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Prepositions

The document discusses English prepositions and their common uses and examples. It provides prepositions such as at, in, on, by, of, over, to, above, below, with, about, and for and examples of how they are used to indicate specific times, locations, destinations, possession, and other relationships between nouns. It explains that at is used to indicate definite times and places, in is used for locations and periods of time, on is used for surfaces, dates, and times, by means transportation, of indicates possession, over indicates vertical position, to indicates movement toward a destination, above and below show relative position, with indicates accompaniment, about can mean regarding, and for can mean toward a destination

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Prepositions

The document discusses English prepositions and their common uses and examples. It provides prepositions such as at, in, on, by, of, over, to, above, below, with, about, and for and examples of how they are used to indicate specific times, locations, destinations, possession, and other relationships between nouns. It explains that at is used to indicate definite times and places, in is used for locations and periods of time, on is used for surfaces, dates, and times, by means transportation, of indicates possession, over indicates vertical position, to indicates movement toward a destination, above and below show relative position, with indicates accompaniment, about can mean regarding, and for can mean toward a destination

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English Prepositions

Prepositions Uses Examples


 Specific times  He has class at 8:30.

 Definite place  My brother is at school.

at 


Full address

Speed

Idea of definite time and place



They live at 2388 Park Road.

He was driving at 90 miles per hour.

The exercise is at the end of the lesson.

Exception: at night: use in for the other parts


of the day.
 Inside  We are in the kitchen.

 Cities, boroughs  The school is in the UCV.

 How long have you lived in Caracas?


 States, countries
 I live in the West.
 Parts of countries

in
 We saw many interesting sights in
 Continents Europe.

 We have class in the morning.


 Parts of the day
 Graduation will be in July.
 Months, seasons, years
 You’ll have your exam in seven days.
 Time (length of time)
 I’ll be back in ten minutes.

 within

 On the surface  The book was on the table.

 Their house is on First Street.

on
 Streets, avenues

 My apartment is on the sixth floor.


 Floors
 My birthday is on October 22nd.
 Dates
 There is no class on Saturday.
 Days of the week
 He works on campus.

 On a farm, a planet, an island, campus


 He’s usually here on time.

 Punctuality  Note: in time for something)

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by  Means, by way of (pasando por; por
vía de; como; por medio de; a modo
de)


You learn by repeating.

You can get there by car.

of 


Possessive of things

Parts of a whole


The leg of the chair was broken.

I bought a pound of carrots.

The light is over jack.

over  Exact position (vertical)  The cabinets are over the counter.

 Destination  We are going to New York.

to 


Leave for

Arrive at place

Arrive in a city


The plane to Houston left an hour ago.

He got to his office at eight.

They will arrive in New York tonight.

 Degree higher than  The temperature is above 40.


above  Location higher than  There are cabinets above the sink.

 To a lower degree  Is Caracas above or below sea level?

below
 Con…  Wine with your meal.

with 


Con…

Estar harto de…



To have dinner with Alex.

To be fed up with…

 …conmigo?  What about me?

about
 Para mí  It’s for me.

 Para…  To work for a newspaper

 Trabajar para ganarse la vida  To work for a living

 De cenar
 What’s for dinner?
 Para la cena
 To be ready for dinner

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 Buscar algo
for  Hacia Tokyo
 To look for something

 To depart for Tokyo


 Ir de paseo
 To go for a walk

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