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PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS. Time Place Introducing Objects. One point in time. a) On . On is used with days: - Example : i . I will see you on Monday. ii. The week begins on Sunday. b) At At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day

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PREPOSITIONS

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  1. PREPOSITIONS

  2. Time • Place • Introducing Objects

  3. One point in time a) On . On is used with days: - Example : i. I will see you on Monday. ii. The week begins on Sunday. b) At • At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day • - Example : i. My plane leaves at noon. ii. The movie starts at 6 p.m.

  4. One point in time c) In • In is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with seasons. • - Example : i.He likes to read in the afternoon. ii.The days are long in August. iii.The book was published in 1999. iv.The flowers will bloom in spring.

  5. Extended time • To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions: since, for, by, from—to, from-until, during,(with)in • Example: • -She has been gone since yesterday. (She left yesterday and has not returned.) • I'm going to Paris for two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.) • The movie showed from August to October. (Beginning in August and ending in October.) • The decorations were up from spring until fall. (Beginning in spring and ending in fall.) • I watch TV during the evening. (For some period of time in the evening.) • We must finish the project within a year. (No longer than a year.)

  6. Place • To express notions of place, English uses the following prepositions: to talk about the point itself: in, to express something contained: inside, to talk about the surface: on, to talk about a general vicinity, at. Example : i. There is a wasp in the room. ii. Put the present inside the box. iii. I left your keys on the table. iv. She was waiting at the corner.

  7. Place - Higher than a point • o express notions of an object being higher than a point, English uses the following prepositions: over, above. • Example : i. He threw the ball over the roof. ii. Hang that picture above the couch.

  8. PLACE - Lower than a point • To express notions of an object being lower than a point, English uses the following prepositions: under, underneath, beneath, below. • Example : i.The rabbit burrowed under the ground. ii.The child hid underneath the blanket. iii.We relaxed in the shade beneath the branches. iv. The valley is below sea-level.

  9. Place - Close to a point • To express notions of an object being close to a point, English uses the following prepositions: near, by, next to, between, among, opposite. • Example: i. She lives near the school. ii. There is an ice cream shop by the store. iii. An oak tree grows next to my house iv. The house is between Elm Street and Maple Street. v. I found my pen lying among the books. vi. The bathroom is opposite that room.

  10. ON IN ABOVE UNDER BETWEEN BEHIND IN FRONT OF NEAR NEXT TO

  11. PLACE NEAR UNDER ON IN NEXT TO BETWEEN

  12. Where is the ball ? on It is ……..the table Where is the plane ? The plane is ………the clouds. Aboe

  13. ON NEXT TO NEAR UNDER ON NEXT TO ON NEXT TO ON IN

  14. CLOCK POSTERS FLOWERS COMPUTER BOOKS TELEVISION CHAIR VASE GUITAR TABLE BED CARPET Where is the television ? Where is the computer ? Where are the books ? Where are the flowers ? Where is the vase ? Where is the guitar ? Where is the ball ?

  15. To introduce objects of verbs • At: glance, laugh, look, rejoice, smile, stare Example: • She took a quick glance at her reflection.(exception with mirror: She took a quick glance in the mirror.) • You didn't laugh at his joke. • I'm looking at the computer monitor. • We rejoiced at his safe rescue. • That pretty girl smiled at you. • Stop staring at me.

  16. Of: approve, consist, smell • Example : i. I don't approve of his speech. ii. My contribution to the article consists of many pages. iii. He came home smelling of alcohol.

  17. Of (or about): dream, think • Example : i. I dream of finishing college in four years. ii. Can you think of a number between one and ten? iii. I am thinking about this problem.

  18. For: call, hope, look, wait, watch, wish • Example: i. Did someone call for a taxi? ii. He hopes for a raise in salary next year. iii. I'm looking for my keys. iv. We'll wait for her here. v. You go buy the tickets and I'll watch for the train. vi. If you wish for an "A" in this class, you must work hard.

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