✓ To describe where something is.

When you give directions.

Let’s review some PREPOSITIONS!

Where’s the rabbit? Where’s the cat? Where are the trainers?

BEHIND the box. IN FRONT OF the box. NEXT TO the ball.

Where’s the hat? Where’s the dog? Where’s the mug?

UNDER the dog. IN the swimming pool. ON the table.

 Against
Next to,touching/supporting by

e.g Why don’t we put the bike against the wall?

Beside
At side of

e.g Beside the well there is a bush.

 Inside,not further. Within
e.g There is a garden within the forest.

Beyond
Further indistance

e.g In the distance,beyond the fence ,you can see a

house .
 beneath
in or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or
something

e.g Jaime hid the letter beneath a pile of papers..

Look at the following pics. Do you know which prepositions correspond to each of them?
Look at the following pics. Do you know which prepositions correspond to each of them?

AGAINST
ABOVE

BESIDE AROUND
 WITHIN
BENEATH

BEYOND
Prepositions
 Pronunciation Tip
• Beneath /bɪˈniːθ/
• Within /wɪˈðɪn/
• Above /əˈbʌv/
• Beyond /biˈjɒnd/
• Around /əˈraʊnd/
• Against /əˈɡenst/
• beside /bɪˈsaɪd/
Functions
My real context
 What can you do with what you have learned today?

I can explain the reason I do something

I can tell where someone or something is

I can describe my feelings

When can you use it? Give two examples…

✓ To talk about past habitual states and
actions.

Describe a childhood memory.

How has your life changed because of the pandemic?
 (Baseform)

We used to live next to a railway line.Every

time a train went past ,the house would shake.

(Base form)

We used to…
We didn’t use to…
Did you use to…?
 Would
Usedto Actions repeated again and again.

Extended actions or situations.

Not for states.

Past habits

(no longer happen)

USED TO WOULD
Talkwitha partner about the way things used to be foryou. Whatwas better
then? Whatwas better now?

When I was younger, I used to stay

out until four in the morning,and I
used to sleep until noon.
That was better than today-now I
have to get up early.
 Let’s talk about changes in time…Work in pairs. Write sentences about how
People did the following things decades ago. (4 per topic)

Listen to music Child care Mailing

Television Cooking

Don’t forget to use:

Used to Would
Didn’t use to Wouldn’t
Talk to your partner about the ideas you have below.
• https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/used_to_would.htm

• https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/upperint/grammar/gramm
ar_02_012e?cc=pe&selLanguage=en
Ways of talking about meaning
You are going to write a mini saga about a legendary place. You can write about
a place you know , or you can invent one. Make notes for your story. Use ideas in
the table to help you.
 Shangri-La

Do you know these

places?

Atlantis city

The Golden city

Group A: read about Atlantis on page 126.
Group B: read about El Dorado on page 128.
Group C: read about Shangri-La on page 25.

Answer the questions for your text.

1 Where is the place?
2 Where does the legend come from?
3 What does the legend mean today?

…Tell your group about your place.

Work with your group and answer the questions. Which
place ...
1 suffered a natural disaster?
2 was written about first in a book?
3 represents a place where you can get rich?
4 is a place of great natural beauty?
5 was based on the story of a king?
6 was ruled by dishonest people?
Functions
What can you do with what you have learned today?

When can you use it?

Give two examples…