Listen to the audio & read the examples:
1. Джон вчера был в театре.
John was in the theater yesterday.
2. Надя вчера была на балете.
Nadya was at the ballet yesterday.
3. Мы вчера были в музее на выставке.
We were at the exhibition in the museum.
As we’ve learnt in Unit 4, when talking about location we use the ‘в + Prepositional case’ construction. But, if we talk about being at an event, we use the ‘на’ preposition.
В + place | НА + event |
в театре в музее в ресторане в университете в офисе | на балете на выставке на свидании на занятии на совещании |
Here are some more examples:
1. В пятницу мы были в театре на балете.
On Friday, we were in the theater at the ballet.
2. Вчера я была в ресторане на свидании.
Yesterday, I was at a restaurant on a date.
3. Дима сейчас в университете на занятии.
Dima is currently at the university in class.
4. Сергей сейчас в офисе на совещании.
Sergey is currently at the office in a meeting.
Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers