39379353 Prepositions

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BY-aniket mestryI


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WHAT DO PREPOSITIONS DO?

Tell Location: under, above, on, behind

Tell Direction: to, toward, around

Introduce a Time: in, on, at

Tell Purpose: for, about, with

Almost always followed by a noun or apronoun:


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IN, ON, AT THREE LITTLE

WORDS

THREE BIG HEADACHES

In, on, at + location

In (inside)

On (on the surface,touching)

At (physicallypresent, but not

necessarily inside)


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GENERAL RULES

FOR IN, ON, AT +LOCATION

In +A room

A city

A state

A country

A continent

On +

Floor

Street

At +

Buildings

Events

AddressFamiliar

places(home, school,

work)


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ON

The ball is the box.

For place- When the thing is in touch with the object we use on

For time-we use on to show the exact time.

days of the week on Sunday; on Friday

date on the 25th of December*

a special part of a day on the morning of September the 11th


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ABOVE

T e lamp is above t e cat.


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OVER

T e cat jumped over t e x.


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BY: VISHAL MODI

Preposition Use Examples

in

in months in July; in September

year in 1985; in 1999

seasons in summer; in the summer of 69

part of the day in the morning; in the afternoon; in the evening

In

For place:

For time:

The globe is in the box.


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BY: VISHAL MODI

Into

Into is used for continuity, while in is used for the motionless object.

He is diving the pool.

The dog is jumping the pool.

Remember.

There is water the pool.


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at

part of the day at night

time ofday at 6 o'clock; at midnight

celebrations at Christmas; at Easter

fixed phrases at the same time

At

They are waiting for

the bus at the bus-

stop.

For place:

For time:

Bus

stop


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betweentime that separates two

points.

between Monday

and Friday

Between

For place:

For time:

The house is

between twotrees.


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IN FRONT OF

T e teac er is in front oft e lack ard.

BY: VISHAL MODI


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BESIDE/ NEXT TO

T e all is beside/ next to t e square.


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BELOW

T e circle is below t e ject.


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UNDER

T e circle is under t e ject.


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'Under' means underneath, in the

sense of one thing being covered byanother.

Below' can be used to express amore vertical relationship:

The first name does not literally

cover the second name, but is in a

lower position.BY: VISHAL MODI


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BEHIND

She is behind the mushr m.


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BY: VISHAL MODI

He is On the box. She is behind the box. He is in front of the box.

She is between the boxes. They are next to the boxes.

He is underthe box.They are in the box.


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on

under

besideBY: VISHAL MODI


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ACROSS

The x is across the r m.


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onunderbehindbeside

onon

inbetween


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after later than something. after school

agohow far something.

happened (in the past)6 years ago

before earlier than something. before Christmas

bynot later than a special

time.by Thursday

duringthrough the whole of a period of

timeduring the holidays

till/until no later than a special timetill tomorrow

until tomorrow

to time of the day 23 minutes to 6 (5:37)

up to not more than a special time up to 6 hours a day

COMMON TIME PREPOSITIONS.


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from ... to

from...

till/until

two points form a

period

from Monday to

Wednesdayfrom Monday till

Wednesday

from Monday until

Wednesday

within during a period of time within a day

past time of the day 23 minutes past 6 (6:23)

since point of beginning time since Monday

for period of time for three weeks


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IN, ON, AT + TIME

WHAT IS CORRECT? IN, ON, OR AT?

__________ 6 p.m

__________ Friday

__________ January

__________ Friday, Jan. 13

__________ the m rning

__________ night

__________ the evening __________ midnight

__________ n n

__________ 2006

__________ a few minutes

__________ tw days

__________ the 21st Century

__________ the summer

__________ the weekend


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TRICKY ONES

WHAT IS THE CORRECT

PREPOSITION?

Ihad a funny dream (with, a ut) y u last night.

The k was written (f r, y) a fam us author.

I like to talk (in, on) the phone.

I am (in ed, on the ed).

He is mad (at, a out) his girlfriend.

She is (in, at) the hopital.

I am (in, at) school.

Please throw that ook (at, to) me.

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