Postagens
Welcome back to another post!
👉 Question 01 :
What time do you wake up ___ the morning.
(a) on
(b) by
(c) in
(d) of
• Resposta e Comentários:
• What preposition are you to use in that blank?
• We're talking about the morning which is a period of the day.
• I think most... I think most of you know this.(áiFênkMôust-áiFênk-Môustoviú-Nôudês)
• This is , this is an example(enêguiZémpôl) of prepositions of time(prépóZíxêns-óvTáim).
• There are certain rules(déór-SSôrnRúôuz) that you can follow(dé-íukénFólóu) if you have these(êFíurrév-díz) periods of time(Píuriêds-óvTáim) throughout day(TrópDêi) morning(Mõrnén), afternoon(ÁftôrNún), evening(ÍvNén), you're going to use in:
• in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.
• So, I think many of you should be familiar with using this preposition of time.(áiFênk-Ménióvíú-Xudbi'fãMíliôr-uêfên-íuzen-dêsprépôZêixen-óvTáim)
👉 Question 02 :
She wore a skarf ___ her neck.
(a) on
(b) around
(c) in
(d) of
• Resposta e Comentários:
• What preposition best completes this sentence?
• What preposition are you to use in that blank?
• I just want you to fill in the blank with a preposition.
• The one thing that I think(diuãnTên-déráiFênk), prepositions can be tricky(prepoZíxêns-kãbiThrûkí), sometimes you can use more than one.(SãmTáims-íuken-íuz-móDên'uãn)
• This is an example, where I think you(uér-áiFênkiú) could use(Kûd-íuz) one of two prepositions(uãnóv-thuprépoZíxêns).
• The one that I(díuãn-déRái) was looking for(uózLúkenFór) which I gave you in my answer(uêthái-Guêiviú-inMáiÊnsôr) is around(âRãun).
• around my waist, around the earth, around the other side of.
• She wore a skarf around her neck.
• You could say, she wore a scarf on her neck.
• Most people are going to use "around" because of the meaning of the preposition.
• You're talking about something that moves along the side of something else.
• And it kind of just goes(Gôus) around it.(ennêKáin9-djôstGôus-aRãunDê)
• So, a scarf is something you would wear around your neck.
• Another example would be something like:
- You wear a belt around your waist.(íu-uér-aBélt-aRãundjió-uêist)
- A satellite might move around the earth.(êiSárôLái-MáiMûv-aRãund-diôrf)
- Around the other side of something else,
- It's around the other side of the fence.(êtssRãund-diódôrSSáiróv-dêFêns)
- You have to move along that side of the fence and go around it.
• So in this case, I think AROUND would probably be the preposition that most people would use.
• But again, if you say ON , its's fine, everybody understands that and I think that works as well, too.
👉 Question 03 :
I hope you enjoy learning ___ interactive English.
(a) on
(b) with
(c) in
(d) from
• Resposta e Comentários:
• What preposition best completes this sentence?
• What preposition would you use to complete this sentence?
• What preposition best completes that statement?
• So, that it makes sense, it's easy to understand.
• This is a preposition that I think that might commonly follow, that might commonly follow learning.
• If you're talking about LEARNING WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
• All right, again, I think you could use one of two, the one that I'd say I think more common people would learn with someone.
• I so notice some people put from, I think you could use from but I think mostly you're talking about learning with someone, you were doing this thing together.
• But I again, you could use from, it also makes sense.
• So those I think are two prepositions that you'd want to use to complete this sentence.
👉 Question 04 :
My birthday is ___ September. This year it's ___ Thursday.
(a) on, in.
(b) with, on.
(c) in, on.
(d) from, in.
• Resposta e Comentários:
• Which preposition would you use to completes this sentence?(uÊtchi-prépô'Zêixén-Úldjíu'iúz-thukãPlítch-dê100Têns)
• We're talking about a month end a day.(aMánf-ên'nên'nênDêi)
• So again, these are more some rules that you can follow:(diz-ómór)
- in with months(Ín-uêF-Mãnfs);
- on with days. (õn-uêF-Dêis)
• So If we're talking about some of these prepositions of time, we use in with months: in january(in-jên'nhíuéri), in october(ín-ókTûbôr), in november(in'nôVémbôr).
• So If we're talking about days, we use on with days: on Monday(õnMãndêi), on Tuesday(õnThúsdêi), on Wednesday(õn'uÊnsdêi).
👉 Question 05 :
It's easy for learners to get fed ___ ___ prepositions.
(a) on, in.
(b) with, on.
(c) in, on.
(d) from, in.
• Resposta e Comentários:
• This is actually a phrasal verb.
• A phrasal verb, well, it's a verb plus preposition, but in this case, it's a three-word phrasal verb.
• So which two prepositions follow that verb?
• What do you guys think?
• "fed up with", it's a three-word phrasal verb.
• But if somebody is fed up with something, it means that they are annoyed(ãnNôid) or unhaapy(ãnRRépi) or maybe they're just bored(Bôrd) with some situation.
👉 Question 06 :
-Sean: I'm ___ the gym.
(a) on
(b) in
(c) at
(d) into
• Resposta e Comentários:
• All right, there are two different people talking, so that's why I've given you "Rachel" and "Sean".
• So one person says "Where are you?" and the other person says "I'm ___ the gym".
• So there's two people talking, you have a question, somebody's asking "Where are you?" and other person's saying "I'm ___ the gym".
• The at and in, maybe some prepositions that people might find a little confusing because if somebody says "at the gym" you're talking about the location and that location could be in or around some building office home.
• You're just , you're talking about that location in would refer to that you're inside or on the interior.
• So in this case, you could say like, where are you?, oh, I'm in the gym(áimên'nêDjêm) or I'm at the gym(áim-étdêDjêm), either one is okay(áidôuãn-êzôukêi).
• BUT I'd say, it's more common(êtsmôrKãmén) for somebody to use "at".
• Simply because when you're asking the question "where are you?", somebody asking about your location, they want to know the location, they whant to know "where you are at".
• So in that case(sôu-ináKêis), I think it's more common for somebody to say , Hey I'm at the gym.
- at the gym(location)
- at the gym(specific location, inside or interior some place)
• So keep that in mind if you keep if you talking about(kíparênMãin-ÊfiuTókên-aBáut) at and in, those can be a little confusing if you want to know what's the difference: at is location(lôKêixên) , in is specif location that you are inside some place.
👉 Question 07 :
We knew the plane would leave ___ time. So we had to run and we just barely made it ___ time.
(a) on, in.
(b) with, on.
(c) in, on.
(d) from, in.
• Resposta e Comentários:
• So you may be looking at this and thinking well wait(Fênkên'uél'uêitch) this that's a little strange(dês-Dáts'Lêrô'sTrêndji) because both of these prepositions(Bôuf-Óvdíz-prépôZíxêns) come before(kãm-bifôr) the word time(dê-uôrdTáim).
• All right, but there's two separate, uh, two different meanings and two different situations that I'm referring to.
• So we knew the plane would leave ___ time,
• So we had to run and we just barely made it ___ time.
• All right, which prepositions would complete this sentence right here.
• All right, what do you think?
• Uh, excellent, perfect: We knew the plane would leave on time. So we had to run and we just barely made it in time.
• So I wanted to highlight the difference between on time and in time.
• So if you say that something is on time, it means that it is done or it happens when it should. Something might arrive on time when it should or perhaps it's going to leave on time when it should.
•"in time" just you're referring to something that is just early enough that we finish the project in time, we finished right before it was the deadline and you finished(en-iuFên'nestch) early enough(ôrli-iNâf) you do something in time.
• So I think of a situation in that, in that sense like you're, you're doing something you have to meet some kind of deadline and you try to get something done in time, in this case, we made it in time, uh, we caught the plane just in time, we were early enough to get on the plane.
• So on time verses in time:
- on time = is done or happens when it should.
- in time = early enough.
👉 Question 08 :
(a) in
(b) on
(c) of
(d) from
• Resposta e Comentários:
• This one is told you a little bit of vocabulary, this is, uh, this is more an expression I'd say, well that people can use sometimes:
• I'm not sure what we should do.(áimNá-Xôuar-uixudju)
• I feel like we're ___ a rock and a hard place.(áiFíuLáik-uôr-aRók-enda-RRárdPlêis)
• Which preposition would preposition that sentence?
• Again, I told you this is, uh, hmm, this is more of I think an expression that you may hear from time to time, if people are referring to this specific situation which I'll talk about in just a moment.
• So which preposition would you use?
• I'm not sure what we should do. I feel like we're ___ a rock and a hard place.
• All right, excellent, uh, so we're talking about between "I'm not sure what we should do. I feel like we're ___ a rock and a hard place."
• So I told you that this is an expression, ahm, ahm, to be in between or just between a rock and a hard place.
• to be between a rock and a hard place, and it means that you're caught(déiókó) in a situation that is difficult because there's no way out(10zNô'uêi-Áutch).
• You have a, uh, uhm, you have a problem on this side(õnêSSáid), you have a problem on that side(õnaSSáid), and you'd say, you're stuck(ió-sTók), uh, uh, between a rock end a hard place(bêthuínaRók-ÊnnaRRárdPlêis).
• And you could be talking about some physical problem that there's nowhere to go or it could be, hmm, just more an analogy, that there is some just difficult situation that you don't know how to handle and you could say that you're between a rock and a hard place.
• So that's a good expression to know.
- "in between a rock end a hard place"(expression) = refers to being caught in a very difficult situation.
👉 Question 09 :
One day, I dream ___ hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(a) about
(b) of
(c) in
(d) on
• Resposta e Comentários:
• What do you think?
• Uh, all right, so I think, uh, there are two different prepositions that you could use, all right.
• I chose of(áiThôuz-óv) "One day, I dream of hiking mount Kilimanjaro."
• And the reason I chose of(en'nêRízén-áiThôuz-óv), I think, when somebody dreams of something, they're talking about something they hope to do in the future that they wish they could do this.
• It is interchangeable with(Ên'nô'Thêndjêbôl-uêF) about, you could also use a(iúkuRólsôu-iuza) belt, that's perfectly fine(Déts-pôrFêkliFáin).
• But I wanted to make a little bit of distinction(báRáiuãnê-thuMêikâLírôBêróv-dêsTênkXén) between of dream of (drjímMóv) and dream about.(drjímaBáu).
• Because I think often when people say "dream about" they dreamt about something, they talking about an actual dream, when they're sleeping at night you could say well last night I dreamt about this thing, I dreamt about hiking mount Kilimanjaro.
• But if I "dream of" it then I'm talking about some kind of hope or wish that I want to do in the future.
• In this sentence, I'm using it in the present tense, if somebody is talking about something they 'hope to do'(RRôup-thudju) or 'wish to do' in the present tense, I think it's more common that they use of, one day I dream of doing this, all right.
• If you're talking about something in the past, that same situation that in the past you dreamed about doing this thing, then I think that people might use about.
• Uhm, I don't know why, this is my opinion about a difference between, hum, of and about, if it's the present tense, I think might be more inclined to use of.
• If it's the past or maybe you're talking about the Present Perfect Tense like, uh, hum, I've always dreamt about hiking mount kilimanjaro , in that case I think I might use about.
• So that's just like a little subtle nuance between the two but really they're interchangeable 'dream of' 'dream about' when you're talking about something you hope to do in the future.👉 Question 10 :
The audience was captivated __ the performance.
(a) about
(b) by
(c) in
(d) on
• Resposta e Comentários:
• So in this case, hmm, the word "captivated" is a key, because you often follow this adjective with specific preposition, uhhh, the audience was captivated ___ the performance.
• So think about that word captivated which preposition would typically follow that adjective, you're captivated by something.
• If you're captivated by something, it just, it really holds your attention and you're really focused on that.
• So in this case a performance everybody's watching it, it they it's holding their attention they cannot look away they are captivated by this thing.
• So again this is a good example of an adjective that is often followed by this specific preposition captivated by.
👉 Question 11 :
"It's better to ask __ forgiveness than permission."
(a) from
(b) for
(c) in
(d) on
• Resposta e Comentários:
• Now, it's another expression that people might say(dáPípôuMáitSêi) from time to time. Kind of depending on the situation.
• It's better to ask __ forgiveness than permission.
• All right, uhh, what preposition is going to complete this, uh, this saying that people might use "It's better to ask __ forgiveness than permission."
• Uhh, and I told you this is a way of more building vocabulary as well because I told you this is something that people may say from time to time, kind of I guess maybe giving advice i this case and the key is ask if you're using that verb you ask mmm something everybody you guys rock that you ask for something.
• It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
• Uhh, and I told you it's a famous saying because when it's used is like in a situation where you need to act immediately, you need to make a decision but that decision could cause problems.
• So you're going to ask for forgiveness and ask to you're going to apologize it for it later, instead of trying to get approval to do it.
• So I think of a situation in that hhmm you want to do something maybe hmmm you want to go out with your friends or something if you're hummm you want to go out with your friends and uhhh you want to leave work early and you're worried that your boss is going to get upset, somebody said, hey, you know, instead of asking for permit it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission just go ahead and do it have fun and then you will apologize later for the thing that you did wrong.
• So this a good famous saying that you may hear from time to time.
👉 Question 12 :
I'm thinking __ a number between 1 and 10.
(a) about
(b) of
(c) in
(d) on
• Resposta e Comentários:
• Uhmm, this is another one where I feel like people may think that they can use a couple of different prepositions.
• All right, what do you think how would you which preposition would you use to best complete this sentence?
• Uhmm, If I say, hey, you know I'm thinking mmm a number between 1 and 10, what would you say how would you complete? that sentence right there?
• So I think many of you get this because you're familiar with that saying, if somebody says I'm thinking of something, like I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10.
• But I wanted highlight the difference between "thinking of" and "thinking about".
- Think of = something you are not aware of and have to imagine.
- Think about = something you can take time to consider.
• In this case, I thinking you're humm you're overwhelmingly going to use "of" if you're telling somebody you want them to guess and you're like.
• Ohh, okay, I'm thinking of an animal ,guess what it is.
• Hmm, so, if you think of something, it's something that you're not aware of and you have to imagine it. In this case, you have to imagine the number hhhmmm.
• Huh, but if you're thinking about something to me then you're taking time to consider it. So in this situation, you are're asking somebody uhhh to imagine something uhh you're going to use "of", I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10, I'm thinking of an animal can you guess what it is.
• Huh, but when you think about something, you're really taking some time to consider it.