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ENGLISH WITH VENYA

I T I O N S
P R E P O S
SU C K !

A comprehensive guide to English

prepositions.
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Prepositions?

We use prepositions to show relationships or connections

between parts of our sentences. Those relationships include
TIME, PLACE, and LOGICAL connections.

SO... THEY ARE IMPORTANT?

Check this out!!

Kyle went home New York.

Without "to" your sentence Is not complete,

because the relationship between “home”
and “New York” is missing.

Kyle went home to New York.

Now it’s fine! :) Keep in mind, that If you’re translating from your
native language, you might be tempted to use “IN” instead of “TO”.
Keep this guide handy to never make these mistakes :)
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Prepositions
of TIME

time of day (in the morning, in the evening)

month (in February, in July)
in seasons (in winter, in summer)
year (in 2018, in 1995)
after a certain amount of time (call in 5 minutes)

days (on Monday, on Sunday)

dates (on November 9th, on July 4th)
on a weekday/the weekend
holidays (on Halloween, on Christmas)

night (exception from "in")

at exact time (at 10:30, at 5pm)
sunrise/sunset

starting from a certain point in time

since (married since 2012)

for amount of time (married for 6 years)

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Prepositions
of TIME

amount of time from now to back in the past

ago (bought it 3 years ago)

taking place prior to a certain point in time

before (before we graduate)

start and finish of a time interval

from/to
(I'm available from 4pm to 8pm)

“deadline” for an action (I'm on vacation

until/till
until Monday)

before a certain point In time/ deadline

by (I'll be back by 9 o'clock)
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Prepositions
of PLACE

on / on on top of the box

top of

in / inside of the box

inside

in front
in front of the box
of

behind behind the box

near /
near the box
close to

by / beside
/ next to by the box (very close)
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Prepositions of
DIRECTION

onto jump onto the box

off jump off the box

under go under the box

over jump over the box

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Prepositions of
DIRECTION

around go around the box

away go away from the box

from

toward go toward(s) the box*

(s)

past go past the box

through
go through the box

*toward - American / towards - British

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Prepositions of
DIRECTION

up go up the stairs

go down the stairs

n
dow

take it out of the box

out of

put it into the box

into

along across
go along the road go across the road
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Other Important
PREPOSITIONS

movement toward a place or location

to (Let's walk to school together!)

location
at (The party is being held at Kyle's house.)

starting point of a trip or journey

from (He walked home from school.)

while something else is talking place

during (The students were rowdy during the class.)

relationship between a part and a whole

of (A part of the chair was missing.)

about The book was about prepositions.

NOT THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTION VERSION!

but except for (Everyone but him was happy.)
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Common
Mistakes

- Where are you?

I'm in school. I'm at school.

I’m a student. This Is just My physical location. I’m

a general statement of on campus or inside of
that fact. the school building.

I don't have a job because I'm in school. I study law.

I can say that even if, right now, I'm not at school.
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- Where are you?

I'm in the library. I'm at the library.

The focus is more on My location. The focus

being somewhere inside
of the library building.
For example, If you were
supposed to meet
somewhere on campus
and your friend is asking
where you are.
Is more on the type of
place in which I’m
located. If you show me
a map on your phone, I
can put a pin in It.

I'm in the car. I'm at the car.

I’m sitting inside of the I’m located at the place

car. where the car is park,
possibly even near the
car itself.

Both are correct. The only difference is what you’re talking

about and what you feel like you need to emphasize more.