Prepositions link nouns or pronuns to some other word in a sentence to show a relationship or

give context.
Prepositions can be placed into three groups (a preposition may exist in more than one
category):
prepositions of time: IN, ON, AT, after, before, during, past, since, for, until etc.
prepositions of place/location: above, behind, below, beside, by, in, inside, near, over
prepositons of movement: against, along, from, into, on, off, onto, out of, toward, up,
The main prepositions of time are in, on, at.
IN
in the morning
in the evening
in February
in the spring
in 2019
in the 1990s
in the second semester
ON
on Sunday
on Sundays
on Monday morning
on my birthday
on Valentine’s day
on May 5 (US)/ 5 May (UK)
on a weekday
on the weekend (US)
AT
at night
at 11:15
at noon
at midnight
at sunrise
at the weekend (UK)
Two useful prepositions for the present perfect are for and since. Learn them well now and you
will be prepared to use them later.
FOR = a duration of time from the beginning until now
I have studied here for two years.
SINCE = a period of time that includes a start date
I have studied here since 2017.
Prepositions of movement are different in English than in Italian. For example, In English,
whenever we move from a place, we move TO another place, not “in” another place.
I am going to Spain next summer.
I am not going to school tomorrow.
Prepositions of movement e.g., across, through, down, past, away from – are useful for giving
and receiving directions when you are traveling or trying to understand an English speaking
GPS.
“In,” “on,” and “at” are not just prepositions of time, but also prepositions of location. In this
case, they answer the question, “Where?”
Learning activity: Giving directions and making plans
Common Mistakes
The BIGGEST mistake is using “in” instead of “to” for movement between places.
Remember to use “from” after “graduated.”
I have just graduated from the university of Parma.
Remember that when you stay home all day, you say: “I am staying at home all day.”
When you are already home or first walking in the door, you say: Honey, I’m home.
When you are heading or directed towards home, you do not need a prepostion. You simply
say, “I’m going home.”
married to, NOT married with
just in time to catch the train, NOT just on time to catch the train
on time for the meeting, NOT in time for the meeting
look out of the window, NOT look out the window
meet me at the bank, NOT meet me to the bank
away from the city, NOT away of the city
depends on something, NOT depends from something
on the phone, NOT in the phone
going home, NOT going to home
going outside, NOT going to outside
going inside, NOT going to inside
consists of, NOT consists from
the key to my room, NOT the key of my room
look in the mirror, NOT look at the mirror
he insisted on paying, NOT he insisted to pay
they are afraid of bees, NOT they are afraid from bees
we arrived in London, NOT we arrived to London
we are flying to London, NOT we are flying in London