Everytime I do mistakes using prepositions, many time it makes me feel furious, but everyone have the same problem so, I go ahead.
I've took a look on some tips, to post here for you guys, I also found some exercises that I tried to do, and answered wrong lots of questions --' Arghh ... Prepositions Sucks !
The most usefull prepositions are, at/on/in, so here you are some examples:
INMonths: In January | City: In Orlando |
Year, Century : in 1995 | State: In Arkansas |
Season: in winter | Country: in Brazil |
Time of the day: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening | Continent: In Afric |
ON
Days of the week: on Sunday | Street, avenue, square: on Portugal Avenue, on May 4th square, on Av. Jason.M |
Date:on Christimas day, on April 3rd | |
AT
Hour: at 7 am | Address: at 785 Washington St. |
Holiday: At Christmas | Places: at the club, at the airport, at a party |
If the prepositions was only that three it would be great, isn't it ? But, unfortunately there are lots of, such as: |
Above: acima de: John’s apartment is above Mara’s. About: sobre, a respeito de: Tell me about your life. |
Across: através de, do outro lado: The dog swam across the river. |
After: depois de: She always arrives after 9 o’clock. |
Against: contra: The motorbike was against the wall. |
Among: entre (vários): The pencil was among the books. |
Around: em volta de: They travelled all around the world. |
Before: antes de: She never arrives before 7 o’clock. |
Behind: atrás de: Tim is behind Peter. |
Below: abaixo de: Mara lives below John. |
Beside: ao lado de: The earphones are beside the monitor. |
Besides: além de: Besides English, she can also speak Russian. |
Between: entre (dois): He was sitting between the two old ladies. |
Beyond: além de: The valley is beyond the mountains. |
But: exceto: Everybody went to the party, but Philip. |
By: por, junto, ao lado de: Let’s rest by the fireplace. They live by the sea. |
Down: abaixo, para baixo. Please, put the volume down. Up: acima, para cima Their house is halfway down/up the hill |
During: durante: He was in the army during the war. |
For: a favor de: He who’s not for us is against us. |
For: por, para, há (tempo) The train for Moscow leaves at noon. Fresh air is good for health. They’ve lived here for ages. |
From: de (origem): Where are you from? |
In front of: na frente de: Peter is in front of Tim. |
Inside/outside: dentro de/fora de: Let the dog sleep inside/outside the house. |
Instead of: em vez de: You should be studying instead of playing video-games. |
Into: para dentro, em: The cars disappeared into the mist. |
Like: como: What’s that like? |
Near: perto de: The post office is near the cathedral. |
Off: para fora (de uma superfície): Marky fell off his bike. |
Out of: para fora de: Take these books out of the box. |
Over: sobre, acima de, por cima de: I´m gonna jump over the window. There were over 1.000 people in the concert Throw the stone over the wall |
Since: desde: I’ve known her since 1995. |
Through: através de: The soldiers walked through the forest. |
Till/until: até (tempo): The book won’t arrive till tomorrow. |
To: para: People say that Teresa will go to France next week. |
Towards: para, em direção a: The nasty boy threw the stone towards the window. |
Under: em baixo de: The cat lays under the bed. |
With/without: com/sem: Go with us! I can’t live without you. |
Within: dentro de : The noise came from within the stable. |
That is all, Lets see if those tips can helped us, take a look on the exercises below, try to answer it, and tell me, how it was, right ?
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm
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