Prepositions
Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).
Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translations depending on the situation.
The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in
Prepositions – Time
English
Usage
Example
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 for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) at night at the weekend at half past nine from a certain point of time (past till now) over a certain period of time (past till now) a certain time in the past earlier than a certain point of time marking the beginning and end of a period of time from Monday to/till Friday in the sense of how long something is going to last He is on holiday until Friday. in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o’clock, I had read five pages.
Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)
English
Usage
Example
room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work 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 the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left Join Our Telegram Channel class="cs16AD83DD">on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio left or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else the bag is under the table lower than something else but above ground the fish are below the surface covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also across ) overcoming an obstacle put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall higher than something else, but not directly over it getting to the other side (also over ) getting to the other side walk across the bridge swim across the lake something with limits on top, bottom and the sides movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house movement to the top of something in the sense of where from
Other important Prepositions
English
Usage
Example
who/what does it belong to what does it show a page of the book the picture of a palace walking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle on foot, on horseback get on the bus leaving a public transport vehicle rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus she learned Russian at 45 for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you
Questions:
Level-I
Complete the exercise.
the picture, there are four people. A couple is sitting the table. They are sitting chairs. The drinks are the table. One woman is standing the table. her is a man who is barbecuing.
Level-II
the picture, I can see Santa Claus and a girl. Santa is sitting a chair. The girl is standing Santa. Santa and the girl are looking each other. The girl has a present her hands. the girl, there is a Christmas tree. There are more presents the tree. Santa’s big bag is lying the floor. The girl is standing the two boys. The boy with the green shirt is the right. He has a gamboy his hands. The kids are looking his gameboy.
Answers:
Level-I
In the picture, there are four people. A couple is sitting at the table. They are sitting on chairs. The drinks are on the table. One woman is standing in front of the table. Behind her is a man who is barbecuing.
Level-II
In the picture, I can see Santa Claus and a girl. Santa is sitting on a chair. The girl is standing next to Santa. Santa and the girl are looking at each other. The girl has a present in her hands. Behind the girl, there is a Christmas tree. There are more presents under the tree. Santa’s big bag is lying on the floor. The girl is standing between the two boys. The boy with the green shirt is on the right. He has a gamboy in his hands. The kids are looking at his gameboy
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