Preposition of

Explanations Example
time
 days  Many shops don't open on Sundays.
on
 weekend (American English)  What did you do on the weekend?
 months / seasons / year  I visited
 morning / evening / afternoon Italy in July, in spring, in 1994
in  period of time  In the evenings, I like to relax.
 This is the first cigarette I've
had in three years.
 night  It gets cold at night.
 weekend (British English)  What did you do at the weekend?
at
 used to show an exact or a  There's a meeting at 2.30 this
particular time: afternoon / at lunch time.
 from a particular time in the past  England have not won the World Cup
since
until a later time, or until now in football since1966
for  used to show an amount of time.  I'm just going to bed for an hour or so.
 back in the past; back in time  The dinosaurs died out 65 million
ago
from the present: years ago.
before  at or during a time earlier than  She's always up before dawn.
 used when saying the time, to  It's twenty to six.
to
mean before the stated hour
past  telling the time  five past ten
 until a particular time, marking  It's only two weeks to Christmas.
to
end of a period of time
 used to show the time when  The museum is open from 9.30 to
from
something starts 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.
 up to (the time that)  We waited till / until half past six for
till / until
you.
 not later than; at or before  She had promised to be back by five
by
o'clock.

Preposition of
Explanation Example
place
 inside  I watch TV in the living-room
 I live in New York
 Look at the picture in the book
in  She looks at herself in the mirror.
 She is in the car.
 Look at the girl in the picture
 This is the best team in the world
 used to show an exact position or  I met her at the entrance, at the bus stop
particular place  She sat at the table
 table  at a concert, at the party
at
 events  at the movies, at university, at work
 place where you are to do something
typical (watch a film, study, work)
on  attached  Look at the picture on the wall
 next to or along the side of (river)  Cambridge is on the River Cam.
 used to show that something is in a  The book is on the desk
position above something else and  A smile on his face
touching it.  The shop is on the left
  left, right  My apartment is on the first floor
 a floor in a house  I love traveling on trains /on the
 used for showing some methods of bus / on a plane
traveling  My favorite program on TV, on the
 television, radio radio
by, next to,  not far away in distance  The girl who is by / next to / besidethe
beside, near house.
 in or into the space which separates two  The town lies halfway between Rome
between
places, people or objects and Florence.
behind  at the back (of)  I hung my coat behind the door.
 further forward than someone or  She started talking to the man in front
in front of
something else of her
under  lower than (or covered by) something else  the cat is under the chair.
below  lower than something else.  the plane is just below the the cloud
 above or higher than something else,  She held the umbrella over both of us.
sometimes so that one thing covers the  Most of the carpets are over $100.
other.  I walked over the bridge
over
 more than.  She jumped over the gate
 across from one side to the other.
 overcoming an obstacle
 higher than something else, but not  a path above the lake
above
directly over it
 from one side to the other of something  She walked across the field/road.
across with clear limits / getting to the other side  He sailed across the Atlantic

 from one end or side of something to the  They walked slowly through the
through
other woods.
 in the direction of  We went to Prague last year.
to
 bed  I go to bed at ten.
 towards the inside or middle of something  Shall we go into the garden?
into and about to be contained, surrounded or
enclosed by it
 in the direction of, or closer to someone  She stood up and walked towardshim.
towards
or something
 used to show movement into or on a  I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.
onto
particular place
 used to show the place where someone or  What time does the
from
something starts: flight fromAmsterdam arrive? 
Choose the right preposition of place:
1. ___ the picture, I can see a family a kitchen.
2. There is a dish full of fruits ___ the worktop.
3. The mother is standing ____ her son and daughter.
4. She is holding a vase ____her hand.
5. The son and the daughter are sitting ____ the worktop smiling ___
each other.
6. There are beautiful cupbords ____ the wall.
7. There is a window ____ the chair.
8. The woman is looking ___ her daughter.

Choose the right preposition of time:

1. What are you doing ___ Saturday?
2. I am going to the countryside ___ the weekend.
3. I haven't been to the countryside ____ December.
4. What time are you leaving?
I am leaving ___ the afternoon. May be ___ three o'clock pm.I am
coming back ___ Sunday evening. I'll catch the half ___ seven train
Sunday. I'll be here ____ nine o'clock.
5. So you'll be there ____ the whole weekend. I'll be missing you!