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ADDITIONAL NOTES CHAPTER 2 The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English: 2.1 Prepositions Time English Usage on in days of the week months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) 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 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 Example on Monday in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at night at the weekend at half past nine since 1980 for 2 years 2 years ago before 2004 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 pages.

at

since for ago before to past to / till / until till / until by

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2.2 Prepositions Place (Position and Direction) English Usage in room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) 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 Example in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work 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 the fish are below the surface put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall a path above the lake walk across the bridge swim across the lake drive through the tunnel go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed go into the kitchen / the house go 5 steps towards the house jump onto the table a flower from the garden

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on

by, next left or right of somebody or something to, beside under below over 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 higher than something else, but not directly over it getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side

above across

through something with limits on top, bottom and the sides to movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed enter a room / a building

into

towards movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) onto from movement to the top of something in the sense of where from

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2.3 Other important Prepositions English Usage from of by on in off out of by who gave it who/what does it belong to what does it show who made it walking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle entering a car / Taxi leaving a public transport vehicle leaving a car / Taxi rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) for age for topics, meaning what about 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 get in the car get off the train get out of the taxi prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus she learned Russian at 45 we were talking about you

at about

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Exercise on Prepositions Place Complete the exercise according to the picture. 1. ____ the picture, I can see a woman. 2. The woman is sitting atin front ofon a table. 3. She is sitting ____ a chair. 4. There is another chair ____ the woman. 5. Her feet are ____ the table 6. The woman is holding a cup ____ her hands. 7. ____ the table are a laptop, a paper, a calculator, an appointment calendar, two pens and a muffin. 8. The woman is looking ____ her laptop. 9. The woman's bag is betweenbehindunder the table 10. ____ the picture, there are four people. 11. A couple is sitting atonunder the table. 12. They are sitting atonunder chairs. 13. The drinks are atonunder the table. 14. One woman is standing behindin front ofon the table. 15. BehindBetweenIn front of her is a man who is barbecuing. 16. the picture, there are three kids. 17. The girl is standing the two boys. 18. The boy with the green shirt is the right. 19. He has a gamboy his hands. 20. The kids are looking his gameboy. 21. the picture, I can see Santa Claus and a girl. 22. Santa is sitting a chair. 23. The girl is standing Santa. 24. Santa and the girl are looking each other. 25. The girl has a present her hands. 26. The girl, there is a Christmas tree. 27. There are more presents ____ the tree. 28. Santa's big bag is ____ the floor. 29. We live ____ London. 30. Would you like to go ____ the cinema tonight? 31. No, thanks. I was ____ the cinema yesterday. 32. We are going ____ holiday next week. 33. There is a bridge ____ the river. 34. The flight from Leipzig to London was ____ Frankfurt. 35. ____ my wall, there are many picture postcards. 36. Who is the person ____ this picture? 37. Come ____ the sitting room, we want to watch TV. 38. Munich lies 530 meters ____ sea level.