ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

1. Time prepositions

   • At times: at 8 o'clock, at midday, at lunch, at dinner time, at night, at the weekend, at holidays, at luchtime, at breakfast time...
   • Days: on manday, on my birthday, on christmas day. Days+morning, afternoon, evening, night: on tuesday morning. Dates: On the 20th of July
   • Years: in 1922; Months: in December; Decades: in the sixties; Centuries: in the 19th century; Seasons: in winter; in the morning, in the afternoon
   • No prepositions: Next week, year, month. Last night, year. This morning, month. Every day, night, years. Today, tomorrow, yesterday

2. Places prepositions

   • If sometinhg is conteined in a box or in a wide flat area: IN.
     • In a newspapper
     • In a cup
     • In a bottle
     • In a bed
     • In London
     • In field
     • In my stomach
     • In a house
     • In a drawer
   • If something is on a line horizontal or vertical surface: ON
     • On the table
     • On the floor
     • On my face
     • On the page
     • On a chari
     • On the river
     • On the ceiling
     • On the bike
     • On the wall
     • On the window
     • On a plate
     • On a bag
   • If something is at a point (it could be a building): AT
     • At the airport
     • At the table
     • At the cinema
     • At the bottom
     • At the traffic lights
     • At the back
     • At the university
     • At the hospital
     • At the door
     • At the bus stop
     • At the top
     • At the pub
     • At the front
     • At the front
     • At school
     • At the window
     • At the piano

3. After adjectives

   • Some adjectives need a preposition before their object. There doesn't seem to be a logical rule, I'm afraid! We just need to learn them.
     • Famous for
     • Proud of
     • Interested in
     • Pleased with
     • Bad at
     • Good at
     • Married to
     • Excited about
     • Different from/to
     • Afraid of

4. After verbs

   • Some verbs need a preposition before an object or another verb. The preposition is only grammatical, so it doesn't change the meaning of the verb.
     • Arrive at/in somewhere
     • Belong to somebody
     • Borrow something from somebody
     • Concentrate on something/doing something
     • Depend on something/somebody
     • Listen to something/somebody
     • Pay somebody for something
     • Wait for somebody/something
     • Worry for somebody/something

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