best way to learn prepositions is by looking at things looking at pictures going on google images okay and here in this video i'm going to show you an image and teach you some phrases where i'm going to use the preposition i think that's the most productive way to show prepositions of place to someone you may be a little confused if you're not very good with the sense of direction but really if you don't understand a preposition that i'm sharing here with you go to google images and i am sure you will find another picture another image that will help you better understand what the preposition of place is now the first one as you can see here on the screen in front of the pink bed there is a scooter ah so there you have it in front of the bed there is a scooter now looking at this image do you think this this room this bedroom is neat or messy um is it neat or messy so neat is when something is clean and organized messy is the opposite something a room like this for example is completely disorganized now guys let's take a look at the next example next to the purple bed there is a bicycle okay so next to oh teacher but right how about beside it's a possible way to do so okay uh um here when i say next to near near the purple bed next to the purple bed or beside the purple bed these are possible prepositions of place to describe the bicycle near next to beside the bed that's why i'm using the image so it gets easier for you to understand what the preposition is one good exercise you can do is go to your living room go to your bedroom or to your bathroom or to your kitchen and start describing the positions of things oh for example in my case there's a camera in front of me a webcam and there are three pictures on my wall in front of me so you see i'm practicing in front of me behind me ah behind new example behind me um let's see i don't remember there are books there are books behind me so what is behind me let me know in the comments now guys moving on there is a doll a doll on the purple bed what is a doll this is a doll but you can see that the doll is in contact with the surface that's when we usually use on so on the bed there's a doll okay next in the middle of the room there are objects on the floor so here i use the preposition in the middle of actually it's a short expression in the middle of and the preposition on on the floor on the bed on the floor on the surface now in the middle let's say let me use here um a post-it okay so we have the corners and we have the middle let me use a pen here the middle well maybe it's not such okay in the middle so when you look at all the bedroom this let's say this is the bedroom in the middle that are toys that are objects not toys that are objects on the floor in the middle of the bedroom that is insane are you kidding me well there you have it so that's a good way for you to understand okay now next one there is a desk between the two beds so i have one bed i have another and in this space right here between the two beds there is a desk oh but teacher couldn't i use in the middle well if you're thinking of using in the middle you are thinking of translation you're probably thinking of your language because probably you speak spanish or portuguese or any latin language but here the best option for you is between when i have two things okay so i have posted here posted here and between the two post-its i have a purple pen so i don't have three hands so it's hard to do it okay so in between okay here there you have it so that's why i'm showing you images i'm showing you the picture because this is the easiest way for me to explain i could give you dictionary definitions but with some words in english it's better if you see okay now another one there are paper sheets in the trash bin now trash bin that are paper sheets in the trash bin inside okay teacher why can't i say this paper why can't i say papers paper has no plural so paper sheets or pieces of paper in that case she is really talking about paper sheets this if i have more than one i say sheets paper sheets okay i can't throw this away this is important so there you have it bye if you're enjoying this video make sure to hit the like button okay when you hit like it means you enjoy the lesson and it helps other people find this information if you share this video as well now let's keep going there are shelves on the wall wow this happens to me i have here shelves okay one two three by the way i need to clean it's a little dirty oh my goodness so shelves and all the shelves that are books and the shelves are on the on the wall okay so here i'm using on again because it's in contact with surface so the shelves are on the wall on the shelves that are books next example the pink bed is on the right of the picture and the purple bed is on the left of the picture so here i'm talking about right and left on the right on the left and there is a backpack behind the chair on the floor nice so there is a backpack behind the chair on the floor great and here the next example there is a toy train under the bed so you can see the image here on the screen that helps you identify the toy train under the bed okay so these are important prepositions of places okay now what are we going to do here i will show you a picture here on the screen and i want you to create examples in the comments that way you will be practicing okay so post your answers try to do it post your examples in the comments that way you will be practicing your english if you have questions about these prepositions of plays let me know here in the comments other than that i hope you enjoyed this lesson i'll see you next time bye

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Length: 9min 3sec (543 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 23 2021