Vypracovala: Mgr. Katarína Šovčíková

 

 

in – v niečom

 

 

  • There´s no-one in the room/in the building/in the garden.

  • What have you got in your hand/in your mouth?

  • When we were in Italy, we spent a few days in Venice.

 

Ďalej používame predložku in keď chceme povedať, že niečo alebo niekto je:

in a line/in a row/in a queue

in the sky/in the world

in an office/in a department

in a book/in a newspaper/in a magazine/in a letter

in bed

in a photograph/in a picture

 

  • 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.

 

on – na niečom (plocha)

 

 

  • I sat on the floor/on the ground/on the grass/on the beach/on a chair.

  • There´s a dirty mark on the wall/on the ceiling/on your nose/on your shirt.

  • The hotel is on a small island.

 

Ďalšie použitie:

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 a map/on a menu/on a list

on a farm

 

Ďalej hovoríme, že nejaké miesto je:

on a river/on a road/on the coast

 

  • London is on the river Thames.

  • Portsmouth is on the south coast of England.

 

Taktiež používame on the way:

  • We stopped at a small village on the way to London.

 

Porovnajte in a on

 

 

 

  • There is some water in the bottle.

  • There is a label on the bottle.

 

at – na nejakom mieste

 

 

  • Do you know that man standing at the door/at the window?

  • Turn left at the traffic lights/at the church/at the roundabout.

  • We have to get off the bus at the next stop.

 

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.

 

Porovnajte at a in:

  • There were a lot of people in the shop. (vo vnútri)

  • Turn left at the shop. (pri obchode – miesto)

  • I´ll meet you in the hotel lobby. (vo vnútri)

  • I´ll meet you at the entrance to the hotel. (pri vchode – miesto)

 

Porovnajte at a on:

  • There´s somebody at the door. (pri dverách, vo dverách, za dverami)

  • There´s a notice on the door. (prilepený na dverách)

 

Porovnanie:

 

in the front/in the back

at the front/at the back

on the front/on the back

of a car

 

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

of a building/theatre/group of people

 

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.

of a letter/piece of paper

 

I wrote the date on the back of the photograph.

 

Porovnanie:

 

 

in the corner of a room

  • The TV is in the corner of the room.

 

at the corner alebo on the corner of a street

  • There is a post box at/on the corner of the street.

 

in

at

in hospital/in prison/in jail

Ann´s mother is in hospital.

 

in the sea

I love swimming in the sea.

 

 

at home/at work/at school/at university

I´ll be at home at 5:30.

 

at sea

We had a nice trip. We were at sea for 30 days.

 

at a party/at a concert/at a conference

(at používame s udalosťou)

There were many people at the wedding/at a football match.

pre budovy môžeme používať aj in aj at


in/at a restaurant

in/at a supermarket

in používame, keď myslíme budovu ako takú, samostatnú

 

All the rooms in the hotel have air conditioning.

It´s always cold in Sue´s house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zvyčajne používame in mestami a dedinami

 

Sam lives in Nottingham

The Louvre is a famous art museum in Paris.

zvyčajne používame at, keď chceme povedať, kde sa udalosť odohrala (koncert, film, párty, stretnutie,...)

We had dinner at the hotel.

 

I was at Sue´s house last night.

We went to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall.

The meeting took place at the company´s had office in Frankfurt.

 

at the station/at the airport

Meet me at the station at 6:00.

 

at doctor´s/at hairdresser´s

 

 

in alebo at môžeme použiť pokiaľ máme na mysli miesto ako bod alebo stanicu počas cesty

Does the train stop in/at Nottingham?

We stopped in/at a small village on the way to London.

 

Porovnajte:

  • in a car/in a taxi

  • on a bus/on a train/on a plane/on a ship

 

Cvičenie:

1. V ktorých prípadoch používame in?

2. V ktorých prípadoch používame at?

3. V ktorých prípadoch používame on?

 

Použitá literatúra a obrázky:

  • Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2004