Preposition

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When we use Preposition?

Between two nouns: a man with dark hair

Between noun and pronoun: a present for him
Between adjective and noun: good at literature
Between noun and verb: work for living
Between verb and pronoun: come to us

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Prepositions` forms
DERIVATIV
E

Simple: in, at, on, with, for, till,

by SIMPLE
Preposition COMPOUN

Derivative: below, along, across forms D

Compound: inside, into, within,

without
Composite: in front of, instead of
COMPOSIT
E

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 Prepositions’ significances
We use prepositions for many reason. And prepositions have many significances,for
example:

Prepositions of place: in, at, on, under, below, inside, outside, by, between, among,
near, opposite, in front of, behind, around\round, beside, over, above, up, down etc.
Prepositions of direction: to, toward, up, down, through, away, into, back, across, along,
from, out of etc.
Prepositions of time: in, at, on, from, before, after, by, till\until, within, during, since, for,
about etc.
Prepositions of reason: for, because of, according to, as
Prepositions of manner: in, by, without, like, as, with
Prepotions denoting abstract relations: by , with, of, without, besides, between,
among, about, except, against etc.

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 Preposition: IN
When we use “IN” in the sentences: g) Like “after”: in a minute=after a minute
Use for place: in the sky, in the north, in the h) In this associations: in the present, in the past,
mountain, in the rain etc in the future, in my childhood, in my youth
Use for direction: Put the batteries in the radio. We can use also to mean like style: in a hurry,
Use for time: in a laud voice, in surprise etc.
a. With years: in 2004 Expressions about weather: in the rain, in the
b. With moths: in July cold
c. With seasons: in summer
d. With centuries: in the XX century
e. With parts of day: in the morning, in the
evening, in the afternoon
f. In determined period: in three days

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 Preposition: ON
We use “ON” :
For places: on the grass, on the sand, on the table etc.
For time:
a. With days of week: on Friday, on Sunday evening etc.
b. With times of months, holiday: on the 8 of June, on my birthday, on
Christmas day
With vacations: on excursion, on holiday, on business, on trip, on
journey etc.
Like “about”: many articles on literature
Verb+on: go on, drive on etc. to continue to smth.

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 Preposition “AT”
We use “AT”:
For places: at the bank, at the meeting
For time:
a. With o’clocks: at five o’clock
b. With some parts of day: at noon, at night, at midnight, at
dawn, at sunset, at the moment, at weekend etc.
c. With holidays: at Novruz, at Christmas

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 Don’t do this!
You mustn’t use “in, at, on” with this
words: this, last, every, next

You can use these words

with words of noun which
mean time:
Every morning, this
Monday

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Other Prepositions
Between=among-There is a sofa between the
armchairs.
Besides\except-Besides Lala, everybody was
here.
Beside=next to=by-Please, sit beside Lala.
Along-along the river, along the platform
Under-under the table, under the influence, under
18 age
Over- over the river, over a million People
Above- above the blackboard
Against- against war
Below-below see level
Behind-behind the house
Near-near the park, near the river
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 Other Prepositions-2
Within-within four days
Into-into the bag
to\towards-towards the end of the year,
got to work
Since- since 1995, since 11 o’clock
With- with knife
For- for your birthday, for our purpose,
for a long time, for three years
During+noun- during our lesson, during
the meal
Because of- because of bad weather
BY:
a. By the door
b. By the end of the month
c. By telling a lie she lost her friends.
d. The trees were planted by them.
Inside- inside the house
Down- down the river, down the stairs
About- about his visit, about two million
people
Opposite- opposite the cinema
Off- off the forest
Through- through the tunnel, throught the
forest
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 Exceptions
We use:
1. IN the corner of the room AT\ON the corner of the street
2. IN cash BY cheque, BY credit card
3. BY BUS,BY TRAIN, BY CAR, BY METRO, BY TAXI,BY PLANE, BY AIR, BY
SHIP, BY SEA
4. ON a BUS, ON his SHIP, ON the HORSE, IN my CAR, IN a TAXI
5. IN + genitive case, a\an\the, objective pronoun+ CAR\TAXI
6. All transportation+ to get on\ to get off, BUT car\taxi to get into\to get
out of

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