Prepositions – Time
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Usage
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Example
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- months /
seasons
- time of day
- year
- after a
certain period of time (when?)
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- in August / in
winter
- in the morning
- in 2006
- in an hour
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- for night
- for weekend
- a certain
point of time (when?)
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- at night
- at the weekend
- at half past
nine
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- from a certain
point of time (past till now)
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- over a certain
period of time (past till now)
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- a certain time
in the past
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- earlier than a
certain point of time
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- marking the
beginning and end of a period of time
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- from Monday
to/till Friday
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- in the sense
of how long something is going to last
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- He is on
holiday until Friday.
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- in the sense
of at the latest
- up to a
certain time
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- I will be back
by 6 o’clock.
- By 11 o'clock,
I had read five pages.
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Prepositions – Place (Position and
Direction)
English
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Usage
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Example
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- room,
building, street, town, country
- book, paper
etc.
- car, taxi
- picture, world
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- in the
kitchen, in London
- in the book
- in the car, in
a taxi
- in the
picture, in the world
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- meaning next
to, by an object
- for table
- for events
- place where
you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)
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- at the door,
at the station
- at the table
- at a concert,
at the party
- at the cinema,
at school, at work
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- attached
- for a place
with a river
- being on a
surface
- for a certain
side (left, right)
- for a floor in
a house
- for public
transport
- for television,
radio
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- the picture on
the wall
- London lies on
the Thames.
- on the table
- on the left
- on the first
floor
- on the bus, on
a plane
- on TV, on the
radio
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- left or right
of somebody or something
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- Jane is
standing by / next to / beside the car.
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- on the ground,
lower than (or covered by) something else
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- the bag is
under the table
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- lower than
something else but above ground
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- the fish are
below the surface
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- covered by
something else
- meaning more
than
- getting to the
other side (also across)
- overcoming an
obstacle
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- put a jacket
over your shirt
- over 16 years
of age
- walk over the
bridge
- climb over the
wall
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- higher than
something else, but not directly over it
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- getting to the
other side (also over)
- getting to the
other side
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- walk across
the bridge
- swim across
the lake
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- something with
limits on top, bottom and the sides
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- movement to
person or building
- movement to a
place or country
- for bed
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- go to the
cinema
- go to
London / Ireland
- go to bed
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- enter a
room / a building
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- go into the
kitchen / the house
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- movement in
the direction of something (but not directly to it)
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- go 5 steps
towards the house
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- movement to
the top of something
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- in the sense
of where from
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Other important Prepositions
English
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Usage
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Example
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- who/what does
it belong to
- what does it
show
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- a page of the
book
- the picture of
a palace
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- walking or
riding on horseback
- entering a
public transport vehicle
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- on foot, on
horseback
- get on the bus
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- leaving a
public transport vehicle
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- rise or fall
of something
- travelling
(other than walking or horseriding)
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- prices have
risen by 10 percent
- by car, by bus
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- she learned
Russian at 45
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- for topics,
meaning what about
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- we were
talking about you
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