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Prepositions – Time

English Usage Example

• on days of the week on Monday

• in months / seasons

time of day

year

after a certain period of time (when?)

in August / in winter

in the morning

in 2006

in an hour

• at for night

for weekend

a certain point of time (when?)

at night

at the weekend

at half past nine

• since from a certain point of time (past till now since !"#0

• for o$er a certain period of time (past till now for 2 years

• ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago

• %efore earlier than a certain point of time %efore 200&

• to telling the time ten to six (''0

• past telling the time ten past six (6!0

•

to / till /until

marking the %eginning and end of a periodof time

from Monday to/till )riday

• till / until in the sense of how long something is going

to last

*e is on holiday until )riday+

• %y in the sense of at the latest

up to a certain time

, will %e %ack %y 6 o-clock+

.y !! oclock , had read fi$e

pages+

Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)


• in room %uilding street town country

%ook paper etc+

in the kitchen in 1ondo

in the %ook




car taxi

picture world

in the car in a taxi

in the picture in the wo

• at meaning next to, by an object

for table

for e$ents

place where you are to do something typical

(watch a film study work

at the door at the statio

at the ta%le

at a concert at the part

at the cinema at schoo

work

• on attached

for a place with a ri$er

%eing on a surface

for a certain side (left right

for a floor in a house

for pu%lic transport

for television, radio

the picture on the wall

1ondon lies on the ha

on the ta%le

on the left

on the first floor

on the %us on a plane

on 3 on the radio

• %y next to

%eside

left or right of some%ody or something 4ane is standing %y / ne

%eside the car+

• under on the ground lower than (or co$ered %y

something else

the %ag is under the ta%

• %elow lower than something else %ut a%o$e ground the fish are %elow the s

• o$er co$ered %y something else

meaning more than

getting to the other side (also across

o$ercoming an o%stacle

put a 5acket o$er your s

o$er !6 years of age

walk o$er the %ridge

clim% o$er the wall

• a%o$e higher than something else %ut not directly

o$er it

a path a%o$e the lake

• across getting to the other side (also over

getting to the other side

walk across the %ridge

swim across the lake

• through something with limits on top %ottom and the

sides

dri$e through the tunne




• to mo$ement to person or %uilding

mo$ement to a place or country

for bed

go to the cinema

go to 1ondon / ,reland

go to %ed

• into enter a room / a %uilding go into the kitchen / the

house

• towards mo$ement in the direction of something (%ut

not directly to it

go ' steps towards the

• onto mo$ement to the top of something 5ump onto the ta%le

• from in the sense of where from a flower from the garde

Other important Prepositions


• from who ga$e it a present from 4ane

• of who/what does it %elong to

what does it show

a page of the %ook

the picture of a palace

• %y who made it a %ook %y Mark wain

• on walking or riding on horse%ack

entering a pu%lic transport $ehicle

on foot on horse%ack

get on the %us

• in entering a car / axi get in the car

• off lea$ing a pu%lic transport $ehicle get off the train

• out of lea$ing a car / axi get out of the taxi

• %y rise or fall of something

tra$elling (other than walking or horseriding

prices ha$e risen %y !0 percent

%y car %y %us

• at for age she learned ussian at &'

• a%out for topics meaning what about we were talking a%out you

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