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Daily English Prepositions

Pronunciation
► ESL English ► Grammar ► 3 English ► Positions
Read On
Countries Exercises on Prepositions
Animals / Sports Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns
Literature (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).
Newsticker
Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is
Business usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several
Communication translations depending on the situation.

Grammar There are hardly any rules as to when to use which preposition. The only way to learn
Business-Info prepositions is looking them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English (literature) and
learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips).
Chill Out
The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in
Games & Riddles
English:
E-Cards
Chat with Egon Prepositions – Time
Take On English Usage Example
Newsletter
on days of the week on Monday
Calendar 2013
Language-Board in months / seasons in August / in winter
time of day in the morning
Suggestions
year in 2006
Teach In after a certain period of time in an hour
Cultural Studies (when?)
Lessons at for night at night
Teacher’s Board for weekend at the weekend
a certain point of time (when?) at half past nine

since from a certain point of time since 1980

(past till now)

for over a certain period of time for 2 years

(past till now)

ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago

before earlier than a certain point of before 2004

time

to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

past telling the time ten past six (6:10)

to / marking the beginning and end from Monday to/till Friday

till / of a period of time
until

till / in the sense of how long He is on holiday until Friday.

until something is going to last

by in the sense of at the latest I will be back by 6 o’clock.

up to a certain time By 11 o'clock, I had read five
pages.

Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)

English Usage Example
in room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London
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in room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London
country in the book
book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi
car, taxi in the picture, in the world
picture, world

at meaning next to, by an object at the door, at the station

for table at the table
for events at a concert, at the party
place where you are to do at the cinema, at school, at
something typical (watch a film, work
study, work)

on attached the picture on the wall

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
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

by, next left or right of somebody or Jane is standing by / next to /

to, something beside the car.
beside

under on the ground, lower than (or the bag is under the table
covered by) something else

below lower than something else but the fish are below the surface
above ground

over covered by something else put a jacket over your shirt

meaning more than over 16 years of age
getting to the other side (also walk over the bridge
across) climb over the wall
overcoming an obstacle

above higher than something else, a path above the lake

but not directly over it

across getting to the other side (also walk across the bridge
over) swim across the lake
getting to the other side

through something with limits on top, drive through the tunnel

bottom and the sides

to movement to person or go to the cinema

building go to London / Ireland
movement to a place or go to bed
country
for bed

into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house

towards movement in the direction of go 5 steps towards the house

something (but not directly to
it)

onto movement to the top of jump onto the table

something

from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden

Other important Prepositions

English Usage Example
from who gave it a present from Jane

of who/what does it belong to a page of the book

what does it show the picture of a palace

by who made it a book by Mark Twain

on walking or riding on horseback on foot, on horseback

entering a public transport get on the bus
vehicle

in entering a car / Taxi get in the car

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in entering a car / Taxi get in the car

off leaving a public transport get off the train

vehicle

out of leaving a car / Taxi get out of the taxi

by rise or fall of something prices have risen by 10 percent

travelling (other than walking or by car, by bus
horseriding)

at for age she learned Russian at 45

about for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you

Exercises on Prepositions
Exercise on Prepositions – Place 1
Exercise on Prepositions – Place 2
Exercise on Prepositions – Place 3
Exercise on Prepositions – Place 4
Exercise on Prepositions – Place 5

Exercise on Prepositions – Time 1

Exercise on Prepositions – Time 2
Exercise on Prepositions since and for
See also: Date and Time

Exercise on Prepositions – Buses

Exercise on Prepositions – A picture
Exercise on Prepositions – A photograph
Exercise on Prepositions – The Wampanoag

Exercise on Prepositions – George Washington

Exercise on Prepositions – Henry Ford
Exercise on Prepositions – McDonald’s
Exercise on Prepositions – Uluru

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