How to Make an Appointment in English – Prepositions & Expressions

Is it hard for you to make appointments in English? Let me make your life easier! I’ll show you exactly what to say and how to say it. You’ll learn how to use the most common prepositions of time and place: “at”, “on”, and “in”. I’ll teach you how to make an appointment yourself or respond to someone else’s invitation. Watch now and master this important skill, to speak and write English more confidently and correctly. https://www.engvid.com/how-to-make-an-appointment-in-english-prepositions-expressions/

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Watch my full lessons about prepositions of time and place:
Using AT, ON, IN with time https://youtu.be/G01SFcou6P4
Using AT, ON, IN with place https://youtu.be/tIuUgJMjrQ0?

In this lesson:
0:00 How to make an appointment in English
0:47 "Could we meet at/on/in...?"
8:49 "Could we meet...?"
8:59 "Would you be available...?"
9:28 "Are you free...?"
10:25 "When could we meet?"
11:08 "When would you be available?"
11:14 "When are you free?"
11:42 "Yes, that would be great."
12:22 "Sorry, I'm not available then."
12:53 "How about...?" "What about...?"
13:19 "I'd like to make an appointment with..."

TRANSCRIPT:
Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid. In this lesson, I'll show you how to make an appointment in
English. Usually, that means setting up two things; setting up a time to meet and a place
to meet. It also includes using the right expressions and the right prepositions. Alright?
So, let's learn what they are and how to use them. So, here we go.
So, there are many ways in which you can set up an appointment, and many different kinds
of appointments that you can set up. So, let's start with a basic expression that you could
use. This is when you are suggesting a time to someone, either on the phone or usually
these days in an email. Okay? Or a message. So, you could start by saying, "Could we meet?"
Okay? That is a semi-formal expression; it works in formal situations, it works in informal
situations. So, it's a good expression to know. It will work for you anywhere and everywhere.
So, "Could we meet?" But what comes after that? That's where you have a whole lot of
prepositions. So, let's see what they are. Let's talk about the prepositions of time
that you're going to need, and then the prepositions of place. So, "Could we meet on Friday or
on June 10th?" So, we use "on" to talk about one day or one date. Alright? If you're not
sure of these, I have another full lesson all about the prepositions of time, like this,
okay? I'll give you a link to that. If you want to study that a little bit more, you can go and
check that out. But here also, you will be able to, after this lesson, make an appointment. Okay?
So, "on Friday" or "on June 30th", one day or one date, we use the preposition "on". Then,
when we give the time, we use "at". So, "at" is very specific. "At 3.30", "at 4 o'clock", "at
noon". Okay? Now, does it matter if we say, "Could we meet at 3.30 on Friday?" Or if we say,
"Could we meet on Friday at 3.30?" It doesn't really matter. I prefer this way. Why? Because
if I say, "Could we meet on Friday?", that is already talking about the bigger picture,
the day. And maybe that person's just not working on Friday, so then the time and all of that is
really irrelevant and it becomes secondary. So, first start, I think, with the day and then the
time, but if you switch them around, don't worry as long as you're using the right prepositions.
Okay? So, we would say something like, "Could we meet on Friday at 3.30?" Or if you need to
say this plus this, the day plus the date, then you would say it like this, "Could we meet on
Friday, June 10th at 3.30?" Okay? If you're writing it, you would say... You would write,
"Could we meet on Friday, June 10th at noon?" Okay? Question mark. All right?
So, that's for the time. Now, what about the place? All right. So, place, we have three
prepositions. All right? "At", "in", and "on". "At" and "in" usually drive people a little bit
crazy-okay?-when they're learning English because they're... They're a little bit flexible. And if
you make a mistake with that, really don't worry about it too much. It's not the end of the world.
"At", we're talking kind of just at that location. Okay? And "in" is a little bit, like, inside a
place. So, that's kind of where... What we mean, but sometimes you'll hear people using them in
different ways. Okay? So, we could say, "Could we meet at the airport?" Okay? So, we could talk
about a location. People also say things like, "Could we meet at the conference?" Well, the
conference is actually an event, but the event is taking place at a location. So, that's what
they mean. Okay? "Could we meet at the conference? […]