L/O/G/O
In/at/on (position 2)
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a) We say that someone is at an event. For
example: at party/ at a concert/ at a
conference/ at a football match:
Contoh:
• Were there many people at the party/at the
meeting?
• I saw Jack at the football match/ at the
concert on Saturday
b) We say:
• At home • At sea (on a voyage)
• At work • In bed
• At university • In hospital
• At school • In prison
• At a station • On a farm
• At an airport
• At the seaside
• I’ll be at work until 5.30 but I’ll be at home
all evening.
• Julia is studying medicine at university.
• We’ll be arriving at 9.30. Can you meet us
at the station?
• Tom’s father is in hospital.
• Have you ever worked on a farm?
c) You can often use in or at with buildings.
You can stay in a hotel or at a hotel; You
can eat in a restaurant or at restaurant.
We usually say at when we say where an
event takes place (for example: a concert,
a film, a meeting, a sports event, etc.)
• We went to a concert at the Royal Festival
Hall.
• The meeting took place at the company’s
headquarters.
• Where were you last night? At the cinema/
at the theatre.
We say at someone’s house:
• I was at Tom’s house last night (or I was at
Tom’s last night)
We use in when we are thinking about the
building itself:
• The rooms in Tom’s house are very small
• I enjoyed the film but it was very cold in the
cinema
d) We usually say in with towns and village:
• Tom’s parents live in Nottingham. (not ‘ at
Nottingham)
But you can use at when the town or village is
a point on journey:
• Do you know if this train stops at
Nottingham?
• We stopped at a pretty village on the way to
London.
e) We say arrive IN a country or town:
• When did he arrive in Britain/ in London
We say arrive AT with other places (buildings
etc.) or events:
• What time did he arrive at school/at work/at
the hotel/at the party?
We say arrive home (without a preposition)
• When did he arrive home?