Prepositions:
Summary
Direction
Movement
toward
the interior
of something
Orientation
toward
a goal
Movement
toward
a surface
Physical
destination
Purpose
Permission
Communication
TO
TOWARD
IN
INTO
IN / INTO
ON / ONTO
ON
Location
Point - AT
Surface - ON
Area/volume - IN
(enclosed)
Place
Destination
Direction
Time/
verbs
Time
To introduce
objects of verbs
One
point
Extended
precise time
days
parts of the day
months
years
seasons
AT
ON
IN
IN
since
for
by
from-to
from-until
during
with(in)
AT
OF
FOR
Spatial relationship
TO
OF or ABOUT
Relative
position
Limits
along
within
around
Relative
movement
from
across
through
against
under
above, below
beneath, among
nearby
inside
beside, behind
ahead of / in front of
off
Prepositions:
Spatial
relationship
Relative
position
He's hiding UNDER the table
Limits
a lace ALONG the edge of the cloth
Mark only WITHIN the circle
a circle AROUND the answer
The girl is standing BESIDE the boy
The boy is BEHIND the girl
The girl is AHEAD OF/IN FRONT OF the boy
He sat BENEATH the tree
a tree NEARBY the house
Relative
movement
He came FROM the house
He came OUT OF the house
Draw a line ACROSS the page
She went THROUGH the door
She leans AGAINST the tree
He is AMONG the trees
writing ABOVE the line
writing BELOW the line
He is INSIDE the house
His hat is OFF
Prepositions:
Time/verbs
To introduce
objects of verbs
AT
OF
OF or ABOUT
FOR
She took a quick GLANCE AT her reflection.
You didn't LAUGH AT his joke.
LOOK AT the computer monitor.
We REJOICED AT his safe rescue.
That pretty girl SMILED AT you.
Stop STARING AT me.
I don't APPROVE OF his speech.
My contribution to the article CONSISTS OF many pages.
He came home SMELLING OF alcohol.
Did someone CALL FOR a taxi?
He HOPES FOR a raise in salary.
I'm LOOKING FOR my keys.
We'll WAIT FOR her here.
Buy the tickets while I WATCH FOR for the train.
I WISH FOR an "A" in this class.
Exception: a glance IN the m irror
I DREAM OF / ABOUT finishing college in four years.
I amTHINKING OF / ABOUT this problem.
Time
One point
Extended
precise time
days
parts of the day
months, years, seasons
AT
My plane leaves AT noon.
The movie starts AT 6 p.m.
ON
I will see you ON Monday.
IN
I will see you IN the afternoon.
IN
The days are long IN August.
The book will be published IN 2003.
The flowers will bloom IN spring.
SINCE
FOR
BY
FROM -TO
FROM -UNTIL
DURING
WITH(IN)
She has been gone SINCE yesterday.
I'm going to Paris FOR two weeks.
New president to be named BY Monday.
11 new cars will be introduced BY 2003.
The movie showed FROM August TO October.
The decorations were up FROM spring UNTIL fall.
I watch tv DURING the evening.
We must finish the project WITHIN a year.
Prepositions:
Direction
Movement
toward
the interior
of something
Movement
toward
a surface
IN
The patient went IN
Now what sort of trouble is she IN?
INTO
Our new neighbors moved
INTO the house next door yesterday.
Orientation
toward
a goal
Physical
destination
Purpose
Permission
Communication
Movement
toward a
specific
destination
General
direction,
without
arriving
TOWARD
The plane was headed
TOWARD the mountain
Drive TOWARD the city
limits and turn north
TO
consent TO
refuse TO
TO
listen TO
speak TO
relate TO
appeal TO
(not tell)
in the sense
of 'plead'
TO
Li Ling washed her dog
(in order) TO rid it of fleas
Said returned to school
TO get his books
ON / ONTO
Jean fell ON / ONTO the floor
TO
"Take me TO the airport, please"
Said returned TO his apartment
IN / INTO
Bob jumped IN / INTO the pool
The patient went
IN / INTO the doctor's office
We'll move your brother's old bed
INTO your room.
What kind of trouble has
she gotten herself INTO?
Our new neighbours moved IN yesterday
ON
The plane landed
ON the runway
Sam hung the decoration
ON the Christmas tree
He placed the package
ON the table
Joanna spilled her Coke
ON the rug
Verbs with the idea of something
being situated in a certain place
Athena climbed
ON / ONTO the back of the truck
usually verbs of motion
"to" marks a verb and may
be preceded by "in order"
Prepositions:
Location
Point - AT
Surface - ON
Area/volume - IN
(enclosed)
The house is
IN Tippecanoe county
There's a new roof
ON the house
The frost made patterns
ON the window
Three players are playing
ON the field
The cows are grazing
IN the field
A face appeared
IN the window
Our house is
ON Third Street
The children are playing
IN the street
(enclosed by sidewalks)
Exceptions
ON
Place
Tom is waiting for his sister
AT the bank
Sue spent the whole afternoon
AT the fair
My car is
AT the house
Destination
We arrived
AT the house
The waiter was
AT our table immediately
Direction
The policeman leaped
AT the assailant
The dog jumped
AT my face
the ship
the train
the plane
the bus
Possible
ON when in motion
IN for stationary
IN the plane (awaiting takeoff)
ON the plane (flying)
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