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HOW TO USE PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions are use to link words such as nouns, pronouns and phrases
with other words in a sentence. Preposition must likely indicate location
Preposition         Usage                         Example
     on       days of the week            on Monday
      in      months / seasons            in August / in winter
              time of day                 in the morning
              year                        in 2006
              after a certain period of   in an hour
              time (when?)



      at      for night                   at night
              for weekend                 at the weekend
              a certain point of time     at half past nine
              (when?)
Preposition               Usage                               Example

       in     room, building, street, town,      in the kitchen, in London
              country
                                                 in the book
              book, paper etc.                   in the car, in a taxi
              car, taxi
                                                 in the picture, in the world
              picture, world
      at      meaning next to, by an object      at the door, at the station
              for table                          at the table
              for events                         at a concert, at the party
              place where you are to do          at the cinema, at school, at work
              something typical (watch a film,
              study, work)
      on      attached                           the picture on the wall
              for a place with a river           London lies on the Thames.
              being on a surface                 on the table
              for a certain side (left, right)   on the left
              for a floor in a house             on the first floor
              for public transport               on the bus, on a plane
              for television, radio              on TV, on the radio

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How to use prepositions

  • 1. HOW TO USE PREPOSITIONS
  • 2. Prepositions are use to link words such as nouns, pronouns and phrases with other words in a sentence. Preposition must likely indicate location
  • 3. Preposition Usage Example on days of the week on Monday in months / seasons in August / in winter time of day in the morning year in 2006 after a certain period of in an hour time (when?) at for night at night for weekend at the weekend a certain point of time at half past nine (when?)
  • 4. Preposition Usage Example in room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London country in the book book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi car, taxi in the picture, in the world picture, world at meaning next to, by an object at the door, at the station for table at the table for events at a concert, at the party place where you are to do at the cinema, at school, at work something typical (watch a film, study, work) on attached the picture on the wall for a place with a river London lies on the Thames. being on a surface on the table for a certain side (left, right) on the left for a floor in a house on the first floor for public transport on the bus, on a plane for television, radio on TV, on the radio