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Vocabulary: how to give locations - English lesson

Here is a lesson which will help you revise all the words (prepositions and adverbs) and expressions that you

need so often to express yourselves, but that are less familiar to you... Their precise usage will keep you from

many misunderstandings...

- I can hear him from here

- from there you'll see the Town Hall

- Two kilometres away/ two kilometres off

- It's in this road/ in my bag

- I've left my keys inside

- within this perimeter

- It's outside the town

- leave your muddy boots outside

- below the horizon

- He's hidden under the bed

- the flat below

- He was standing in front of/ before me

- I'll go ahead

- ahead of/ in front of

- She's gone on ahead/ she's gone on in front

- in the front of/ at the front of

- in the back of/ at the back of

- at the rear of the train

- The others are far behind us

- His house is after/ past the town hall

 next to/ beside/ at the side of/ by the side of

- She lives in the house opposite ours

- He was at my side/ by my side: next to me

- on the other side of/ across

- It's a good/ long way off/ a long way away

- He's somewhere about

I know there are many... but you already know most of them... Please, do not limit the number of 

the new ones you're going to use, so as to make varied and richer sentences! 

Good luck for the test! 

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