CÁCH SỬ DỤNG GIỚI TỪ "AT"

HỌC TOEIC: CÁCH SỬ DỤNG GIỚI TỪ "AT" 

 

Giới từ là một trong những chủ điểm quan trọng trong đề thi TOEIC! chúng ta hãy cùng tìm hiểu cách sử dụng giới từ "at" nhé!

		1 At can indicate location

		Pattern 1: at + the + place within a city or town The women are at the supermarket.

		Nouns commonly used with this pattern: apartment, bus stop, factory, hospital, hotel, house, mall, office, park, parking lot, restaurant, station, store, theater, university

		Pattern 2: at + an address She lives at 3757 North 52nd Street, apartment 10. You can contact him by e-mail, @xyz.com(The symbol @ is pronounced ''at.")

		Pattern 3: at + the + place within another place He was waiting in the room at the door. He likes to sit in her apartment at the window facing the park.

		Nouns commonly used with this pattern: counter, desk, table, window

		2 At indicates a place of attendance.

		Pattern 1: be + at + Æ place or meal of regular attendance The children are at school. We aren't allowed to watch television when we are at dinner.

		Nouns used with this pattern: church, class, home, practice, school, work breakfast, lunch, dinner

		Pattern 2: be + at + noun of event They are at the movies. She is at a meeting.

		Nouns commonly used with this pattern: breakfast, brunch, celebration, concert, conference, dance, debate, dinner, forum, function, funeral, game, lecture, luncheon, meeting, movies, parade, party, play, program, reading, reunion, show, wedding

		3 At can indicate in the direction of; toward.

		Pattern 1: verb + at + noun The teacher smiled at the new girl.

		Verbs commonly used with this pattern: aim, frown, glare, grab, grin, growl, hit, howl, laugh, leer, look, rush, shoot, shout, slap, smile, snatch, stare, swear, swing, wink, yell

		Pattern 2: verb + noun + at + noun The small boy threw a rock at the window.

		Typical verbs: swing, throw, toss