I.

Theory

1. Preposition of place
Types How to use? Examples
Used when talking about a At home; at the top/bottom;
At
particular point or location at the station; at door
Used when talking about an In the pool; in a car; in a taxi
enclosed space; vehicles
Used before the name of In Cau Giay district; in Nghe
village, town, city, country An city
Used with street names (The In Yen Phuc street
In American use “on”)
Used without an article to In bed/hospital/prison
say that a person is in a
certain place
Used to indicate direction or In the south/ east/ west/
some phrases of place north; in the middle of,..
Used to indicate a position On the table/wall/door/page
on a surface
Used to indicate a place or On the
number of floors railway/farm/river/beach
On the ground/1st floor/ 2nd
On
floor
Used with public On the bus/train/ship/hourse
transportaions
Used in some phrases of On the left/right
location
Describe a person/thing in a The plane is flying above our
Above higher position than another heads.
person/thing
Describe a person/thing in a We live below them.
Below lower position than another
person/thing
Describe a person/thing in a My dog is sleeping under the
Under lower position than another table
person/thing, right below
Near
By/beside/next to
Inside
Outside
Describe a person/thing
Between between two or more other
people/things
Among Describe a person/thing in He was happy to be among
 the middle of a crowd of his friends again.
people (can not identify the
number of people)
In front of
Behind
Opposite
Across

 Notes:
 “At” và “in” cùng dùng để chỉ nơi chốn; nhưng “at” dùng để chỉ một điểm dừng
trong một cuộc hành trình, một điểm hẹn (địa điểm nhỏ), trong khi “in” dùng với
thành phố, đô thị, miền, đất nước (địa điểm lớn)
VD:
 Một số cụm từ thường dùng với “on”: on holiday; on vacation; on business; on a trip;
on a tour; on television; on purpose
 Một số cụm từ thường dùng với “in”: in the rain/sun/dark; in bad weather; in ink; in
pencil;…
 Một số cụm từ thường dùng với “at”: at the age of; at a speed of; at a temparature
of;..
2. Prepositions of time

Types How to use? Examples

Used to indicate time At 5pm; at midnight; at
noon; at lunch time; at
sunrise;..
Describe vacations At the weekend; at
At
weekends; at Christmas; at
New Year
Used in phrases of period of At the moment; at present;
time at first;..
Used when talking about a On Saturday evening; on
On specific day of the month/ 12th September
of the year
Describe long periods of In 1989; in the summer;..
time: months, years,
seasons, decades, centuries
In Used to refer to the amount I did my homework in 5
of time it takes to complete minutes.
something or a period of The cinema will open in 2
time in the future. weeks.

 Notes:
  Không dùng giới từ “in”, “on”, “at” trước các từ “all, every, each, some, last, next,
this, today, tomorrow, yesterday”
 Phân biệt giữa “in time” và “on time”
- “On time”
- “In time”
3. Preposition of movement

Types How to use? Examples

She walks to school every
To
day.
From I come from Ky Son district
My dad drive from Ky Son to
From…to
Vinh.

4. Other types of prepositions

5. Some of the common phrases

 Be bad to sth
 Be afraid of sth
 Be close to
 Be careful (of/with/about)
 Be full of
 Be friendly (to/with)
 Be proud of = take pride in
 Be scared of
 Be useful to sb
 Be late for
 Be ready for
 Be surprised at
 Be quick at
 Be slow at
 Be different from
 Be happy about
 Be sad about
 By the time = before