Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction) EnglishUsageExample in *.room, building, street, town, country *.book, paper etc. *.car, taxi *.picture, world *.in the kitchen, in London *.in the book *.in the car, in a taxi *.in the picture, in the world at *.meaningnext to, by an object *.fortable *.for events *.place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) *.at the door, at the station *.at the table *.at a concert, at the party *.at the cinema, at school, at work on *.attached *.for a place with a river *.being on a surface *.for a certain side (left, right) *.for a floor in a house *.for public transport *.fortelevision, radio *.the picture on the wall *.London lies on the Thames. *.on the table *.on the left *.on the first floor *.on the bus, on a plane *.on TV, on the radio by, next to, beside *.left or right of somebody or something *.Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. under *.on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else *.the bag is under the table below *.lower than something else but above ground *.the fish are below the surface over *.covered by something else *.meaningmore than *.getting to the other side (alsoacross) *.overcoming an obstacle *.put a jacket over your shirt *.over 16 years of age *.walk over the bridge *.climb over the wall above *.higher than something else, but not directly over it *.a path above the lake across *.getting to the other side (alsoover) *.getting to the other side *.walk across the bridge *.swim across the lake through *.something with limits on top, bottom and the sides *.drive through the tunnel to *.movement to person or building *.movement to a place or country *.forbed *.go to the cinema *.go to London / Ireland *.go to bed into *.enter a room / a building *.go into the kitchen / the house towards *.movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) *.go 5 steps towards the house onto *.movement to the top of something *.jump onto the table from *.in the sense ofwhere from *.a flower from the garden
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:03:17 +0000
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