1. Preposition

2. For

3. For
WHEN WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW LONG SOMETHING
CONTINUES

4. Examples
• Rita will be here only for a few minutes
• This session will go on for 2 hours
• For a moment I didn’t know where to go
• I have booked a hotel for my stay in Calcutta
• The pilgrims sat and rested for a while
• Ramesh promised to stay for a few minutes more
• Monica’s family will go to Singapore for her
graduation ceremony

5. With

6. With ABOUT HOW
TO TALK
SOMETHING IS DONE
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE USE TO DO
SOMETHING
FOLLOWED BY A NOUN

7. Examples
• Shiv can open bottles with his teeth
• Can I pay with my credit card?
• Mark the answers only with a ball point pen
• Shankar can break open walnuts with his bare
hands
• The dacoits attacked the bus with bayonets
• Mohit garnished the pastry with almonds

8. By

9. By
TO TALK ABOUT HOW SOMETHING IS DONE
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ACTION WE TAKE TO DO SOMETHING
FOLLOWED BY A NOUN OR -ING

10. WHEN WE SAY
SOMETHING WILL
BE ACHIEVED
EITHER BEFORE A
PARTICULAR TIME
OR AT THAT TIME
AT THE LATEST

11. Examples
• He avoided the ditch by braking hard (action + -ing)
• This dish will taste better by adding garam masala to it
(action + -ing)
• The kids reached the fruits on the tree by standing on the
crate (action + -ing)
• This dress will reach on time only if it is sent by air (noun)
• I lost weight by exercising regularly (action + -ing)
• We have to reach the station by 6 (time)
• She was playing the sitar by the time she was 12 (time)

12. On

13. On WE TALK ABOUT A POSITION TOUCHING A FLAT SURFACE
WHEN

14. On WE TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR DAY, DATE OR PART OF
WHEN
A PARTICULAR DAY

15. On WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH WE THINK OF AS A
WHEN
LINE – ROAD/RIVER

16. Examples
• There is a lizard on the wall (flat surface)
• Mayajal is on the East Cost Road (straight line as in road)
• Her house in on the banks of Hindon river (straight line as
in road)
• I work on a farm (flat surface)
• I work in a pharmacy
• We are meeting our agency on Thursday (particular day)
• Rashmi is meeting me on 22nd (particular date)

17. In

18. In
WHEN WE WANT TO SAY HOW LONG SOMETHING TAKES

19. WHEN WE WANT
TO TALK ABOUT A
POSITION WITHIN
A LARGER AREA

20. WITHIN AN ENCLOSED AREA OR BOUNDARY

21. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LONGER PERIODS – SEASONS, MONTHS,
In
YEARS, OTHER PERIODS

22. Examples
• Delhi is very pleasant in the winters (longer period)
• In the days following my surgery, I was totally dependent on my wife
(longer period)
• Rohit will be here in 15 minutes (time taken)
• He is in the bathroom(within an enclosed area/boundary)
• Lunch will be served in 20 minutes (time taken)
• There is no one in the room (within an enclosed area/boundary)
• The sofa is in the southern corner of the room (position)
• On her trip to Europe, she spent the maximum time in Rome (position)
• I’ll meet you in Café Coffee Day on Sardar Patel Marg (poisition)
• I’ll be going to Mumbai in December (longer period)

23. At

24. At WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A POINT AND NOT WHEN WE
WHEN
TALK ABOUT A LOCALITY

25. EXACT POINTS OF TIME
At

26. At
WHILE TALKING ABOUT MEAL TIMES

27. At
WHEN WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN EVENT WHERE THERE IS A
GROUP OF PEOPLE

28. Examples
• I was waiting for my wife at the bus stop (particular location)
• Turn left at the traffic light (particular point)
• There were very few people at Sanjeev’s party (event with a group of
people)
• Everybody was present at the office get together (event with a group
of people)
• My house is at the end of St. Marks street (particular location)
• We give salaries to our employees at the end of the month (exact
time)
• I met Pradeep at lunchtime (meal time)
• I’ll meet Shuchi at 3 P.M. (exact time)

29. Examples
• I was standing in the metro station (within an enclosed
area/boundary)
• I was standing at the metro station (particular point)
• We met in Vasant Vihar (within an enclosed area/boundary)
• We met at Barista in Vasant Vihar (particular point)
• He’s in the gym (within an enclosed area/boundary)
• He’s at the gym near his house (particular point)
• I was in the bank when she called (within an enclosed area/boundary)
• I was at the ATM when she called (particular point. ATM is a machine.
One can not be inside a machine)
• There were very few attendees in the reception party - Incorrect
• There were very few attendees at the reception party – Correct

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