PREPOSITIONS

IN ON AT
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a

noun , pronoun , or noun phrase to show direction, time,
place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an
object.
WE KNOW TWO KINDS OF PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS
OF TIME
PREPOSITIONS
OF PLACE
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

IN
WE USE “IN” TO EXPRESS SOMETHING IN GENERAL

Months and
Parts of Days Seasons Years Period of time
Weeks

In the morning In June In the Spring In 1991 In the future

In the 19th
In the evening In a 5 weeks In the Summer In the present
Century
PREPOSITIONS OF
TIME

ON
 “ON” IS MORE SPECIFIC THAN IN BUT NOT QUITE AS
SPECIFIC AS AT

Holidays with Days of the Days of the

Dates Misc.
“Day” Week Month

On the 10th June On Christmas On the 4th of

On Monday On time
1994 Day July

On the first day

On Veteran’s On Friday I arrived to work
On her birthday of (week, month,
Day evening year)
ON TIME
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

AT
“AT” IS A PREPOSITION TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC TIMES

Holidays without
Specific Times Misc.
“Day”

At 2 o’clock At Christmas At night

At lunchtime At Easter
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

IN
WE USE “IN” TO DESCRIBE SOME PLACES IN GENERAL

Enclosed Books
Countries Cities Neighbourhoods
Spaces Newspapers

In England In La Paz In Miraflores In a taxi In the Times

In Bolivia In Barcelona In Sopocachi In a car In the dictionary

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

ON
 “ON” IS QUITE SPECIFIC

Streets/
Surfaces Public Transport Media & Comms
Roads

On the TV
On Guatemala St. On the ceiling On a train
On the Internet

On the news
On Fifth Avenue On the first floor On a plane
On the radio
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

AT
 “AT” IS A PREPOSITION TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC PLACES

Specific Group Home/Work/ Top/Bottom/

Addresses Misc.
Locations Activities Study End

At Guatemala At the At a coffee At the top

At home At the table
Street Museum shop of…

At Arce At the bus At the start

At the bakery At university At the desk
Avenue stop of…
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