Prepositions - Time: English Usage Example

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Prepositions Time
English

Usage

Example

on

days of the week

on Monday

in

months / seasons

in August / in winter

time of day

in the morning

year

in 2006

after a certain period of time (when?)

in an hour

for night

at night

for weekend

at the weekend

a certain point of time (when?)

at half past nine

since

from a certain point of time (past till now)

since 1980

for

over a certain period of time (past till now)

for 2 years

ago

a certain time in the past

2 years ago

before

earlier than a certain point of time

before 2004

to

telling the time

ten to six (5:50)

past

telling the time

ten past six (6:10)

at

English

Usage

to / till /
until

till / until

by

Example

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

I will be back by 6 oclock.

up to a certain time

By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

Prepositions Place (Position and Direction)


English

Usage

Example

room, building, street, town, country

in the kitchen, in London

book, paper etc.

in the book

car, taxi

in the car, in a taxi

picture, world

in the picture, in the 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 something typical (watch a film, study,


work)

at the cinema, at school, at work

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

by, next to,


beside

left or right of somebody or something

Jane is standing by / next to / beside the

Under

on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else

the bag is under the table

below

lower than something else but above ground

the fish are below the surface

over

covered by something else

put a jacket over your shirt

meaning more than

over 16 years of age

getting to the other side (also across)

walk over the bridge

overcoming an obstacle

climb over the wall

In

at

on

English

Usage

Example

above

higher than something else, but not directly over it

a path above the lake

across

getting to the other side (also over)

walk across the bridge

getting to the other side

swim across the lake

through

something with limits on top, bottom and the sides

drive through the tunnel

to

movement to person or building

go to the cinema

movement to a place or country

go to London / Ireland

for bed

go to bed

into

enter a room / a building

go into the kitchen / the house

towards

movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)

go 5 steps towards the house

onto

movement to the top of something

jump onto the table

from

in the sense of where from

a flower from the garden

Other important Prepositions


English

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

by

who made it

a book by Mark Twain

on

walking or riding on horseback

on foot, on horseback

entering a public transport vehicle

get on the bus

in

entering a car / Taxi

get in the car

off

leaving a public transport vehicle

get off the train

out of

leaving a car / Taxi

get out of the taxi

by

rise or fall of something

prices have risen by 10 percent

travelling (other than walking or horseriding)

by car, by bus

at

for age

she learned Russian at 45

about

for topics, meaning what about

we were talking about you

Usage

Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in


We use at to designate specific times.
The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
We use on to designate days and dates.
My brother is coming on Monday.
We're having a party on the Fourth of July.
We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
She likes to jog in the morning.
It's too cold in winter to run outside.
He started the job in 1971.
He's going to quit in August.

Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in


We use at for specific addresses.
Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.
Her house is on Boretz Road.
And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and
continents).
She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.
approval of
awareness of
belief in
concern for
confusion about
desire for

fondness for
grasp of
hatred of
hope for
interest in
love of

need for
participation in
reason for
respect for
success in
understanding of

ADJECTIVES and
PREPOSITIONS
afraid of
angry at
aware of
capable of
careless
about

fond of
happy about
interested in
jealous of
made of
married to

proud of
similar to
sorry for
sure of
tired of
worried

familiar with

about

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS


apologize for
ask about
ask for
belong to
bring up
care for
find out

give up
grow up
look for
look forward to
look up
make up
pay for

prepare for
study for
talk about
think about
trust in
work for
worry about

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