Eitheil M. Araza

Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). Prepositions – Time English Usage Example  on days of the week  in  months / seasons in August / in winter  time of day in the morning  year in 2006  after a certain period of in an hour  on Monday time (when?) at   since  for night  at night  for weekend  at the weekend  a certain point of time (when?)   from a certain point of time at half past nine since 1980 (past till now) for over a certain period of time (past  for 2 years till now) ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago Prepositions – Time English  before earlier than a certain point of time to  past  to / till / until  Usage Example  before 2004 telling the time  ten to six (5:50) telling the time ten past six (6:10) marking the beginning and end of a from Monday to/till Friday period of time  till / until in the sense of how long something  He is on holiday until Friday. is going to last by  in the sense of at the latest  I will be back by 6 o’clock.  up to a certain time  By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages. Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction) English  in Usage  room, building, street, town, country  at Example  in the kitchen, in London  in the book  in the car, in a taxi  in the picture, in the world  book, paper etc.  car, taxi  picture, world  meaning next to, by an object  at the door, at the station  for table  at the table  for events  at a concert, at the party  place where you are to do  at the cinema, at school, at something typical (watch a work film, study, work)  on  attached  the picture on the wall  for a place with a river  London lies on the Thames.  being on a surface  on the table  for a certain side (left, right)  on the left  for a floor in a house  on the first floor  for public transport  on the bus, on a plane  for television, radio  on TV, on the radio Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)  by, next to, beside  left or right of somebody or  something  under  on the ground, lower than (or Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.  the bag is under the table  the fish are below the surface  Jane is standing by / next to / covered by) something else  below  lower than something else but above ground  by, next to, beside  left or right of somebody or something  under  on the ground, lower than (or beside the car.  the bag is under the table  the fish are below the surface covered by) something else  below  lower than something else but above ground  over  covered by something else  put a jacket over your shirt  meaning more than  over 16 years of age  getting to the other side  walk over the bridge  climb over the wall (also across)  overcoming an obstacle Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction English above  Usage  higher than something else, Example a path above the lake but not directly over it across  through  getting to the other side (also over)  walk across the bridge getting to the other side  swim across the lake  drive through the tunnel  go to the cinema  go to London / Ireland  go to bed  something with limits on top, bottom and the sides  to  movement to person or building  movement to a place or country  for bed into  enter a room / a building  go into the kitchen / the house towards  movement in the direction of  go 5 steps towards the house  jump onto the table  a flower from the garden  something (but not directly to it)  onto  movement to the top of something  from in the sense of where from Other important Prepositions by on   who made it  a book by Mark Twain  walking or riding on horseback  on foot, on horseback  entering a public transport  get on the bus  get in the car vehicle in entering a car / Taxi Prepositions from, on, by, of English  Usage Example from  who gave it a present from Jane of  who/what does it belong to a page of the book  what does it show the picture of a palace  who made it  a book by Mark Twain  walking or riding on horseback  on foot, on horseback  entering a public transport  get on the bus  get in the car  by on  vehicle in entering a car / Taxi Off, out of, by, at, about off  out of   by leaving a public transport vehicle  leaving a car / Taxi  get off the train  get out of the taxi rise or fall of something prices have risen by 10 percent travelling (other than walking or by car, by bus horseriding)  at about  for age she learned Russian at 45  for topics, meaning what  about we were talking about you