Name: 地方性介詞--視覺詞彙課程 (Prepositions of Place - Visual Vocabulary Lesson)
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情態助動詞 A2

In this lesson, you can learn about prepositions of place in English.

You can see how to use several different prepositions and prepositional phrases to say where something

In this video, we won't go into detail on the prepositions 'at', 'on' and 'in'.

We'll make a separate video for these three, because that's a big topic by itself.

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Let's see how to use prepositions of place in English.

'In' and 'inside' generally have the same meaning.

If you can choose, then it's better to use 'in'.

Use 'inside' when you want to emphasise that something is surrounded on all sides

For example, Inside an egg, you can find two parts: the

white and the yolk The egg is in front of the bowl.

The egg is on the left of the bowl The egg is on the right of the bowl.

You can also say 'to the left' or 'to the right'.

There's no difference in meaning The egg is next to the bowl.

'Next to' and 'near' are similar, but not the same.

If you say 'The egg is next to the bowl', you mean that there isn't much space between

If you say 'The egg is near the bowl', you mean that there isn't a lot of distance

between the bowl and the egg, but it doesn't tell you exactly how close they are.

You can also use 'beside' and 'by', which are similar to 'next to'.

'Next to' is more common in most situations.

So, you can say 'The egg is next to the bowl'.

All three have the same meaning, although in practice, you would probably always use

'Near' could mean closer, or further away.

'The egg is near the bowl' could mean that the egg is in many different positions.

'Between' and 'among' both have the meaning of 'in the middle of' or 'surrounded

'Between' means in the middle of *two* things.

'Among' means in the middle of many things.

'Over' and 'above' are similar as prepositions of place.

Often, you can use either preposition, and the meaning is the same.

Be careful; if you're talking about *movement*, then 'over' and 'above' are different.

Like 'over' and 'above', 'under' and 'below' are often the same.

If something completely covers something else, you can only use 'over' and 'under'.

You need to use 'over' and 'under' because the bowl covers the egg completely.

Use 'opposite' when two things are on different sides of something else.

For example, if you're sitting at a table, and I'm sitting on the other side, facing

you, then we're sitting *opposite* each other.

You can also say 'across from', which is more conversational but has the same meaning.

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