Prepositions of Place
in He’s in his room.
on The pencils are on the desk.
at I’ll wait at the bus stop.
under Sam is reading under the tree.
near Is there a hospital near your house?
behind Look who’s hiding behind the car.
over There’s a family picture over the sofa.
opposite The library is opposite the bookshop.
next to He sat next to me at the festival.
in front of I can’t see because he’s in front of me.
between The café is between the bank and the post office.
NOTE:
The prepositions on, in and at are used in various other expressions:
on: with the expressions: on the left, on the right
in: with names of continents, countries, cities, villages: in Europe, in Saudi Arabia, in Beijing,
in Buraydah
at: with confined areas: at the post office, at the airport, etc.
with addresses: He lives at 34 Rose Street.
with the expressions: at work, at home, at school, etc.
to She’s going to the supermarket.
up They ran up the hill.
down He rode the bike down Lane Street.
into Don’t come into the house with those dirty shoes.
out of He threw litter out of the window.
through This road goes through the forest.
across The little boy ran across the road to catch the ball.
along They walked along the river.
from Nasir comes home from work at 5 o’clock every day.
around I jog around the block every morning.
towards The children came towards me.
off Steve fell off the bike.
over The thief jumped over the fence and ran away.
past He walked past Jack but he didn’t see him.
NOTE:
• We do not use any prepositions with the word home when it is used with verbs which
denote movement.
I didn’t call you because I got home late.
• We use the preposition by with means of transport:
by car, by plane, by train, by ship, by taxi, etc. but on foot
I usually go to work by train.
• If there is an article (a/an, the) before means of transport, we use on or in:
in the car, in a taxi, on the train, on the plane, on the ship, etc.
There are a lot of passengers on the train.
I saw Yusef in a taxi.
Prepositions of Time
at to show the exact time:
in the expressions:
on with the days of the week:
with dates:
in the expressions:
in with periods of the day:
with months and seasons:
with years and centuries:
in the expression:
but
on Sunday morning
during He was talking to John during the lesson.
after He went to the park after school.
before He went jogging before breakfast.
from... till/until/to We practise from two till/until/to five.
for I’ve known John for two years.
since He’s lived there since 2002.
by I will be home by lunchtime.
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