| English
| Usage
| Example
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| - months / seasons
- time of day
- year
- after a certain period of time (when?)
| - in August / in winter
- in the morning
- in 2006
- in an hour
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| - for night
- for weekend
- a certain point of time (when?)
| - at night
- at the weekend
- at half past nine
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| - from a certain point of time (past till now)
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| - over a certain period of time (past till now)
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| - a certain time in the past
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| - earlier than a certain point of time
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| - marking the beginning and end of a period of time
| - from Monday to/till Friday
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| - in the sense of how long something is going to last
| - He is on holiday until Friday.
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| - in the sense of at the latest
- up to a certain time
| - I will be back by 6 o’clock.
- By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.
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Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)
| English
| Usage
| Example
|
| - room, building, street, town, country
- book, paper etc.
- car, taxi
- picture, world
| - in the kitchen, in London
- in the book
- in the car, in a taxi
- in the picture, in the world
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| - meaning next to, by an object
- for table
- for events
- place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)
| - at the door, at the station
- at the table
- at a concert, at the party
- at the cinema, at school, at work
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| - attached
- for a place with a river
- being on a surface
- for a certain side (left, right)
- for a floor in a house
- for public transport
- for television, radio
| - the picture on the wall
- London lies on the Thames.
- on the table
- on the left
- on the first floor
- on the bus, on a plane
- on TV, on the radio
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| - left or right of somebody or something
| - Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
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| - on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else
| - the bag is under the table
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| - lower than something else but above ground
| - the fish are below the surface
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| - covered by something else
- meaning more than
- getting to the other side (also across)
- overcoming an obstacle
| - put a jacket over your shirt
- over 16 years of age
- walk over the bridge
- climb over the wall
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| - higher than something else, but not directly over it
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| - getting to the other side (also over)
- getting to the other side
| - walk across the bridge
- swim across the lake
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| - something with limits on top, bottom and the sides
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| - movement to person or building
- movement to a place or country
- for bed
| - go to the cinema
- go to London / Ireland
- go to bed
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| - enter a room / a building
| - go into the kitchen / the house
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| - movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)
| - go 5 steps towards the house
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| - movement to the top of something
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| - in the sense of where from
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