124 : in/at/on (position) 2

   A   

We say that somebody/something is:

 

     in a line / in a row / in a queue

     in bed

     in the sky / in the world

     in the country / in the countryside

     in an office / in a department

     in a picture / in a photo / in a photograph

     in a book / in a paper (= newspaper) / in a magazine / in a letter

 

• When I go to the cinema, I like to sit in the front row.
• James isn't up yet. He's still in bed.
• It was a lovely day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
• I've just started working in the sales department.
• Who is the woman in that photo?
• Have you seen this picture in today's paper?

 

 

   B   

     on the left / on the right

     on the left-hand side / on the right-hand side

     on the ground floor / on the first floor / on the second floor etc.

     on a map / on a menu / on a list

     on a farm

 

• In Britain we drive on the left. or ... on the left-hand side.
• Our apartment is on the second floor of the building.
• Here's a shopping list. Don't buy anything that's not on the list.
• Have you ever worked on a farm?

 

 

We say that a place is on a river / on a road / on the coast:

• Budapest is on the (river) Danube.
• The town where you live - is it on the coast or inland?

 

 

Also on the way:

• We stopped to buy some things in a shop on the way home.

 

 

   C   

at the top (of) / at the bottom (of) / at the end (of)

• Write your name at the top of the page.
• Jane's house is at the other end of the street.

 

 

   D   

in the front / in the back of a car

• I was sitting in the back (of the car) when we crashed.

 

 

at the front / at the back of a building / theatre / group of people etc.

• The garden is at the back of the house.

  

• Let's sit at the front (of the cinema).
• We were at the back, so we couldn't see very well.

 

 

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

• I wrote the date on the back of the photo.

 

 

   E   

in the corner of a room

• The TV is in the corner of the room.

  

 

at the corner or on the corner of a street

• There is a small shop at/on the corner of the street.

 

 

 

 (American English -> Appendix 7) 

 

124D

BRITISH at the front / at the back (of a group etc.): Let's sit at the front (of the cinema).

AMERICAN in the front / in the back (of a group etc.): Let's sit in the front (of the movie theater).

 

 

 

※ in a queue

 

 

※ crop :

 

crop : 작물, 수확물

• Sugar is an important crop on the island.
• to grow/plant/harvest crops
• Australia's wheat crop is likely to be lower than forecast this year.
• We had a very good crop of apples last year. // 수확물

 

 

 

※ crash :