Unit About Prepositions

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MG. DURIS DURAN NIETO
Programa de Formación: Fecha: Aprendiz:
Placing in the right position

Goals
• Identify the appropriate use of prepositions in their different contexts

• Develop activities considering the indications of your instructor through the strategy of collaborative work.
Watch this video and share your opinions with your group.
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Useful Glossary
On
At
In
Inside
Over
Up
Into
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Listen and practice!!! What's in your workshop?
David: I've got a new office now…

Maria: That's great! Congratulations.
David: I'll need a desk and some cabinets. How many
shelves are there in your workshop?
Maria: I think there are four shelves in my workshop.

David: And do you have any furniture?
Maria: Oh yes, I've gotten workbenches.
David: hum, are you going to put on any accessories?
Maria: Not, it´s necessary, it´s only to work.
David: Is there a computer in your workshop?
Maria: Oh yes, I keep a laptop on my desk next to the phone.
David: Are there any tools or equipment in your
workshop?
Maria: Yes, there are a lot of pliers and pumps.
David: Where's the toolbox
Maria: The toolbox is in front of the window, between those shelves.
David: Thanks a lot for your help, Maria. This gives me a good idea of how to arrange my workshop.
Maria: it´s a pleasure. Good luck with your decorating!
Learning Activity:
THE MOST COMMON PREPOSITIONS

IN…… Significado: en, dentro, dentro de
Uso: lugares tanto para indicar espacios cerrados como espacios abiertos. Lo utilizamos para indicar que algo está dentro de
una cosa, en un lugar cerrado, o en el interior de algo físicamente. Sin embargo, como vemos en los ejemplos también se
utiliza para indicar que se está en un lugar geográfico, detrás del verbo “arrive” cuando este indica ciudad o país
Ejemplos:
• A machine receives input from an energy source and transforms it into output in the form of mechanical or electrical
energy.
• Specific equipment may also be necessary for some pipelines in winter.
• The type of corner joint shown in figure 02 may be repaired in either of two ways.
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• We presented a report about electricity in May.

• The current information was read in 2012.
• There are 25 learners in the English class.
• Mr. Lopez repairs the elbows, flanges, gasket, the power unit, and the springs in the evening.
• Juan uses the test tubes in the morning"./in the afternoon/ in the evening
• Juan is going to make a chemical solution in March
• the beaker was created in 1846
The engineer Andrew is at work all day

AT: Significado: en, a, al, cerca de, tocando
Uso: delante de edificios como casas, aeropuertos, universidades (para indicar que estamos dentro), antes de top (parte
superior), bottom (parte inferior), at the end of (al final de), para indicar acontecimientos como reuniones, fiestas, conciertos,
deportes, etc. Detrás de “arrive” cuando nos referimos a lugares que no sean ciudades o países.
Examples:
• We cleaned the tools on January 24th, at 8:00, but it´s necessary to clean them again
• He is at home studying the technical information and prepare the report.
• I always visit my sister at work.
• She doesn’t like waiting at the metro stop.
• There is a new learner At the table
• The technical reports are at the top shelf.
• I’ll see you at the works shop.(`ll=will)
• The electrical Networks Checking learners have classes at night./at noon/at midnight/at lunch
• we check the burette to make an accuracy measure AT 8:30 am.
• we use the graduated pipette at 1:00 o´clock in the afternoon
• we meet AT the mechanical workshop
• the evaluation is AT the laboratory".
My calipers are on the measuring workbench

ON: sobre, encima de algo tocando
Uso: se coloca delante de nombres de lugares con base como mesas, suelos, etc.…, ante nombres
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de lugares de una habitación como techo, pared o techo, para indicar que alguien está dentro de un transporte público o
dentro una planta de edificio, para indicar la distancia de un punto a otro
Examples:
• The pipefitter was repairing a new type of tubing on the correct workbench.
• We cleaned the devices on vacations/on weekends/on Christmas
• My English teacher was born on July 13th.
• SENA´s learners have English classes on Mondays.
• The screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, files and hammers are on the toolbox.
• The operators check the failures on time.
• Lubrication is an application of a substance usually oil or grease to reduce friction on the machine.
• she used the chemical solution ON March 20th
• I will clean the lab materials ON Mondays and fridays
• the fuel flask is ON the shelf
• the hidraulic jack is ON the workbench
• I live on Ferrocarril Avenue
Translate the following sentences, observing the different prepositions used in English and Spanish.
1. A 2.2-ohm resistor is connected across the terminals of the cell.

2. There is a change of 49 microamperes.
3. The transistors in that circuit are n-p-n transistors.
4. Resistance also depends on temperature.
5. The signal is transmitted at a low frequency.
Write down: at / on / in
1. Goodbye! See you Friday. I often go away ______ the weekend.

Where were you ____ 28th February? I´m starting my new job ____ 3rd July. I got up___ 8 o´clock this morning. We often
go to the beach _____ summer. I like getting up early ___ the morning. George isn´t here ____the moment. 5. My sister got
married _____May.15. Julia´s birthday is ___ January. Diane and I first met ___ 1990. Do you work ____ Saturdays? Did you
go out ____ Tuesday? The company started ___ 1979. Did you go out on Tuesday evening? I like to look at the stars
____night. Do you often go out ____ the evening? I´ll send you the money ___ the end of the month. Let´s meet ___ 7:30
tomorrow night.
Complete the circuit description with the following prepositions:
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At of on in across
Figure 3.1 show a phase-shift oscillator circuit. The principle ________ the phase-shift oscillator is to have a phase shift
_________ 180 degrees _________ the feedback network and 180 ___________ the transistor, so that positive feedback is
obtained. The feedback _________ the circuit shown contains three RC sections (R1C1, R2C2, R3C3 ____________ Figure
3.1). The phase ____________ of signal shifts 60 degrees __________ each one ______________ the RC sections. The
capacitive reactance ___________ each section depends ______________ the frequency, therefore the required 180
degrees phase shift occurs only __________ one frequency, which is the oscillator frequency.
CHALLENGE: the following is a collaborative activity that you will have to perform in work teams organized by your instructor,
to keep in mind that you will make a consolidated tools, equipment and materials that refer to your training process (in
English), select some and write simple sentences using basic structures and include the prepositions: in, on, at, between,
inside among others and socialize your evidence during a training session. To do this, consider, the location of these elements
arranged in your technical training environment and finally load your creation including pictures and share your written
production with other colleagues in the created Padlet and decide in your teamwork the best task.
https://padlet.com/dduranieto/heavy-equipment-dream-workshop-9neeg0lfgm7vs7x1
Example:
In the Heavy Equipment workshop, there are some protective equipment on the gray shelf.
There are(plural)
Indican existencia (hay o existe), en sus dos
There is(singular) contextos son lo mismo, solo que el uno se
utiliza para señalar objetos en plural y el otro
en singular respectivamente:
There is an English instructor in my class on

Thursdays.
There are 22 apprentices in this class.
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Dear Apprentice: In your group of work look for the words in the cross word of each picture and pronounce
them in English. Could you design one related to your training program?
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Programa de Formación: Fecha: Aprendiz:

Placing in the right position

• Identify the appropriate use of prepositions in their different contexts

Listen and practice!!! What's in your workshop?

David: I've got a new office now…

Maria: I think there are four shelves in my workshop.

THE MOST COMMON PREPOSITIONS

• We presented a report about electricity in May.

The engineer Andrew is at work all day

My calipers are on the measuring workbench

1. A 2.2-ohm resistor is connected across the terminals of the cell.

1. Goodbye! See you Friday. I often go away ______ the weekend.

Complete the circuit description with the following prepositions:

There is an English instructor in my class on

There are 22 apprentices in this class.

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