Prepositions Time
English
on in
Other important Prepositions
Usage Example
on Monday in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour by who made it a book by Mark Twain
English
from of
Usage
who gave it who/what does it belong to what does it show
Example
a present from Jane a page of the book the picture of a palace
days of the week months / seasons time of day year
after a certain period of time (when?) for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)
at night at the weekend at half past nine since 1980
on
at
walking or riding on horseback
entering a public transport vehicle
on foot, on horseback
get on the bus
in off
entering a car / Taxi leaving a public transport vehicle leaving a car / Taxi rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding)
get in the car get off the train
since
from a certain point of time (past till now) over a certain period of time (past till now) a certain time in the past
for
for 2 years
out of by
get out of the taxi prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus
ago before
2 years ago before 2004 ten to six (5:50) ten past six (6:10) from Monday to/till Friday at about
earlier than a certain point of time telling the time telling the time
for age for topics, meaning what about
she learned Russian at 45 we were talking about you
to past
to / till / until
marking the beginning and end of a period of time in the sense of how long something is going to last in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time
till / until
He is on holiday until Friday. I will be back by 6 oclock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.
by
Prepositions Place (Position and Direction)
English
in at
Usage
room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world meaning next to, by an object for table for events
Example
in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world
English
above
Usage
higher than something else, but not directly over it
Example
a path above the lake
at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work
across
getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side
walk across the bridge swim across the lake
place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) 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 left or right of somebody or something
on
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 Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
through
something with limits on top, bottom and the sides
drive through the tunnel
by, next to, beside
to
movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed enter a room / a building
go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed go into the kitchen / the house
under
on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else lower than something else but above ground covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also
the bag is under the table
into
below
the fish are below the surface
towards
movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)
go 5 steps towards the house
over
put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge
onto
movement to the top of something
jump onto the table
English
across)
Usage
Example
climb over the wall
English
Usage
Example
overcoming an obstacle
