How to Use Prepositions*

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How to Use Prepositions*

*🎓How to Use Prepositions*

🕰PrePosition of Time
🌍PrePosition of Place
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*PrePositions*
OF Time
AT, IN, ON

We use:
*AT* for a precise time
*IN* for Months, Years, Centuries
& Long Periods
*ON* Days & Dates

*1⃣ AT*
*For a Precise Time*
*At*3 o'clock
*At*10 am
*At* Noon
*At* DinnerTime
*At* BedTime
*At* SunRise
*At* SunSet
*At* the Moment on
New Year's Eve...
*Examples*
🔸I have a meeting *at* 9am.
🔹The Shop closes *at* Midnight.
🔸He went home *at* Lunchtime...

*2⃣ IN*
*For Months, Years, Centuries & Long Periods*

*In* May on Sunday
*In* Summer
*In* the Summer
*In* 1990
*In* the1990s
*In* the Bext Century
*In* the Ice Age
*In* the Past/Future...
*Examples:*
*🔸In* England, it often snows *in* December.
🔹Do you think we will go to Jupiter *in* the future?
🔸There should be a lot of progress *in* the Next Century...

*3⃣ ON*
*Days & Dates*

*On* 25 Dec.2010
*On* Christmas Day
*On* Independence Day
*On* My Birthday
*On* Tuesdays
*On* 6 March...
*Examples:*
🔹Do you work *on* Mondays?
🔸Her Birthday is *on* 20 November.
🔹Where will you be on New Year's Day?

*👉🏻NOTE
When we say Last, Next, Every, this we do not use AT, IN, ON.

🔸I went to London last June.
(Not👉🏻in last June)
🔹He's coming back next Tuesday.
(Not👉🏻on next Tuesday)
🔸I go home every Easter.
(Not👉🏻at every Easter)
🔹We'll call you this evening.
(not👉🏻in this evening)
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🌍
*Prepositions*
OF Place
AT - IN - ON

*1⃣ AT a Point*

*AT*👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is located at a Specific Point oR Location.
It shows an exact Position.

*At* The Empire State Building
*At* the Corner
*At* the Bus Stop.
*At* the door.
*At* the Top of Page.
*At* the End of the Road
*At* the Entrance.
*At* the Cross Roads.
*At* the Front desk
*At* a Conference.
*At* a Party
*Examples*
🔸She's waiting *at* the entrance.
🔹He's sitting on his Chair *at* his Desk.
🔸I work *at* a Bank
🔹There is a dog *at* the Top of the Steps.
🔸There is a woman *at* the Bottom of the Steps.
🔹The postman is *at* the door.
🔸There is a Supermarket *at* the End of the Street.

*2⃣ IN*
🅰 IN an Enclosed Space

*IN*👈🏻tells us the Noun is in an EnClosed Space (Surround oR Closed off on all Sides).
Basically, when Something is inside Something.

*In* a Box.
*In* a Room.
*In* a Country.
*In* a Traffic jam
*In* Time Square
*In* a Building
*In* a Car
*in* a Taxi
*In* a Boat
*In* a Helicopter
*In* a Lift (Elevator)
*In* the Living-Room
*In* the Article

*🅱 IN Countries,*
*Cities, Neighborhood*

*In* England
*In* London
*In* Manhattan
*In* Chinatown
*Examples:*
🔹The Dog is *in* the Garden.
🔸I have an Apple *in* my bag.
🔹David’s Car is *in* the Car Park.
🔸Let’s go for a Walk *in* the Forest.
🔹I live *in* London.

*3⃣ ON*

*🅰 ON a Surface*
ON👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is Located on a Surface. Use *On* when One thing is attatched to oR touching Somthing.

*On* the Table.
*On* the Floor.
*On* the Chair.
*On* a Wall
*On* the Roof
*On* the Menu
*On* the Page
*On* the Door
*On* the Shelf
*Examples:*
🔸What’s that *on* the Ceiling?
🔹There’s a bag *on* the Floor.
🔸My Books are *on* the Table.

*🅱 ON Means*
*of Transport:*
*On* a Bus
*On* a Train
*On* a Plane
*On* a Ship
*On* a Bicyc/Bike
*On* a Horse

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