Prepositions – Time

English Usage Example

 on  days of the week  on Monday

 months / seasons
 in August / in winter
 time of day
 in the morning
 in  year
 in 2006
 after a certain period of time
 in an hour
(when?)

 for night
 at night
 for weekend
 at  at the weekend
 a certain point of time
 at half past nine
(when?)

 from a certain point of time

 since  since 1980
(past till now)

 over a certain period of time

 for  for 2 years
(past till now)

 ago  a certain time in the past  2 years ago

 earlier than a certain point of

 before  before 2004
time

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

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

 to / till /  marking the beginning and

 from Monday to/till Friday
until end of a period of time

 in the sense of how long

 till / until  He is on holiday until Friday.
something is going to last

 I will be back by 6 o’clock.

 in the sense of at the latest
 by  By 11 o'clock, I had read five
 up to a certain time
pages.

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Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)
English Usage Example
 room, building, street, town,
 in the kitchen, in London
country
 in the book
 in  book, paper etc.
 in the car, in a taxi
 car, taxi
 in the picture, in the world
 picture, world

 meaning next to, by an

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

 attached  the picture on the wall

 for a place with a river  London lies on the Thames.
 being on a surface  on the table
 on  for a certain side (left, right)  on the left
 for a floor in a house  on the first floor
 for public transport  on the bus, on a plane
 for television, radio  on TV, on the radio

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

beside something to / beside the car.

 on the ground, lower than

 under (or covered by) something  the bag is under the table
else

 lower than something else  the fish are below the

 below
but above ground surface

 covered by something else

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

 higher than something else,

 above  a path above the lake
but not directly over it

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 English Usage Example
 getting to the other side
 walk across the bridge
 across (also over)
 swim across the lake
 getting to the other side

 something with limits on

 through  drive through the tunnel
top, bottom and the sides

 movement to person or
building  go to the cinema
 to  movement to a place or  go to London / Ireland
country  go to bed
 for bed

 go into the kitchen / the

 into  enter a room / a building
house

 movement in the direction

 towards of something (but not  go 5 steps towards the house
directly to it)

 movement to the top of

 onto  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

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

 of
 what does it show  the picture of a palace

 by  who made it  a book by Mark Twain

 walking or riding on
horseback  on foot, on horseback
 on
 entering a public transport  get on the bus
vehicle

 in  entering a car / Taxi  get in the car

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English Usage Example
 leaving a public transport
 off  get off the train
vehicle

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

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

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

 at  for age  she learned Russian at 45

 for topics, meaning what

 about  we were talking about you
about

 Uses of Prepositions after Certain Verbs  come from

 account for
 consent to
 agree on (something)
 consist of
 agree with (someone)
 convince (someone) of (something)
 apologize to
 decide on (upon)
 apply for
 depend on (upon)
 approve of
 get rid of
 argue with (someone)
 hear about
 ask for
 hear from
 believe in
 hear of
 belong to
 insist on (upon)
 blame (someone) for (something)
 invite (someone) to
 blame (something) on (someone)
 laugh at
 borrow from
 listen for
 call on (upon)
 listen to
 care for
 look at
 compliment (someone) on
 look for

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 look forward to  composed of

 object to  content with

 plan on  dependent on (upon)

 provide for  different from (than)

 provide with  disappointed in

 recover from  due to

 remind (someone) of  followed by

 search for  fond of

 see about  have respect for

 substitute for  in accordance with


 talk about  angry at (someone)

 talk of  angry with (someone)

 telephone to  based on

 think about  independent of

 think of  in regard to

 wait for  interested in

 wait on (meaning serve)  limited to

 married to
 Uses of Prepositions with Certain Adjectives
and in Idiomatic Expressions  proud of

 according to  related to

 accustomed to  resulting from

 angry about (something)  similar to

 capable of  tired of

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