Why "goes in" not "goes of"?

[Celik]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Common Prepositions", question 4

The milk goes ......... the refrigerator.

(a) on
(b) in
(c) of
(d) at

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Common Prepositions", answer 4

The milk goes in the refrigerator.

Correct answer: (b) in

Your answer was: incorrect
The milk goes of the refrigerator.
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why goes in not goes of

Celik

[Jan]

hi,
I guess because they want milk inside and of would be something like I had cast a milk towards the refrigerator and miss centimetres it had gone off to him unfortunatly at the end
Regards
Jan
No it is nonsence, crew is very tired ,crew is exhausted
crew needs sleep.

[Saneta]

'The milk goes in the refrigerator.'- This sentence mean that we put the milk in the refrigerator?

[Alan]

Yes.

Alan
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[Fieri]

HELLO ALAN,
I'll be very grateful to you if you explain me the difference between in, on, of, at or their use in sentences.
thank you
lori

[Mouhannad]

Hi,
milk is not a countable noun so as i know we use (the) with countable nouns , why THE milk.

[Alan]

Hi Mouhannad,

In that test sentence we are talking about that particular bottle/carton of milk in contrast to the fish, for example, which goes in the freezer. We can identify an uncountable noun with a definite article (the) when we are referring to a specific noun. Look at this: She drinks milk every morning and the milk she uses is always skimmed.

Alan

Alan
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