A house is not a home

Lesson Eight Eighth(8th) Lesson

Prepositions of Place and Time

Preposition of
Explanation Example
place
 Inside  I watch TV in the living-room
 I live in New York
 Look at the picture in the book
 She looks at herself in the mirror.
In
 She is in the car.
 Look at the girl in the picture
 This is the best team in the world

 used to show an exact  I met her at the entrance, at the

position or particular place bus stop
 table  She sat at the table
 events  at a concert, at the party
At
 place where you are to do  at the
something typical (watch a movies, at university, at work
film, study, work)

 attached  Look at the picture on the wall

 next to or along the side of
(river)
 used to show that something
is in a position above
something else and touching
On it.
 left, right
 a floor in a house
 used for showing some
methods of traveling
 television, radio
 Cambridge is on the River Cam.
 The book is on the desk
 A smile on his face
 The shop is on the left
 My apartment is on the first floor
 I love traveling on trains /on the
bus / on a plane
 My favorite
program on TV, on the radio

 not far away in distance  The girl who is by / next

by, next to,
to / beside the house.
beside, near

 in or into the space which  The town lies

separates two places, people halfway between Rome and
Between
or objects Florence.

 at the back (of)  I hung my coat behind the door.

Behind

 further forward than  She started talking to the man in

in front of someone or something else front of her

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  lower than (or covered by)
Under something else
 lower than something else.
Below
 above or higher than
something else, sometimes
so that one thing covers the
other.
Over  more than.
 across from one side to the
other.
 overcoming an obstacle
 higher than something else,
Above but not directly over it
 from one side to the other of
something with clear limits /
Across getting to the other side

 from one end or side of
Through something to the other
 in the direction of
To  bed
 towards the inside or middle
of something and about to
Into be contained, surrounded or
enclosed by it
 in the direction of, or closer
Towards to someone or something
 used to show movement into
Onto or on a particular place
 used to show the place
where someone or something
From
starts:
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 the cat is under the chair.
 the plane is just below the cloud
 She held the umbrella over both
of us.
 Most of the carpets
are over $100.
 I walked over the bridge
 She jumped over the gate
 a path above the lake
 She walked across the field/road.
 He sailed across the Atlantic
 They walked slowly through the
woods.
 We went to Prague last year.
 I go to bed at ten.
 Shall we go into the garden?
 She stood up and
walked towards him.
 I slipped as I stepped onto the
platform.
 What time does the flight from
Amsterdam arrive?
Preposition of
Explanations Example
time
 Days  Many shops don't
 weekend (American English) open on Sundays.
On  What did you do on the
weekend?

 months / seasons / year  I visited

 morning / evening / afternoon Italy in July, in spring, in 1994
 period of time  In the evenings, I like to relax.
In
 This is the first cigarette I've
had in three years.

 Night  It gets cold at night.

 weekend (British English)
 used to show an exact or a
At
particular time:
 What did you do at the
weekend?
 There's a meeting at 2.30 this
afternoon / at lunch time.

 from a particular time in the  England have not won the

past until a later time, or until World Cup in
Since
now football since 1966

 used to show an amount of  I'm just going to bed for an

For time. hour or so.

 back in the past; back in time  The dinosaurs died out 65

Ago from the present: million years ago.

 at or during a time earlier than  She's always up before dawn.

Before

 used when saying the time, to  It's twenty to six.

To mean before the stated hour

 telling the time  five past ten

Past

 until a particular time, marking  It's only two weeks to

To end of a period of time Christmas.

 used to show the time when  The museum is open from 9.30
From something starts to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.

 up to (the time that)  We waited till / until half past

till / until six for you.

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  not later than; at or before  She had promised to be
By back by five o'clock.

Parts of the body

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

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Learn these parts of the body:
Leg ankle butt
calf foot heel
heel bone instep knee
kneecap shin thigh
toe arm elbow
finger fingertip fist
forearm hand index finger
knuckle little finger middle finger
nail palm ring finger
shoulder thumb upper arm
wrist head bags under the eyes
beard brain canine tooth
cheek chin dimple
ear eye eyebrow
eyelash eyelid forehead
freckle gum hair
incisors lips jaw
molars moustache mouth
neck nose nostrils
palate premolars pupil
sideburns tongue tonsil
tooth throat wisdom tooth
wrinkles abdomen armpit
back belly bladder
breasts chest groin
heart hip kidney

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

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liver lung navel
nipple stomach thorax
waist backbone eye socket
rib skull spine

Answer these questions:

1) What do you do with your eyes?
2) What do you do with your nose?
3) What do you do with your brain?
4) What do you do with your tongue?
5) What do you do with your ears?
6) What do you do with your teeth?
7) What do you do with your lungs?
8) What do you do with your mouth?
9) What do you do with your feet and legs?
10) What do you do with your lips?

Write a paragraph using at least 20 prepositions.

Write a paragraph describing your bedroom or your house using at least 10 prepositions.

Barking dogs seldom bite