5. Using at, in, on
at: specific time of the day
at midnight, at 5:00 PM
at six o’clock, at lunch, at dinner
at: an address, a specific building
or participation in some event
at the local library, at a movie
theater, at the doctor’s office,
at BCC
6. Use At after verbs that indicate being
or remaining in one place and not
moving from one place to another
Usually he stays at work. He sits at
his desk and looks at his inventions.
7. In: general times or period of times
in February, in 1972
in the afternoon, in the summer
in the meantime
in these years
In: location inside an enclosed area
or an area with specific boundaries
in the yard, in my car, in a bookstore,
in the pool, in an envelope, in a box
8. On: specific days and dates,
holidays
on Saturday
on June 19
on Thanksgiving Day
on my birthday
On: “one object supported by
another object with some surface of
both objects touching each other”
on that table, on the road, on her
finger, on your face, on the roof,
9. At
at work
at the game
at the zoo
at 2:00 PM
at 9:00 o’clock
at midnight
at night
In
On
in the officeon the job
in the crowd
on the field
in the park
on the ice
in April
on Tuesday
in October
on July 12th
in 1968
on May 4, 2003
in bed
on a mattress
10. More expressions with in, on, at
In love
in agreement
in pain
on edge
on target
on time
at odds
on TV
on the radio
on the phone
on the computer
on top
in a city
in a country
in a continent
11. Use To after verbs that indicate
movement from one place to
another.
Every morning Ana walks to the
library, goes to the coffee shop, and
returns to her office.
12. Use during to explain when
something happened. Use for to
explain how long it takes to happen.
During the month of December
people spend a lot of money and the
stores are busy for days.
13. Do not put to before home
I am going home
She returned home
15. After the movies, I’ll go get ice
cream.
I’ll go get ice cream after the movies.
16. Prepositions of location
and direction
Location: at, in, on, under, near, in front
of, behind, on top of
Direction: to, from, into, onto, out of,
down, over, off, through, around
18. I saw her in the cafeteria.
She is eating in the cafeteria.
Put the money in my purse.
19. Some adjectives are often followed
by certain prepositions
► Afraid of
► Bad for
► Crazy about
► Familiar with
► Famous for
► Fond of
► Full of
► Good for
jealous for
proud of
responsible for
sad about
safe from
similar to
sorry for
sure about
20. More expressions
(A, B,C)
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Accuse of
Add to
Angry with
Angry about
Agree with
apologize for
apply for
Approve of
Argue with
Ask for
Aware of
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Believe in
Belong to
Capable of
Care about
Care for
Committed to
Comply with
Concern about
Confronted with
Consist of
Count on
21. More expressions
(D, E, F, G)
► Deal with
► Excited about
► Decide to
► Familiar with
► Decide on
► Fond of
► Depend on
► Forget about
► Be disappointed with
► Forgive (so) for
► Be disappointed about
► Friendly with
► Dream of
► Good for
► Escape from
► Grateful for
22. More expressions
(H, I, J, K, L, O, P)
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Happy about
Hear about
hope for
Hopeful about
Innocent of
insist on
Insulted by
Interested in
Introduced to
Jealous of
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Keep from
Located in
Long for
Look forward to
Opposed to
Participate in
Patient with
Pay attention to
Pay for
Pray for
23. More expressions
(P, Q, R, S )
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Prepared to
Prepared for
Prevent from
Protect from
Proud of
Provide with
Qualify for
Be realistic about
Refer to
Related to
Rely on
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Rescue from
Responsible for
Sad about
Satisfied with
Scared of
Search for
Similar to
Specialize in
Stop from
Succeed in
24. More expressions
(T, U, W)
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Take advantage of
Take care of
Thank (so) for
Think about
Think of
Tired of
Upset with
Upset about
Willing to
Wish for
Worry about
25. Some prepositional phrases occur
with no articles
At
► School
► Church
► Lunch
► Work
► Home
to
School
Church
Lunch
Work
Bed
By plane, bus, car, boat
► In
bed
On foot
27. Some phrasal verbs take objects,
others don’t
She made up a story.
Turn down the volume.
She grew up in Canada.
28. If the object of the phrasal verb is a
noun, it can go before or after the
particle.
She called off the wedding.
She called the wedding off.
29. If the object is a pronoun, it must go
before the particle.
I picked it up.
He took it off
30. Common phrasal verbs with or
without objects
► Catch up
drop out
► Grow up
► Run out
► Settle down
► Show up
► slow down
► take off
► turn up
► Work out
►
31. Common phrasal verbs with objects
►
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Bring up
Build up
Call off
Check out
Figure out
Give up
keep up
Let down
look up
Make up
Pick up
Point out
40. 9. Verbs + toward
contribute
head
turn
walk
work
41. Like phrasal verbs, these
combinations are sometimes called
two-word verbs
The most common prepositions in
these combinations include:
about, for, in, on, to,
after, at, of, from
42. Verbs + prepositions are different
from phrasal verbs
In phrasal verbs , pronoun objects
come before particles
In verbs + prepositions , all
objects come after their prepositions.
43. Three - word verbs combine a
phrasal verb ( a verb + particle) with
a preposition
► Keep up with
► Drop in on
► Face up to
► Get along with
► Put up with
► Cut down on
44. Against
1. touching the side surface of
Don’t lean against the door.
2. in opposition to
I am against changing the rules of
the class.
45. Among
in the middle of three or more
unspecified items
concerning more than two people
My class is among the others.
46. Between
in the middle of two items
concerning two people
It’s between Maria and you.
