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    English Usage Example: Prepositions - Place (Position and Direction)

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    This document provides examples of how various prepositions are used in the English language to indicate time and place. For time, prepositions like "on", "in", "at", "since", "for", "ago", "before", "to", "past", "till/until", and "by" are used to specify days, months, years, periods of time, or when an event occurred. For place, prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by/next to", "under", "below", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", and "onto" describe where something is located, attached to, above

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    This document provides examples of how various prepositions are used in the English language to indicate time and place. For time, prepositions like "on", "in", "at", "since", "for", "ago", "before", "to", "past", "till/until", and "by" are used to specify days, months, years, periods of time, or when an event occurred. For place, prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by/next to", "under", "below", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", and "onto" describe where something is located, attached to, above

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    This document provides examples of how various prepositions are used in the English language to indicate time and place. For time, prepositions like "on", "in", "at", "since", "for", "ago", "before", "to", "past", "till/until", and "by" are used to specify days, months, years, periods of time, or when an event occurred. For place, prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by/next to", "under", "below", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", and "onto" describe where something is located, attached to, above

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    This document provides examples of how various prepositions are used in the English language to indicate time and place. For time, prepositions like "on", "in", "at", "since", "for", "ago", "before", "to", "past", "till/until", and "by" are used to specify days, months, years, periods of time, or when an event occurred. For place, prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by/next to", "under", "below", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", and "onto" describe where something is located, attached to, above

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    English 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 / 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 oclock.
    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 at the door, at the station
    English Usage Example
    for table
    for events
    place where you are to do something typical (watch a film,
    study, work)
    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
    English Usage Example
    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

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