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