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Prepositions
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- 2. Prepositions are wordsthat show the relationship between other words.
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- 4. Prepositions of time At,in, for, before, during, after, until
- 5. Using at, in,on at: specific time of the day at midnight, at 5:00 PM at six o’clock, at lunch, at dinner at: an address, a specific building or participation in some event at the local library, at a movie theater, at the doctor’s office, at BCC
- 6. Use At afterverbs that indicate being or remaining in one place and not moving from one place to another Usually he stays at work. He sits at his desk and looks at his inventions.
- 7. In: general timesor period of times in February, in 1972 in the afternoon, in the summer in the meantime in these years In: location inside an enclosed area or an area with specific boundaries in the yard, in my car, in a bookstore, in the pool, in an envelope, in a box
- 8. On: specific daysand dates, holidays on Saturday on June 19 on Thanksgiving Day on my birthday On: “one object supported by another object with some surface of both objects touching each other” on that table, on the road, on her finger, on your face, on the roof,
- 9. At at work at thegame at the zoo at 2:00 PM at 9:00 o’clock at midnight at night In On in the officeon the job in the crowd on the field in the park on the ice in April on Tuesday in October on July 12th in 1968 on May 4, 2003 in bed on a mattress
- 10. More expressions within, on, at In love in agreement in pain on edge on target on time at odds on TV on the radio on the phone on the computer on top in a city in a country in a continent
- 11. Use To afterverbs that indicate movement from one place to another. Every morning Ana walks to the library, goes to the coffee shop, and returns to her office.
- 12. Use during toexplain when something happened. Use for to explain how long it takes to happen. During the month of December people spend a lot of money and the stores are busy for days.
- 13. Do not putto before home I am going home She returned home
- 14. Position of prepositional phrasesof time At the beginning or end of a sentence
- 15. After the movies,I’ll go get ice cream. I’ll go get ice cream after the movies.
- 16. Prepositions of location anddirection Location: at, in, on, under, near, in front of, behind, on top of Direction: to, from, into, onto, out of, down, over, off, through, around
- 17. Position of prepositional phrasesof place (location, direction) After the main verb when there is no object or after verb + object
- 18. I saw herin the cafeteria. She is eating in the cafeteria. Put the money in my purse.
- 19. Some adjectives areoften followed by certain prepositions ► Afraid of ► Bad for ► Crazy about ► Familiar with ► Famous for ► Fond of ► Full of ► Good for jealous for proud of responsible for sad about safe from similar to sorry for sure about
- 20. More expressions (A, B,C) ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Accuseof Add to Angry with Angry about Agree with apologize for apply for Approve of Argue with Ask for Aware of ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Believe in Belong to Capable of Care about Care for Committed to Comply with Concern about Confronted with Consist of Count on
- 21. More expressions (D, E,F, G) ► Deal with ► Excited about ► Decide to ► Familiar with ► Decide on ► Fond of ► Depend on ► Forget about ► Be disappointed with ► Forgive (so) for ► Be disappointed about ► Friendly with ► Dream of ► Good for ► Escape from ► Grateful for
- 22. More expressions (H, I,J, K, L, O, P) ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Happy about Hear about hope for Hopeful about Innocent of insist on Insulted by Interested in Introduced to Jealous of ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Keep from Located in Long for Look forward to Opposed to Participate in Patient with Pay attention to Pay for Pray for
- 23. More expressions (P, Q,R, S ) ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Prepared to Prepared for Prevent from Protect from Proud of Provide with Qualify for Be realistic about Refer to Related to Rely on ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Rescue from Responsible for Sad about Satisfied with Scared of Search for Similar to Specialize in Stop from Succeed in
- 24. More expressions (T, U,W) ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Take advantage of Take care of Thank (so) for Think about Think of Tired of Upset with Upset about Willing to Wish for Worry about
- 25. Some prepositional phrasesoccur with no articles At ► School ► Church ► Lunch ► Work ► Home to School Church Lunch Work Bed By plane, bus, car, boat ► In bed On foot
- 26. Phrasal verbs (two-wordverbs) consist of a verb + an adverb (particles) up, down, out, off
- 27. Some phrasal verbstake objects, others don’t She made up a story. Turn down the volume. She grew up in Canada.
- 28. If the objectof the phrasal verb is a noun, it can go before or after the particle. She called off the wedding. She called the wedding off.
- 29. If the objectis a pronoun, it must go before the particle. I picked it up. He took it off
- 30. Common phrasal verbswith or without objects ► Catch up drop out ► Grow up ► Run out ► Settle down ► Show up ► slow down ► take off ► turn up ► Work out ►
- 31. Common phrasal verbswith objects ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Bring up Build up Call off Check out Figure out Give up keep up Let down look up Make up Pick up Point out
- 32. Some common combinations groupedby preposition 1. Verbs + about ask complain dream forget talk think worry
- 33. 2. Verb +to agree be used belong explain introduce listen object pay attention relate reply say speak
- 34. 3.Verbs + with agree argue breakup compete cooperate disagree fill get along help finish work
- 35. 4. Verbs +for apologize ask buy do look make pay study thank
- 36. 5. Verbs +on count have keep pick put rely take wait work
- 37. 6. Verbs +off break call cut fall jump keep live take turn
- 38. 7. Verbs +at guess laugh look smile stare yell
- 39. 8. Verbs +of complain die get rid
- 40. 9. Verbs +toward contribute head turn walk work
- 41. Like phrasal verbs,these combinations are sometimes called two-word verbs The most common prepositions in these combinations include: about, for, in, on, to, after, at, of, from
- 42. Verbs + prepositionsare different from phrasal verbs In phrasal verbs , pronoun objects come before particles In verbs + prepositions , all objects come after their prepositions.
- 43. Three - wordverbs combine a phrasal verb ( a verb + particle) with a preposition ► Keep up with ► Drop in on ► Face up to ► Get along with ► Put up with ► Cut down on
- 44. Against 1. touching theside surface of Don’t lean against the door. 2. in opposition to I am against changing the rules of the class.
- 45. Among in the middleof three or more unspecified items concerning more than two people My class is among the others.
- 46. Between in the middleof two items concerning two people It’s between Maria and you.
- 47. Through moving along apassage beyond Go through the hallway and turn left.
- 48. Toward going in thedirection of a destination He is walking toward me.
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