1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:06,280 Do you like to stay in bed late on the weekends? What time are 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:13,039 you usually at work until Have you ever been on a farm or in the 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:20,120 mountains? Oh? Maybe you see where this conversation is going. Huh, 4 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:29,280 let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New York 5 00:00:29,399 --> 00:00:35,359 City. And here's your English teacher, Michael Alry. Thank you John, 6 00:00:35,439 --> 00:00:41,560 and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak 7 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:49,359 English better. This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven twenty two. Phrases 8 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:56,479 with at, in and on. Last week in episode seven twenty one, 9 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:03,679 we talked about using at and in to talk about location. Today, I'd 10 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:08,719 like to get into how we use in at and on in some set phrases 11 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:17,680 also to talk about location. Let's get the ball rolling first. Here's a 12 00:01:17,719 --> 00:01:23,439 little review. As I mentioned last time, we tend to use at with 13 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,359 an action verb and in with the b verb. Here are some examples of 14 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:36,040 that. You can arrive at the park and be in the park. You 15 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:42,280 can work at your desk and be in the office until eight pm. You 16 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:47,840 can drink coffee at a cafe and be in the cafe for an hour. 17 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:55,879 There are also a number of set phrases with either in or at, but 18 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:01,959 not both. Let's check those out. If you are in bed, it 19 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:07,719 means that you are sleeping or relaxing in your bed, and usually that means 20 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:14,520 under the covers. You can also be at work, which means you are 21 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:20,759 working at your workplace. You can also be in class, which means you 22 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:27,960 are studying with your classmates and the teacher in the classroom. And if you 23 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:32,360 like water, you can be at sea, which means you're probably on a 24 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:39,919 cruise somewhere traveling in the ocean. In bed, at work, in class, 25 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:46,199 at sea. These are set phrases and you can't use another preposition with 26 00:02:46,439 --> 00:02:53,479 them with the same meaning. Next, let's go to a farm. You 27 00:02:53,560 --> 00:03:00,840 can live or work on a farm. You can arrive at a farm for 28 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:07,520 a weekend stay to enjoy the countryside life. How about the beach. You 29 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:15,919 can go to the beach. You can arrive at the beach and you can 30 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:23,120 spend the whole day on the beach. How about a park. You can 31 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:30,840 go to a park. You can arrive at the park and you can spend 32 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:37,120 your whole day in the park and have a picnic in the park. And 33 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:44,159 speaking of natural places, bears live in the mountains, which means an area 34 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:51,319 of several mountains. Bears live in caves in the mountains. In the wintertime, 35 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:58,280 you can see snow on a mountain or snow on the mountains, And 36 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:03,879 in the summertime you can can see trees on a mountain or trees on the 37 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:13,039 mountains. And finally, we have the phrase at home. I was at 38 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:19,720 home all day yesterday at home. In this case, home is used as 39 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:26,800 a noun at home, but the word home could also be used as an 40 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:34,759 adverb without a preposition. I was home all day yesterday, I was home 41 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:42,319 or I was at home. That's right, you can be home or be 42 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,800 at home. We use both of those patterns again, because the word home 43 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:55,399 is used as a noun and as an adverb. Keep in mind, the 44 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,759 best way to remember this and any other word or phrase in English is to 45 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,199 take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for you 46 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:11,160 or true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. 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