PREPOSITIONS
AT
·
for
time of the day (at 9 o’clock); with some time expressions (at night, at
midnight, at lunchtime, at sunset, at weekends, at the moment, at Easter, at
present, at the same time)
·
At
the end / beginning (of something)= at the time when something ends or begins
(at the end / beginning of the month/course/concert)
·
Place:
at the bus stop/door/window/top of the page/the traffic lights/ the corner (of
a street)/the back or the front (of a building, group of people,
etc)/home/school/work/sea/a party, a concert (an event in general)/the
station/airport/Jenny’s house/the doctor’s
·
For
places or events, we say we arrive at (a hotel/party/work)
·
At
the age of/at a speed of/at a temperature of
ON
·
for
time. Days (on Monday) and dates (on May
6th).
·
On
time= not late. The plane arrived on
time.
·
Place:
on the wall/floor/my nose/a page/an island/a farm. On the left/right/the first floor/the menu/a
map/a list/a river/a road/the coast/the way to…/the corner (of a street)/the
front or the back (of a letter, a piece of paper)/a bus, train, plane, ship,
bycicle, motorcycle, horse
·
We
say get on a bus, train, plane.
·
(be/go)
on holiday/business/a trip/a tour/a cruise
·
on
television/the radio/the phone/strike/a diet/fire/the whole/purpose
IN
·
for
longer periods of time (in June, in winter, in 1980, in the 1990’s, in
the past). In the morning(s), in the
afternoon(s), in the evening(s). BUT: ON Friday evening. In a few minutes, in
three months.
·
In
time=soon enough. I got there just in time for supper.
·
In
the end=finally (opposite: at first).
·
Place:
in a room/building/box/garden/city/country. In a line/picture/the world/a
book/a letter/the corner (of a room)/the front or the back (of a
car)/bed/hospital/prison/a car, a taxi
·
We
say we arrive in (a country, town or city).
·
In
the rain/sun/the shade/the dark/bad weather /ink/biro/pencil/ words /figures
/block letters/cash/love/my opinion
INTO
·
go
into, get into, etc=enter (a room, a building, a car, etc)
·
we
sometimes use in (instead of into): Come in (or into) the house.
TO
·
we
say we go/come/travel/ get TO a place or event. Also, we say On my way to/a
journey to/a trip to/welcome to.
·
We
say “I’ve been to…(a place)”
BY
·
to
say how to do something. By mail/hand/check/credit card
·
something
can happen by mistake/accident/chance
·
we
say by to say how we travel: car/train/boat, etc, and by road/rail/sea
·
we
say something is done by someone (passive voice)
·
we
say “ a play by Shakespeare”, “a painting by Picasso”
·
by=next
to. Sit by me.
·
Inflation
has increased by 100%.
