Where do you live? Do you live IN, AT, or ON a city or a street? NEAR a mall or OPPOSITE a mall? Join me and learn how to answer the common question “Where do you live?” correctly, using 9 different prepositions. We’ll cover: at, on, in, near, with, opposite, next to, across from, and close to. Watch now and feel more confident in everyday English. Next, for more improvement, take my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day: https://10.bexenglish.com

More of my lessons about prepositions of place:
https://youtu.be/tIuUgJMjrQ0
https://youtu.be/3957TbatjPg

In this lesson:
0:00 I live... in? at? on? with? opposite?
0:51 "I live at..."
1:43 "I live in..."
3:05 "I live on..."
3:53 "I live with..."
4:52 "I live near..." & "I live close to..."
5:55 "I live next to..."
6:28 "I live across from..." & "I live opposite..."
8:24 Test!

TRANSCRIPT:
In this lesson, you will learn how to answer the simple question, "Where do you live?"
Now, when somebody asks you that question, of course, you know where you live, but in
order to express that correctly in English, we need at least possibly up to nine different...
Nine different prepositions.
Okay?
So, let's look at what they are.
You don't need all of them, but you need different ones depending on what you're trying to say.
So, let's look at what they are.
Now, the first three, "at", "on", and "in", I've actually covered in a separate lesson
where we focus just on "at", "on", and "in", and I'll give you a link to that lesson in
the lesson description.
Okay?
But here, we're going to cover lots of other options as well.
So, let's look at how to answer this question, "Where do you live?"
Okay.
So, let's start over here.
We could say, "I live at 25 Main Street."
So, we use "at" when we're being very specific.
Okay?
Exactly, like the exact point.
I live at 25 Main Street.
I live at the corner of Main and Bay Street.
Okay?
It's also very specific.
Right?
Okay?
I live at the intersection.
Okay?
At the intersection where two roads cross, at the intersection of Main and Bay Streets.
So, here, we're using "at" whenever you're talking about something very specific.
All right?
Got that?
Let's go to the next one.
This one is used quite a lot.
I live in.
So, here, you kind of have the idea of, like, in something.
Okay?
In, it could be inside, but let's look at all of the options for "in".
So, we could say, "I live in an apartment."
I live in a condominium.
Condominium is just an apartment that you or somebody owns.
Okay?
I live in a house.
I live in Los Angeles.
So, we use "in" also to talk about the city, okay, where you live.
I live in California, to talk about the state where you live.
I live in the US, to talk about the country that you live in.
So, "in" covers a lot of different possibilities, but you're in these places.
Okay?
So, make sure you get that right.
And in case you do live in the US, make sure that you're saying "the US".
Okay?
Okay?
We use "the" before the names of certain countries, like the Philippines, the US, and so on, but
not in... before many, most countries.
Like, we say, "I live in Canada."
Right?
"I live in France."
"I live in Germany."
There's no "the" there.
But many people forget to put "the" before "US".
Okay?
Next, if you're talking about something, like, kind of horizontal, okay, then we say, "I
live on", "on the 7th floor", "on the 5th floor", "on the 1st floor".
Now, you...
Remember, you're saying "first", "second", "third".
Okay?
So, also, in terms of the numbers, don't say, "I live on the 1 floor."
No.
"The 1st floor."
Okay?
But "on a certain floor".
And if you're just giving the name of the street, then we say, "on Main Street".
Here, it was very specific.
Right?
So, this is Main Street, and I live at 25 Main Street.
But I live on Main Street.
Okay?
So, that's "on".
Next, who do you live with?
You might want to be sharing that.
So, I live with my family.
I live with my parents.
I live with my roommates.
I live with my wife and children.
I live with my husband and kids.
Okay?
Or maybe you don't live with anyone, so then we have the option, "I live alone."
Okay?
That's not a preposition; that's just a statement.
All right?
All right.
So, here we have the most common prepositions that you're going to need to talk about, the
most basic information that you need to give when somebody asks you, "Where do you live?"
Okay?
Okay?
And depending on who's asking you and what the context is, you're going to need different
answers.
All right? […]