A market is a place or event where people meet to buy and sell goods.
The idea
Market is countable: a market, two markets. Use at the market for location, to the market for a destination and from the market for a starting point.
Examples
- We bought apples at the market.
- The market opens on Saturday.
- She went to the market by bus.
- Two markets sell food in this town.
- He met a friend at the market.
- They walked home from the market.
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A market can be outdoors or inside a building; the word alone does not specify its setting.
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Choose the plural after two. Two ___ sell food in this town. (market / markets)
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markets
Markets is the plural form after two.
Choose the preposition for the place of purchase. We bought apples ___ the market. (at / to)
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at
At describes the place where the purchase happened.
Choose the preposition for the starting point. They started at the market and walked home ___ it. (from / to)
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from
From introduces the starting point of the journey.
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Choose the plural after two. Two ___ sell food in this town. (market / markets)
Choose the preposition for the place of purchase. We bought apples ___ the market. (at / to)
Choose the preposition for the starting point. They started at the market and walked home ___ it. (from / to)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a market and say what someone buys there.