Prepositions Of Place,Movement, Time And Other Prepositions

ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY AFTER KHACHATUR ABOVYAN PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE,MOVEMENT, TIME and Other PREPOSITIONS

PRESENTED BY: GRETA MELQONYAN

CONTENTS

• Prepositions of place, time, movement

-at-, -in-,-on-

* Some exceptions

* Adjective + preposition

* Noun + preposition

* Common prepositional phrases

- at -

1.Use at with a specific point . 2. With time

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011, p. 112) at + six o'clock

at + place at + lunch

at + the end/beginning at + the wedding

at + the front/back/side of at + night

at + group activity at + the weekend

at + school, college, work at + the moment

3.We use at after some adjectives

(Davis & Rimmer, 2011)

Good/bad + at

Clever + at

Surprised + at

Shocked + at

E.g. She teaches English at school.

At the end of the film everyone applauds.

I will come at 1:50.

They relax at the weekend.

I am good at mathematics.

She surprised at my fashion.

She shocked at this news.

-in-

1. Use in to talk about somewhere inside a larger space

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011, p. 112)

In + the building

In + city/country

In + the north/south/east/west

In + the corner/the center

In + a picture/a photo

In + the sky

In + bed/in hospital /prison

2. We use in when we speak about long time period

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011)

In+ July

In + the summer

In + the morning/evening

E.g. I had been in New York.

There is a cat in the corner.

I am in bed.

I went to Moscow in summer.

-on-

1.Use on to speak about

somewhere on a line or surface

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011, p. 113)

On + the river/motorway

On + the floor 2. We use on with day and date

On + the ground (Thomson & Martinet, 2001)

on + Monday

on + 4 July

on + Christmas day

3. Use on in certain expression

( Mann & Taylore-Knowles, 2008 )

On + farm/island

On + bus/plane/train

On + the left/right

On + the way

E.g. They lie on the ground and relax.

On March 22 is my birthday.

There are beautiful threes on the right sight.

There are some exceptions

at e.g. I will be there at 6 o'clock.

Time + in e.g. I arrived the concert hall in time.

on e.g. The train started on time .

(Thomson & Martinet, 2001)

July + in/on

e.g. I went to London in July.

I will go there on 5 July.

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011)

Do not use

This later

That today

Some tonight

each tomorrow

every yesterday

last e.g. She left on last Monday.

Next She left last Monday.

Prepositions of place

Prepositions of movement

Prepositions of time

Adjective + preposition

About + happy/sad/sorry/right/wrong/sure/worried

As + known

At + good/bad/clever/surprised/shocked

For + famous/known/ready/responsible/sorry

From + different/made

In + interested

Of + aware/full/made/proud/tired

On + keen/based

To + kind/married/similar/nice

With + agree/bared/crowded/disappointed/pleased

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011 p.120)

Noun + preposition

Details of lack of

Example of reason for

Idea of responsibility for

Information about sign of

( Davis & Rimmer, 2011 p. 121)

Common prepositional phrases

By accident in a hurry on my own

On average in love on page

By chance in the newspapers on the phone

In danger by mistake on purpose

Out of date by myself in time

In fact on holiday on TV

On fire in my opinion on the way

( Mann & Taylore-Knowles, 2008)

References

1. Davis, F. & Rimmer, W. (2011) , Active Grammar, Cambridge CUP

2. Mann, M. & Taylore-Knowles, S. (2008), Destination B1 ,Makmilan, MUP

3.Thomson, A. J. & Martinet, A.V., (2001), A Practical English Grammar, Oxford, OUP

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