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Important Usage of preposition

Prepositions TimeEnglish Usage Example

on days of the week on Monday

in

months / seasons time of day year

after a certain

period of time(when?)

in August / inwinter

in the morning in 2006

in an hour

at

for night for weekend

a certain point oftime (when?)

at night at the weekend

at half past nine

since from a certain

point of time(past till now)

since 19 0

for o!er a certain

period of time(past till now)

for 2 years

ago a certain time in

the past 2 years ago

"efore earlier than a

certain point oftime

"efore 200#

to telling the time ten to si$ (%&%0) past telling the time ten past si$

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English Usage Example(6&10)

to /till /until

marking the

"eginning andend of a period oftime

from Mondayto/till 'riday

till /until

in the sense ofhow long

something is going to last

e is on holidayuntil 'riday

"y

in the sense of atthe latest

up to a certaintime

* will "e "ack "y6 o+clock

,y 11 o-clock. *had read fi!e

pages

Prepositions Place (Position and

Direction)English Usage Example in room. "uilding.

street. town.country

in the kitchen. inondon

in the "ook

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English Usage Example

"ook. paper etc car. ta$i

picture. world

in the car. in ata$i

in the picture. inthe world

at

meaning next to,by an object

for table for e!ents

place where youare to dosomethingtypical (watch afilm. study.work)

at the door. atthe station

at the ta"le

at a concert. atthe party

at the cinema. atschool. at work

on

attached for a place with

a ri!er "eing on a

surface for a certain side

(left. right) for a floor in a

house for pu"lic

transport

for television,radio

the picture onthe wall

ondon lies onthe hames

on the ta"le on the left on the first floor on the "us. on a

plane

on . on theradio

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English Usage Example "y.

ne$t to.

"eside

left or right ofsome"ody or

something

ane is standing "y / ne$t to /

"eside the car

under

on the ground.lower than (orco!ered "y)something else

the "ag is underthe ta"le

"elow

lower thansomething else

"ut a"o!eground

the fish are "elow the

surface

o!er

co!ered "ysomething else

meaning morethan

getting to theother side (alsoacross )

o!ercoming ano"stacle

put a 3acket o!eryour shirt

o!er 16 years ofage

walk o!er the

"ridge

clim" o!er thewall

a"o!e

higher thansomething else.

"ut not directly

o!er it

a path a"o!e thelake

across getting to theother side (alsoover )

getting to the

walk across the "ridge

swim across thelake

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English Usage Exampleother side

through

something with

limits on top. "ottom and thesides

dri!e throughthe tunnel

to

mo!ement to person or "uilding

mo!ement to a place or country

for bed

go to the cinema go to ondon /

*reland

go to "ed

into enter a room / a

"uilding

go into thekitchen / thehouse

towards

mo!ement in thedirection of

something ("utnot directly to it)

go % stepstowards thehouse

onto mo!ement to the

top of something 3ump onto the

ta"le

from in the sense of

where from a flower from

the garden

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Other important PrepositionsEnglish Usage Example

from who ga!e it a present from

ane

of

who/what does it "elong to

what does it show

a page of the "ook

the picture of a palace

"y who made it a "ook "y Mark

wain

on

walking or ridingon horse"ack

entering a pu"lictransport !ehicle

on foot. onhorse"ack

get on the "us

in entering a car / get in the car

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English Usage Examplea$i

off lea!ing a pu"lic

transport !ehicle get off the train

outof

lea!ing a car /a$i

get out of the ta$i

"y

rise or fall ofsomething

tra!elling (otherthan walking orhorseriding)

prices ha!e risen "y 10 percent

"y car. "y "us

at for age she learned

4ussian at #%

a"out for topics.

meaning whatabout

we were talkinga"out you