LESSON 6: ‘В ТЕАТРЕ’ VS ‘НА БАЛЕТЕ’

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.

Test: MatchTextDialog

Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers