Prepositions of time

Preposition Use in months year in seasons part of the day duration part of the day at time of day celebrations fixed phrases days of the week date on special holidays a special part of a day after ago before between by during for from ... to from... till/until past since till/until to up to within later than sth. how far sth. happened (in the past) earlier than sth. time that separates two points not later than a special time through the whole of a period of time period of time two points form a period time of the day point of time no later than a special time time of the day not more than a special time during a period of time Examples in July; in September in 1985; in 1999 in summer; in the summer of 69 in the morning; in the afternoon; in the evening in a minute; in two weeks at night at 6 o'clock; at midnight at Christmas; at Easter at the same time on Sunday; on Friday on the 25th of December* on Good Friday; on Easter Sunday; on my birthday on the morning of September the 11th* after school 6 years ago before Christmas between Monday and Friday by Thursday during the holidays for three weeks from Monday to Wednesday from Monday till Wednesday from Monday until Wednesday 23 minutes past 6 (6:23) since Monday till tomorrow until tomorrow 23 minutes to 6 (5:37) up to 6 hours a day within a day

Prepositions at, in, on

We sit in the room. I see a house in the picture. There are trouts in the river. He lives in Paris. I found the picture in the paper. He sits in the corner of the room. He sits in the back of the car. We arrive in Madrid. He gets in the car. in She likes walking in the rain. My cousin lives in the country. There are kites in the sky. He plays in the street. (BE) She lives in a hotel. The boys stand in a line. There is a big tree in the middle of the garden. He is in town. I have to stay in bed. You mustn't park your car in front of the school. The robber is in prison now. She sits at the desk. Open your books at page 10. The bus stops at Graz. I stay at my grandmother's. I stand at the door. Look at the top of the page. at The car stands at the end of the street. Can we meet at the corner of the street? I met John at a party. Pat wasn't at home yesterday. I study economics at university. The childen are at gandmother's. He's looking at the park. He always arrives late at school. on The map lies on the desk. The picture is on page 10. The photo hangs on the wall.

He lives on a farm. Dresden lies on the river Elbe. Men's clothes are on the second floor. He lives on Heligoland. The shop is on the left. My friend is on the way to Moscow. Write this information on the front of the letter. When she was a little girl people saw unrealistic cowboy films on television. Thanks to Alexandra.

Prepositions of place and direction

from one side to the other You mustn't go across this road here. side There isn't a bridge across the river. one follows the other directed towards sth. in a line; from one point to another in a group in a circular way at the back of lower than sth. next to sth./sb. is on each side near near from high to low the place where it starts the part that is in the direction it faces opposite of outside entering sth. close to beside away from sth. The cat ran after the dog. After you. The bird flew against the window. They're walking along the beach. I like being among people. We're sitting around the campfire. Our house is behind the supermarket. Death Valley is 86 metres below sea level. Our house is beside the supermarket. Our house is between the supermarket and the school. He lives in the house by the river. Our house is close to the supermarket. He came down the hill. Do you come from Tokyo? Our house is in front of the supermarket. You shouldn't stay inside the castle. You shouldn't go into the castle. Our house is near the supermarket. Our house is next to the supermarket. The cat jumped off the roof.

onto opposite out of outside over past round through

moving to a place on the other side leaving sth. opposite of inside above sth./sb. going near sth./sb. in a circle going from one point to the other point

The cat jumped onto the roof. Our house is opposite the supermarket. The cat jumped out of the window. Can you wait outside? The cat jumped over the wall. Go past the post office. We're sitting round the campfire. You shouldn't walk through the forest. I like going to Australia.

to

towards sth./sb.

Can you come to me? I've never been to Africa. We ran towards the castle. The cat is under the table. He went up the hill.

towards under up

in the direction of sth. below sth. from low to high

Grammar Explanations

Movement
about across along (a)round as far as (away) from back from between by down in(to) off on(to) out of over past through

Movimiento
por (alguna parte) a travs de, de un lado al otro a lo largo de alrededor de hasta (un lugar) lejos de, distante de de regreso de entre (dos objetos o personas) en, por medio de hacia abajo en, dentro de a cierta distancia de en, sobre, a fuera de por encima, durante, al otro lado pasado, pasadas (hora) a travs de, por

mvment abut akrs alng arund, rund as far as eui from bak from bitun bi dun n(tu) of n(tu) ut ov uver past zr

to toward(s) under up

a, hacia hacia debajo de arriba

tu tua:rd(s) nder ap posshn abut abv eguinst amd(st) amng(st) arund, rundat bifo: bijind bilu binz bisid bitun in in front ov insid (UK) insid ov (US) nar nks-t of on posit nderniz

Position
about above against amid(st) among(st) (a)round at before behind below beneath beside between in in front of inside (UK) inside of (US) near next to off on opposite underneath

Posicin
sobre, acerca de por encima de, ms arriba de contra entre, en medio de entre (ms de 2 cosas o personas) alrededor en antes de detrs de debajo de bajo, debajo de al lado de entre (2 cosas o personas) en, dentro de delante de, ante dentro de cerca de al lado de, junto a de, separado de sobre enfrente de debajo de (en la parte inferior)

Time

Tiempo

tim

after before by during on since to until / till

despus de antes de para (fecha) durante el ... (da, fecha) desde hasta hasta

fte:r bif: bi dirin on sins tu ntil / tl

Other Prepositions
according to ahead of because of but (= except) by means of due to except for in accordance with in favo(u)r of in spite of instead of of on behalf of versus vis--vis with without

Otras Preposiciones
segn por delante de (llevar ventaja) a causa de excepto por medio de debido a excepto para de acuerdo con a favor de a pesar de en lugar de de en nombre de (alguien) contra comparado con con sin

de:r preposshns akrdin tu ajd ov biks ov bat (= ikspt) bi mns ov di tu ikspt fo: in akrdans ud in fivor ov in spit ov instd ov ov on bij:f ov vrsus vi-sa-v: ud uidut