We use prepositions in several different but related ways, and these are best summarized by The Cambridge Dictionary online. What is that film about? / It’s a book about Roman history The content or topic of any spoken or written communication Prices have risen by 10% / The temperature has fallen by 10 degrees / I came by bus today They came off stage at about 10 / Can you take all your stuff off my desk? / It’s hard to get off a camel / We need to get all the passengers off the train Leaving a raised platform – including vehicles It’s a book by Mark Twain / You make it by mixing all the ingredients
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Some of those tomatoes / one of my friends / some of that wine / the director of the movie / the CEO of the company Where do you come from? / I’ve just got an email from them / This wine is from France Pass the wine to John please / He has gone to a meeting / I’ve just come home from work These describe the beginning (from) and end (to) of any movement / from therefore refers to the ‘origin’ of a thing or person Movement across an enclosed or defined area Put your hands above your heads / There is a mirror above the sink Higher than something else – we can also use ‘over’ Put a jacket over your shirt! / Is he over 16 years of age? We flew over the desert / She climbed over the wallĬovered by something / more than something The plates are in the drawer (below/under) the sink The sun went down below the horizon / We made camp below the summit / The city is mostly below sea level / It’s below freezing for most of the winter When something is not directly under something else / with measurements The cat is under the table / I wore a jumper under my coat / He is under 16 / She finished in under 40 minutes When something is covered / when something is less than something else I live by the sea (near) / Who is that standing by John? (next to)
Jane is standing beside Mark in that picture / My house is next to the canal I live near London / I don’t want your dog near me! On horseback / on my motorbike / get on the bus / stand on a chair / I love being on stage Standing or sitting on a raised platform – often for transport I have a picture of you on my wall / He’s got mud on his clothes / There’s a rug on the floor / He lives on the coast Located on a surface / occasionally used as alternative to ‘by’ – see below for more uses I live at number 12 / He’s at the door / I’ll meet you at the station / I’m at my desk all day / Are you at work now? / Was he at the party? She got out of the taxi / He jumped into the water / He put it into his pocket / She took it out of the boxĭescribes a specific location – or attendance of an event (but see below for much more detail) Movements in and out of areas or enclosed spaces He’s in the kitchen / I work in London / She’s in the library I want you home by 6 o’clock / By the time I got home I was really tired Refers to deadlines, the action should happen before this time I work from nine to five / He’s on holiday until next Friday Marking the beginning (from) and end (to – or till, until) of a period of time I always go swimming before I start work / Have I met you before? We need to finish before Friday When an event happened at a certain point in the pastĮarlier than another event or point in time I’ve worked here for 6 years / we will go there for the whole summer We went to Paris in 2015, in August, in my childhoodĪ certain moment in time – these can be long or shortĪt night / At the weekend / At half past nineįrom a certain point in the past until now When an event happens within a period of time I will see you on Friday / I was born on the 21st List of English Prepositions: Prepositions of time. Prepositions allow essential information to be added to a sentence, look at how this works:ĭave laughed. A preposition is a word or phrase that shows a location in time (at, in, on) or space (near, on top of), or which indicates movement (to, from) or some other relationship with other parts of a sentence (about, with, for, instead of).Ī preposition doesn’t stand alone but must go with a related noun, pronoun or gerund, which is called the object of the preposition.
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