This document provides definitions and examples of different English prepositions related to place, movement, time/date, and location. It defines 11 different place prepositions like "on", "in", "under", etc. It also defines 15 prepositions of movement like "over", "along", "across", etc. For time/date prepositions, it defines 3 prepositions - "in", "at", "on" that are used with months, years, seasons, times, and dates. Finally, it defines location prepositions "at", "in", "on" and provides examples of when each is used to indicate a point, area, or surface. The document includes exercises for each preposition category.

1. Instituto Universitario Politécnico
Santiago Mariño
Extensión 4 de mayo
Realized for:
Erick Jardín
C.I: 21.323.758
Ing. Electrónica
Teacher:
Cesar Velásquez
PREPOSITIONS

2. PLACE
- Definition: Are the words what we use for indicate where this someone or something.
-Characteristics
1. On: Used for meaning "above", but in Spanish as "in".
2. In: Its means "within", but in Spanish as so we can say as "in".
3. Under: Its means "under" and used for indicates what something what it´s found under of other thing.
4. In frond of: Its means “before” or “in front of”, indicates something what not it´s found just in front.
5. Opposite: Its means “in front of” or “before”, indicates something what it´s found just in front.
6. Behind: Its means “behind” and indicates what something behind of other thing.
7. Next to: Its means “next to”.
8. Near: Its means “near” and used when we want indicate what something near.
9. Between: Its means “between”, but always it implies between two persons our thing.
10. Among: have a its means similar to between, but its means between various.
11. Over: have a its means of above, but always it gives the sense of not touching the ground.
-Example
1. The dog is on the table.
2. The truck is under the wood.
3. Brian is opposite Anne.
4. Jane is next to the cow.
5. The boy is between his parents
6. The man is over the river

3. -Exercises
1. The table is below the Windows. The Windows is __above__ the table.
A. behind
B. above
C. between
D. by
2. Steve, Alex, David. Alex is ___between____ Steve and David.
A. below
B. next to
C. by
D. between
3. Steve, Alex, David. Alex is ___next to____ Steve.
A. between
B. under
C. next to
D. behind
4. Brenda is in front of Gina. Gina is ___behind____ Brenda.
A. above
B. next to
C. beside
D. behind
5. Your mouth is ___under____ your nose.
A. under
B. next to
C. between
D. opposite

4. MOVEMENT
-Definition: Are the words what meaning for indicates movements in one phrase.
-Characteristics
1. Over: Used whit its means of “over”.
2. Along: Its means “along of” and used for indicates movement what follow one line determined.
3. Across: Its means “across” and used for indicates what it crosses from one side to another.
4. Into: Its means “into” and used for indicates what we move from the outside inwardly of some.
5. Towards: Its means “towards” and used with the address concrete.
6. Past: Its means “in front of” and gives the sense of what the subject this to the height of a place.
7. Under: Used with the sense of “under”.
8. Through: Its means “through "and used for indicates the three dimensions of a space.
9. By: Used when we speak medium of transport what come on to used for move.
10. On: Yes us come on to displace to foot used “on”.
11. Around: Indicate movements circulate already that translate as “around”.
12. Out: Indicates from the inside out of a place.
13. To: Indicate the point where we are headed.
14. Between: Used with sense movement for indicates what that movement it has been made in medium of
two things.
15. From: Its means “of” with sense from and used for indicates the origin of where we come.
-Example
1. The man is walking along the road.
2. They jumped into the swimming pool.

5. 3. They are walking past the florist's.
4. The man is walking through the cars.
5. The postman delivered on foot today.
6. The woman went out of her house.
7. The students come from a course.
8. Maria went by taxi to the beach.
-Exercises
1. He goes _to__ disco techs every night.
A. to
B. across
C. down
D. towards
2. You must walk ____across___ the bridge.
A. into
B. across
C. down
D. along
3. Walk ___down____ the street and turn left.
A. around
B. to
C. down
D. across

6. 4. That woman going ___into____ the supermarket is my mother.
A. into
B. to
C. across
D. off
5. Sally is talking ___to____ Michael.
A. to
B. off
C. through
D. up

7. TIME AND DATE
-Definition: Are those what used with expression of time or date correct.
-Characteristics
1. In: Used with months, years and seasons.
2. At: Used when we speak of time, period festive and expression.
3. On: Used “on”, with the day week, day festive and day specific we the calendar.
-Example
1. I was born in November.
2. It’s on May the first.
3. It’s on Christmas day.
4. He arrived at 8 o’clock.
5. I was born in the 80’s.
6. He arrived at midnight.
7. I was born in 1983.
8. They went at Christmas
-Exercises
1. Train A leaves at 11:00. Train B leaves at 12:00. The B train leaves ___after____ the A train.
A. before
B. after
C. during
D. for

8. 3. She worked at the hotel ___for____ 5 years.
A. before
B. after
C. during
D. for
4. The rain started ___during____ the football match. They had to stop the game.
A. before
B. after
C. during
D. for

9. LOCATION
-Definition: Are the words what used for indicates the place where this something located
- Characteristics
1. At: It is used when we refer to a point correct.
2. In: It is used when we refer to a area or volume.
3. On: It is used when we refer to the surface.
- Example
1. They are at the door.
2. They are on the street
3. He goes to the park.
4. They are in Gran Canaria.
5. They are at work.
6. They live at 23, Oxford Street.
8. They live on the second floor.
- Exercises
1. Maria is at the hospital.
A. At
B. In
C. on

10. 2. There are many tourists _in__ New York.
A. to
B. at
C. in
3. My apartment is _on__ the first floor.
A. At
B. On
C. in