PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions – Time English Usage Example on ------------days of the week ex.on Monday in ----------- months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at----------- for night, for weekend a certain point of time (when?) at night at the weekend 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) to / till / until ----------- marking the beginning and end of a period of time from Monday to/till Friday till / until in the sense of how long something is going to last He is on holiday until Friday. by----------- in the sense of at the latest , up to a certain time I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages. Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction) English Usage Example in ----------- room, building, street, town, country,book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world at----------- meaning next to, by an object, for table,for events, place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work on----------- attached for a place with a river being on a surface, for a certain side (left, right), for a floor in a house,for public transport,for television, radio,the picture on the wall,London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio by, next to, beside----------- left or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. 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, meaning more than,getting to the other side (also across)overcoming an obstacle put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall above-----------higher than something else, but not directly over it a path above the lake across-----------getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side walk across the bridge swim across the lake through----------- something with limits on top, bottom and the sides drive through the tunnel to-----------movement to person or building,movement to a place or country,for bed go to the cinema go to London / Ireland 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 Usage Example from-----------who gave it a present from Jane of-----------who/what does it belong to, what does it show a page of the book the picture of a palace by-----------who made it a book by Mark Twain on-----------walking or riding on horseback,entering a public transport vehicle on foot, on horseback 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,travelling (other than walking or horseriding) prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus at-----------for age she learned Russian at 45 about-----------for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you