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Prepositions of Time and Place

The document discusses different English prepositions used to indicate time, place, direction, manner, agent, measure, source, and possession. It provides examples of common prepositions and their uses, including "at" for precise times, "on" for days/dates, and "in" for longer periods of time. Location prepositions like "in", "on", and "at" are defined. Verb collocations with various prepositions are also listed.

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Prepositions of Time and Place

The document discusses different English prepositions used to indicate time, place, direction, manner, agent, measure, source, and possession. It provides examples of common prepositions and their uses, including "at" for precise times, "on" for days/dates, and "in" for longer periods of time. Location prepositions like "in", "on", and "at" are defined. Verb collocations with various prepositions are also listed.

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Prepositions of time: on, in, at

Summary:
At – precise time  4:40 am / at midnight
On – days and dates  Sunday / March 11th
In – longer periods of time  July/ winter

At + specific time
 I get up at 7 o’clock
 The movie starts at 8
 Midnight
 Lunchtime
 Noon
 Dinnertime

On + days
On + Dates
On + Holidays
 I will visit you on Wednesday.
 Where were you on Friday?
 The exam is on the 16th
 On Christmas
 On thanksgiving
 On my birthday
 On the weekend***

In + months
In + years
In + the + decade
In + the + century
In + seasons
In + time periods/ times of day

 My birthday is in January
 Im leaving chile in September
 The titanic sank in 1912
 Life was difficult in the 1940s
 She will be there in three hours
 In spring, summer, fall, winter
 In the morning
 In the afternoon
 In he evening
Others:
Since – reference a point or period in the past  7am / last Sunday/ I was 5 years old
For – the length of time  six years/ a while

Collocation work + preposition:


Work + in (field or sector in a company)
Work at (a place)
Work for (a person)

Company  for / at (I work at or for apple)

Work in finance / HR department


Work at a hospital
Work for my boss

At: used for a job or a position

Prepositions of place: on, in at

In – physical locations/ rooms/ cities/ countries/ area or spaces/ containers/ closed personal
transport/ long stays.
 In a taxi,
 in a boat* ,
 in Chinatown,
 in a helicopter
 in a truck
 in a car
 In san diego
 In Italy
 In Europe
 In the north/ south/ east/ west
 In College *
 In Prison *
 In the hospital
 In Trouble
 In the box
 In the shelf
 In the drawer
 In the closet

On – surfaces / islands/ public transport/ open transport/ street


 On the desk / floor/ wall
 On the bus
 On a plane
 On a train
 On a tram
 On a ferry
 On a bicycle
 On a horse
 On a boat*
 Streets
 Paths / way
 Floors (in a building)

At – locations (answers the question “where are you?”) places with addresses/ specific positions
 At work
 At home
 At the train station
 He’s waiting at the entrance
 I will sit at the back of the room
 Im at the cinema
 At a restaurant
 At the back
 At the bottom of the ocean
 At the end of the tunnel

To answer: “where are you going?”  use “to”


 To school
 To work
 To the beach
 To the park

“home” and “ downtown” use no preposition.

Common verb + preposition collocations


To *** For At From
 Adapt to  Admire for  Aim at  Abstain from
 Add to  Apologize for  Arrive at  Borrow from
 Agree to  Apply for  Glance at  Escape from
 Apologize to  Ask for  Hint at  Graduate
 Belong to  Blame for  Laugh at from
 Consent to  Care for  Look at  Hide from
 Devote to  Excuse for  Marvel at  Infer from
 Happen to  Head for  Peer at  Prevent from
 Lead to  Long for  Point at  Prohibit from
 Listen to  Pay for  Smile at  Protect from
 Objeto to  Pray for  Stare at  Recover from
 React to  Prepare for  Wink at  Rescue from
 Refer to  Scold for  Resign from
 Reply to  Search for  Retire from
 Speak to  Vote for  Save from
 Talk to  Wait for  Separate from
 Turn to  Wish for  Stem from
 Compare to  Work for  Suffer from
On About With In
 Agree on  Argue about  Agree with  Absorb in
 Base on  Ask about  Argue with  Arrive in
 Blame on  Be about  Begin with  Believe in
 Comment on  Care about  Collide with  Confide in
 Concentrate  Concern  Charge with  Implicate in
on about  Coincide with  Involve in
 Congratulate  Decide about  Collide with  Participate in
on  Dream about  Comply with  Result in
 Count on  Forget about  Confront with  Specialize in
 Depend on  Know about  Confuse with  Succeed in
 Elaborate on  Laugh about  Cover with  Trust in
 Impose on  Protest about  Deal with
 Insist on  Think about  Discuss with
 Play on  Worry about
 Rely on
Up
 Bring up
 Grow up

Movement verbs: Go, come, drive, take, fly, walk, run, get, bring
To: most places
 We went to Paris
 Let’s go to a restaurant
 I have never been to Italy
Exception:
 The kids ran home
 We drove here/ there last time
 I want to go outside/ inside
 Lets go upstairs/downstairs
How?
By: transport
 I got home here by car, by, train
On: foot
 It takes ten minutes on foot

Events: on, in, at


On: travel events
 Im on a journey flight
 Im on a business trip
In: normal part of your day
 I am in a lesson
 I am in a meeting
At: events people travel to
 Im at a party, concert, a conference, a football match

Source of information: in, on


In: documents and books/ created works/ parts of docs
 It’s in the book, letter, email
 Its in the magazine, newspaper
 Its in the film, picture, painting
 Its in chapter 1, the first paragraph

On: digital/ pages/ maps


 Its on the internet, on Wikipedia, on the radio, on TV, my phone
 On page 21/ on the front cover
 On the map

Types of prepositions
Time When something happens In on at after during from
before
place Position or location In on at behind under over
between beside near,
upstairs, downstairs, outside,
inside
Direction Direction or destination Towards, through, into, from,
something is moving towards across, over, around
Manner Way things happen or means By, with, like, in, on
by which they happen
Agent Action conducted by one By, with
thing on another
Measure Quantity of something Of, by, at
Source Origin of something By, from, of
possession Indicates owenership To, with, from, of

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