Prepositions
Prepositions of Place or Location
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Preposition |
Position in space |
Examples
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in |
enclosed by inside a specific building or place in a city, state, country
special expressions |
in my cup in the classroom in North America I live in Washington. Sigurd is in bed. Leif is in class right now.
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at |
at a general location with street numbers special expressions
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They’re at the movies. She lives at 122 Main Street. She is at school. Carl is at home. They are at work.
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on |
touching the top on the surface of on a street on a floor on a TV, channel, telephone
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on the table on the water They live on Main Street. Our class is on the second floor. I can’t answer the doorbell because I’m on the telephone.
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under |
below an object below the surface of |
under the table under the book under the water
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between |
in the middle of |
between Lili and Anne between the door and the window between Singapore and Jakarta
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near |
close to, not far |
near me near the desk near Thailand
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beside |
next to, side-by-side |
beside you beside the lake |
Prepositions of Time
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Preposition |
Time dimension |
Examples
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in |
within a period: day year season month |
in the morning, afternoon, evening in 1998 in spring in May
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on |
point in time: day date weekend |
on Friday on June 11, 1996 on the weekend
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at |
point in time: hour minute second night |
at 4 o’clock at 10 (minutes) past at 5 seconds past noon at night |