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By:Wafa AL-Harbi

Course Title: Grammar 2 Pre-requisite: Eng 141

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In grammar, a preposition is a part of speech that introduces prepositional phrase .1.

A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun or gerund to other word.2.

The ball is on the table

The Government of Italy

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AboutAbove

Across

After

Against

Along

Among

As

At

Before

Behind

Below

Beside

Between

But

By

Down

Except

For

From

In

Inside

Into

Like

Near

Next

Of

Off

On

Onto

Out

Pace

Than

Through

To

Under

Up

Upon

With

Without

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TWO WORDS

According to

Because of

Close to

Far from

Near to

Next to

Out from

Out of

THREE WORDS

As far as

By means of

In addition of

In case of

In front of

On top of

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at

on

in

since

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1. Use “at” for specific times.

The movie starts at 7:00.

2. Use “in” for nonspecific times during a day, months, seasons, and years

We got married in December. She likes to jog in the morning.

It's too cold in winter. He started the job in 1971.

3. Use “on” for days and dates.

My brother is coming on Monday.

We're having a party on the Fourth of July.

4. Use “since” to say when an activity began, and “for” to say how long it has been going on.

He has been president of the company since 2003.

I have lived here for two years.

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Note: The present perfect is often used with “since” and “for” to talk about activities which began in the past and continue in the present .

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1. Use “on” with names of streets , lines and surfaces.

Her house is on Boretz Road.

Vancouver is on the west coast of Canada.

Put the vase on the table.

They were sitting on the grass.

2. Use “in” with areas that have boundaries and enclosed places.

also use” in “ to show position within land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).

I think I left my keys in the bedroom.

She lives in Jeddah

Jeddah is in S A.

S A is in Asia

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3. Use “at” for a point and with a building when we either mean inside or outside

Let’s meet at the cinema.

It was a hot day at the stadium.

4. Other preposition of place

There are people outside the cinema.

There’s a clock above the cinema entrance.

The cinema entrance is under the clock.

The bank is next to/ beside the cinema.

The bank is between the cinema and the café.

There is the hill behind the town.

The car is in front of the bank.

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To it means orientation toward a goal..

We flew from New York to Paris. (OR) We flew to Paris.

When our car broke down, we walked to the nearest gas station

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onto: it means movement toward a surface = ON + TO

The frog jumped onto the green leaf

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IN + TO = into: it means movement toward the interior of a volume.

The milk went into the glass.

The delivery people carried the new couch into the living room.

A man is jumping into the pool.

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Note: The opposite of “to” is “from” / the opposite of “into” is “out of” / the opposite of “onto” is “off.”

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Some other prepositions which show movement are: through, across, up, down, along, past

going from one point to the other point through:

from one side to the other side across:

Up from low to high

from high to low down

in a line; from one point to another along

going near sth./sb. past

You shouldn't walk through the forest.

He went up the hill.

The cat is under the table.

Go past the post office.

You mustn't go across this road here.

They're walking along the beach.

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The school is_____ the park .

The bookshop is ____ the butcher's

The post office is ____ the bank and the cinema.

The cinema is ____ Oxford Street.

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Let's meet _____ six o'clock.

He was born _____ July.

I went there _____ 1978.

She'll be at work _____ Friday.

They drove to Rochester ______ September 15th.

We arrived in this country _____ October

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