A train or bus station is a place where vehicles stop and passengers get on or off.
The idea
Station is countable: a station, two stations. Use at the station for a meeting place, to the station for a destination, and from the station for a starting point.
Examples
- The train station is near the park.
- We met at the station after work.
- Is there a bus station in this town?
- She walked from the station to the hotel.
- Two stations are marked on the map.
- The next station is Central Square.
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Station has other meanings too, such as a place providing a service; train station makes the transport sense clear.
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Choose the plural after two. Two ___ are marked on the map. (station / stations)
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stations
Stations is plural after two.
Choose the preposition for the meeting place. We met ___ the station. (at / from)
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at
At identifies the station as the meeting place.
Choose the preposition for the starting point. She walked ___ the station to the hotel. (from / at)
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from
From introduces the journey’s starting point.
Practice round
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Choose the plural after two. Two ___ are marked on the map. (station / stations)
Choose the preposition for the meeting place. We met ___ the station. (at / from)
Choose the preposition for the starting point. She walked ___ the station to the hotel. (from / at)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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