After learning a, an and the (Episode 52), many learners start to put the everywhere. Then they say "I'm going to the bed", "my son is in the school" or "I love the nature". In British English, some places take no article when we go there for their main purpose: go to bed, go to school, in hospital. In this episode: • Places used for their main purpose • Meals and transport • General ideas and plurals • Activities, and british versus american • Listening lab • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: go to bed — to sleep: I'm going to bed. in bed — Leo's still in bed. go to school — as a pupil: The kids go to school by bus. at school — Amelia's at school till half three. go to work, at work — Dad's at work till six. go to hospital, in hospital — as a patient (British) hospital (HOS-pi-tl) — the stress is on HOS go to university, at university — as a student (British) go home, at home — Let's go home. We're at home tonight. in town, into town — the town centre near you: I'm in town, do you need anything? Mum went to the school to talk to the teacher — she visited the building We're going to the hospital to visit Grandad — we are visitors Don't sit on the bed with your shoes on — the bed is furniture here have breakfast (BREK-fust) — the stress is on BREK Have you had dinner? — the evening meal have tea — in many British homes, tea is also the early evening meal What's for tea? — what are we eating this evening? We go by train — but we're on the train Kids love chocolate — all kids, all chocolate I don't like mushrooms — mushrooms in general Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.