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🎙Mistake Break Podcast - Episode 14

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EXERCISES

Fill-in-the-Blank: Home vs. House

Exercise 1:

Complete each sentence by filling in the blanks with the most appropriate word combination. Use home, house, to, at, or a hyphen (-) to indicate no preposition.

  1. After work, I usually go ____ ____ immediately.

  2. My brother invited us ____ his new ____ for dinner.

  3. We spent the whole holiday ____ ____ because of the rain.

  4. Why don't you come ____ my ____ this afternoon?

  5. Did you arrive ____ ____ before midnight?


Spot the Difference: Correcting Prepositions

Exercise 2:

Read each sentence. If the usage is incorrect, fix the word(s) in bold. If the sentence is correct, write "Correct."

  1. It's late; I think it's time to go to home.

  2. We didn't leave my mother's home until 11 PM.

  3. Are you going to stay in home this weekend?

  4. Did you walk all the way at home?

  5. Let's visit our friends' house tomorrow evening. 


Exercise 1 Answer Key:

  1. After work, I usually go - home immediately.

  2. My brother invited us to his new house for dinner.

  3. We spent the whole holiday at home because of the rain.

  4. Why don't you come to my house this afternoon?

  5. Did you arrive - home before midnight?

Exercise 2 Answer Key:

  1. It's late; I think it's time to go - home.

    • Explanation: When talking about moving to your own residence, the preposition to is removed.

  2. We didn't leave my mother's house until 11 PM.

    • Explanation: When referring to someone else's personal residence, we generally use the noun house instead of home.

  3. Are you going to stay at home this weekend?

    • Explanation: When referring to the location of one's own residence, the correct preposition is at, not in. (e.g., at school, at work, at home).

  4. Did you walk all the way - home?

    • Explanation: When using the verb arrive or describing movement toward your own residence, the preposition at is unnecessary.

  5. Correct.

    • Explanation: This correctly uses house because it refers to the residence of "our friends," not the speaker's own.


TRANSCRIPT:

Hey there, and welcome back to Mistake Break! Today, we're tackling a tricky but common word: home.

First, think about going to your own house. You might be tempted to say: 

  • I'm going to home

  • I think she's going to home. 

BUT that’s not correct! For home, we must remove the preposition. We just say, I'm going home.

Let's look at another one: 

  • We arrived at home," 

but uh-oh another incorrect preposition, just say "We arrived home." See? No preposition needed when you're moving towards your home.

Let's try another one. Instead of saying, 

  • We must spend the weekend in our home

you should say: 

  • We must spend the weekend at home.

at home is the correct one, not in home.

Finally, here's a little twist. The rules change when it's not your own place. We usually switch to another word, to the word house. So, you wouldn't say, "We left my uncle's home." buuut "We left my uncle's house."

Again, do not say, "Why don't you stay at Ali's home?" say, "Why don't you stay at Ali's house?"


Just remember: 

That's it for this Mistake Break! Join us next time for more quick tips to improve your English.


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