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What kind of “corner” are you referring to? Is it the corner of a room or the corner of a street? ♥ If you are giving directions to a shop, ... That’saquestionI’moftenaskedbymystudentsandhere’stheanswerIofferthem. Whatkindof“corner”areyoureferringto?Isitthecornerofaroomorthecornerofastreet? ♥Ifyouare givingdirections toashop,thenyoushouldsay: ThisshopisonthecornerofHighStreet ♥Ifyouaresayingthatapersonissittinginachairinaroom,then: Maryissittinginachairinthecornerofthesitting-room. Summarising:youusein,whenthecornerisinsideandon,whenthecornerisoutside. Note:youcanalsosayatthecornertorefertothecornerofastreet. I’llwaitatthecorner/I’llwaitonthecorner. Relatedposts:AwordonGrammar:haveandhavegotLearningSaxonGenitive:AtipforSpanishStudentsAwordonGrammar:ontheweekendorattheweekend? Postnavigation ←The“first”Thanksgiving Teachingteens:PresentSimpleandcontinuous→ WEBINARS2021-22Workshopsforyourschool.Practicalhands-onworkshopswithlotsoftestedideasperfectlycombiningtraditionaltechniqueswiththelatestdigitaltools.FindusonFacebookFacebook RecentPosts AGuessingGameUsingTenses HousingIssues.ALessonPlanforC1students. LearningChocolate:aFreeWebsitetoLearnVocabularyandHowtoPronounceit. AnOutdoorsQR-CodesListeningandSpeakinglessonaboutCities TeachingStudentstheTechniquetoAceaClozeListeningExercise TheClimbers’Challenge:aGametoEnergizetheFirst10MinutesofyourClass SummerBreakIsHere Buscar EsteobraestábajounalicenciadeCreativeCommonsReconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada4.0Internacional.BlogWinner:May19,Jan.18,Oct17,Jan16,Nov16,Oct.15 BlogAwardWinnerMay2019 FixingFossilizedGrammarandSpellingErrorsinanEngagingEffectiveWay BlogAwardWinnerJanuary18MakingVocabularyStickBlogAwardWinnerOctober17 LackingInspiration?6AwesomeResourceWebsitestoFindStuffforyourClasses BlogAwardWinnerNovember16 10GamesandActivitiestoPractisePersonalityAdjectives. BlogAwardWinnerJanuary16  SixAmazingWebsitesthatMakeyourWritingStronger BlogAwardWinnerOctober2015 MostCommonPronunciationMistakesHeardinOralExams Top100ESLBlogs@blogdecristina Tags A2 adjectives B1 B2 books C1 Christmas confusingwords dictionaries eating English errors exam exercises firstdayactivities food fun games grammar halloween health homework lessonplan listening listeningsites methodology online onlinetools picturedescription prepositions pronunciation quiz reading recording roleplay slides song speaking spelling students tips video vocabulary wordcloud writing Categories AwordonGrammar(42) AmericanCulturalaspects(16) CommonErrors(13) confusingwords(1) Cooking(11) customs(1) Dictionaries(22) Didyouknow?(6) FunnyStuff(85) Games(69) General(222) GrammarandExercises(24) IntheComputerRoom(47) LessonPlan:Advanced(48) LessonPlan:Elementary(13) LessonPlan:Intermediate(34) LessonPlan:Pre-Intermediate(23) Listening(125) Music(54) MyCraftySide(6) Phonetics(17) PlainGrammarandExercises(2) Reading(28) Resources(307) Audio(62) Createyourownstuff(77) freeware(60) Grammar(22) Pictures(17) Slides(33) Speaking(124) PictureDescription(17) Role-plays(5) Vocabulary(75) Writingskill(42) Students'Corner(85) TheEnglishlanguage(43) TipstogetagoodmarkintheEOIexams(6) Tutorial(5) VocabularyGames(15) WordoftheDay(54) Wordsinasong(4) Writing(77) EscapeRooms November2021 M T W T F S S «Oct     1234567 891011121314 15161718192021 22232425262728 2930   Hi!I’mCristina!Welcometomyblog! BlogsIfollow   InglesenAviles Natalialzam CarolTeachingScrapBook ELT-cation Lessonplansdigger Onthesamepage  LarryFerlazzo TeachingGames Superprof   FollowmeonPinterest