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Grammar
(/en/cram-
Prepositions
up/grammar)
Writing(/en/cram- Prepositionsareshortwords(on,in,to)thatusuallystandinfrontofnouns
(sometimesalsoinfrontofgerundverbs).
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Vocabulary EvenadvancedlearnersofEnglishfindprepositionsdifficult,asa1:1
translationisusuallynotpossible.Oneprepositioninyournativelanguage
(/en/cram-
mighthaveseveraltranslationsdependingonthesituation.
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Therearehardlyanyrulesastowhentousewhichpreposition.Theonlyway
Tests(/en/cram-
tolearnprepositionsislookingthemupinadictionary(/en/lingopad),
up/tests)
readingalotinEnglish(literature(/en/read-on/literature))andlearning
StudyTips usefulphrasesoffbyheart(studytips(/en/cram-up/learning/gap-filling)).
(/en/cram-
Thefollowingtablecontainsrulesforsomeofthemostfrequentlyused
up/learning) prepositionsinEnglish:
DailyEnglish
(/en/cram-up/daily- PrepositionsTime
english) English Usage Example

ReadOn on daysoftheweek onMonday

Countries in months/seasons inAugust/inwinter

timeofday inthemorning
(/en/read-
year in2006
on/countries)
afteracertainperiodoftime inanhour
Animals/Sports (when?)
(/en/read-
at fornight atnight
on/animals)
forweekend attheweekend
Literature acertainpointoftime(when?) athalfpastnine
(/en/read-
since fromacertainpointoftime since1980
on/literature) (pasttillnow)

Business for overacertainperiodoftime for2years

(pasttillnow)
Communication
ago acertaintimeinthepast 2yearsago
(/en/business-
english/communication) before earlierthanacertainpointof before2004
time
Grammar
(/en/business- to tellingthetime tentosix(5:50)
english/grammar)
past tellingthetime tenpastsix(6:10)
Business-Info
to/ markingthebeginningandend fromMondayto/tillFriday
(/en/business-
till/ ofaperiodoftime
english/infos) until

ChillOut till/ inthesenseofhow long HeisonholidayuntilFriday.

until something is going to last
Games&Riddles
by inthesenseofat the latest Iwillbebackby6oclock.
(/en/chill-
uptoacertaintime By11o'clock,Ihadreadfive
out/games) pages.
E-Cards(/en/chill-
out/ecards)
ChatwithEgon
(/en/chill-
out/chat/egon-bot)

TakeOn PrepositionsPlace(PositionandDirection)

Newsletter English Usage Example

(/en/newsletter)
 Calendar2016 English
English Usage
Usage Example
Example
(/en/take-
in room,building,street,town, inthekitchen,inLondon
on/calendar?2016) country inthebook
book,paperetc. inthecar,inataxi
TeachIn
car,taxi inthepicture,intheworld
CulturalStudies picture,world

(/en/teach- at meaningnext to, by an object atthedoor,atthestation

in/cultural-studies) fortable atthetable
Lessons(/en/teach- forevents ataconcert,attheparty

in/lessons) placewhereyouaretodo atthecinema,atschool,at

somethingtypical(watchafilm, work
study,work)

on attached thepictureonthewall
foraplacewithariver LondonliesontheThames.
beingonasurface onthetable
foracertainside(left,right) ontheleft
forafloorinahouse onthefirstfloor
forpublictransport onthebus,onaplane
fortelevision, radio onTV,ontheradio

by,next leftorrightofsomebodyor Janeisstandingby/nextto/

to, something besidethecar.
beside

under ontheground,lowerthan(or thebagisunderthetable

coveredby)somethingelse

below lowerthansomethingelsebut thefisharebelowthesurface

aboveground

over coveredbysomethingelse putajacketoveryourshirt

meaningmore than over16yearsofage
gettingtotheotherside(also walkoverthebridge
across) climboverthewall
overcominganobstacle

above higherthansomethingelse, apathabovethelake

butnotdirectlyoverit

across gettingtotheotherside(also walkacrossthebridge

over) swimacrossthelake
gettingtotheotherside

through somethingwithlimitsontop, drivethroughthetunnel

bottomandthesides

to movementtopersonor gotothecinema
building gotoLondon/Ireland
movementtoaplaceor gotobed
country
forbed

into enteraroom/abuilding gointothekitchen/thehouse

towards movementinthedirectionof go5stepstowardsthehouse

something(butnotdirectlyto
it)

onto movementtothetopof jumpontothetable

something

from inthesenseofwhere from aflowerfromthegarden

OtherimportantPrepositions

English Usage Example

from whogaveit apresentfromJane

of who/whatdoesitbelongto apageofthebook
whatdoesitshow thepictureofapalace

by whomadeit abookbyMarkTwain

on walkingorridingonhorseback onfoot,onhorseback
enteringapublictransport getonthebus
vehicle

in enteringacar/Taxi getinthecar
 English Usage Example

off leavingapublictransportvehicle getoffthetrain

outof leavingacar/Taxi getoutofthetaxi

by riseorfallofsomething priceshaverisenby10percent
travelling(otherthanwalkingor bycar,bybus
horseriding)

at forage shelearnedRussianat45

about fortopics,meaningwhat about weweretalkingaboutyou

ExercisesonPrepositions
ExerciseonPrepositionsPlace1(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?07)
ExerciseonPrepositionsPlace2(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?08)
ExerciseonPrepositionsPlace3(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?09)
ExerciseonPrepositionsPlace4(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?10)
ExerciseonPrepositionsPlace5(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises)

ExerciseonPrepositionsTime1(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?02)
ExerciseonPrepositionsTime2(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?18)
ExerciseonPrepositionssinceandfor(/en/cram-up/vocabulary/since-for)
Seealso:Date(/en/cram-up/vocabulary/date)andTime(/en/cram-
up/vocabulary/time)

ExerciseonPrepositionsBuses(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?11)
ExerciseonPrepositionsApicture(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?12)
ExerciseonPrepositionsAphotograph(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?13)
ExerciseonPrepositionsTheWampanoag(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?06)

ExerciseonPrepositionsGeorgeWashington(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?14)
ExerciseonPrepositionsHenryFord(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?15)
ExerciseonPrepositionsMcDonalds(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?16)
ExerciseonPrepositionsUluru(/en/cram-
up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?17)

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