Ben and Ann discover they are neighbors living across the hall from each other in New York City. The document provides a review of location prepositions such as "at", "on", "in", and "across from" and their uses for street addresses, cities, floors, and other places. It includes examples of asking and answering location questions using these prepositions and encourages practicing forming similar questions about places on a sample street map.

1. The Present of Be:
Questions with Where;
Prepositions of Place
A Big City
2
Focus on Grammar 1
Part II, Unit 6
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. A Flight from Sydney
Ben: Did you enjoy Australia?
Ann: Yes, but I’m ready to go home.
Ben: Where do you live?
Ann: I live in New York.
Ben: So do I. I live at 347 West 82nd Street.
Ann: So do I! Do you live on the fourth floor?
Ben: Yes, I do! I live in apartment 4G.
Ann: I’m across from you in 4H.
Ann & Ben: We’re neighbors!

3. Location Questions
Use where to ask questions about location.
Where do you live?

4. Where’s my
suitcase?
Short Forms
Where’s is the short form for where is.
Where’s the
bus?

5. Prepositions of Place: At
Use at with a street address.
The Metropolitan
Museum is at 1000 Fifth
Avenue.
The United Nations is
at First Avenue and
46th Street.

6. Use on with a street name.
Prepositions of Place: On
Use on the with a floor.
The observation deck
is on the 86th floor.
The Empire State
Building is on 34th
Street.

7. Did you enjoy
your time in
Australia?
Prepositions of Place: In
Use in with a city, state, country, or
continent.
I live in New York
City.

8. Example: Ann was born in Canada.
1. She loves living in New York City.
2. Her boyfriend lives at 935 Lexington Avenue.
3. He was born in Mississippi.
4. They both work on Chambers Street.
5. Their office is on the ninth floor.
6. The subway station is at Broadway and
Chambers.
Practice 1 Complete the sentences with
in, on, or at.

9. Prepositions of Place: Next To
The bank is next to
the hospital.
hospital
bank

10. Prepositions of Place: Between
The museum is
between the café
and the school.
school
museum
café

11. Prepositions of Place: Across From
The post office is
across from the
department store.
post office
department store

12. Ordinal Numbers
Use ordinal numbers for streets and floors.
I live on West 82nd
Street.
My apartment is on
the fourth floor.

13. Practice 2
With a partner, ask questions
about Bedford Street. Use
prepositions in your answers.
Bedford
Street
Example: Where is the bank?
bookstore
café
gym
art museum 421
Bedford Street
restaurant (3rd Floor)
post office
bank
bakery
It’s across from the bakery.

14. References
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