Prepositions create difficulties for English language learners. To master their usage, close attention must be paid to spoken and written language. Keeping a dictionary handy is advised. Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause. Prepositional phrases mostly function as adjectives or adverbs by providing more information about nouns or verbs. The document then examines different prepositional phrases using "at".

1. Prepositions create a big confusion
for students who learn English as a second language. If you want to master
the preposition usage you have to pay close attention to speech and
written word. My advice is to keep a good dictionary close at hand.

2. Remember that a preposition links
nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. A prepositional
phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund,
or clause.

3. A prepositional phrase most often
functions as an adjective or adverb. That means it provides more
information about a noun or a verb.
In this lesson we are going to study Prepositional Phrases with AT.

4. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the beginning of
E.g. I joined the army at the beginning of the year.

5. Prepositional Phrases with at
at first sight
E.g. We met at a party and it was love at first sight.

6. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the moment
E.g. I am reading a very interesting book at the moment.

7. Prepositional Phrases with at
at random
E.g. The people for this experiment were chosen at random.

8. Prepositional Phrases with at
at last
E.g. I had been sending emails to that company for a long time until
someone replied at last.

9. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the latest
E.g. You can go out but you have to be home by 10 at the latest.

10. Prepositional Phrases with at
at least
E.g. It’s very cold outside but at least it isn’t snowing.

11. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the age of
E.g. I learned to read at the age of 5.

12. Prepositional Phrases with at
at a glance
E.g. She knew at a glance that he was going to talk to her.

13. Prepositional Phrases with at
at all costs
E.g. I need to pass this job interview at all costs.

14. Prepositional Phrases with at
at times
E.g. At times, he felt very lonely.

15. Prepositional Phrases with at
at length
E.g. My boyfriend can speak at length about Romanian literature.

16. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the weekend
E.g. I love going out with my girlfriend at the weekend.

17. Prepositional Phrases with at
at...km per hour
E.g. She was fined 200 lei for driving at 150 km per hour.

18. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the door
E.g. There’s somebody at the door.

19. Prepositional Phrases with at
at hand
E.g. I always have my phone at hand in case I need to make an urgent call.

20. Prepositional Phrases with at
at any rate
E.g. At any rate, I don’t think you should sell your car.

21. Prepositional Phrases with at
at first
E.g. At first, I was very interested in this course but now I’m not.

22. Prepositional Phrases with at
at midday/midnight
E.g. She returned home at midnight as she was afraid of walking alone in
the dark.

23. Prepositional Phrases with at
at present
E.g. At present, I am studying Italian history.

24. Prepositional Phrases with at
at night
E.g. She couldn’t sleep at night. She preferred to sleep during the day.

25. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the bottom of
E.g. There’s a museum at the bottom of this hill.

26. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the end
E.g. I’m going to Rome at the end of the month.

27. Prepositional Phrases with at
at a guess
E.g. At a guess, 200 people came to the wedding.

28. Prepositional Phrases with at
at short notice
E.g. He knew he could be fired at short notice if he made any kind of
mistake.

29. Prepositional Phrases with at
at fault
E.g. Who was at fault for the accident?

30. Prepositional Phrases with at
at once
E.g. He had two jobs at once just to pay for his son’s education.

31. Prepositional Phrases with at
at the same time
E.g She liked him a lot but at the same time she was afraid of him.

32. Prepositional Phrases with at
at work
E.g. He was at work when I called him so I couldn’t talk to him.

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