in, on, at (time)
on -for days and dates
at - for a precise time
At On In
At 3 o’ clock on
Tuesday in May
At 10.30 am on the
26th in
Summer
At noon on Wednesdays in 1990
At bed time
in the 1990s
At sunrise
in the next century
At the moment
in the past / future
Ex: I have a meeting at 9 am. Do you work on Monday?
The shop
closes at midnight It often snows
in December
Standard
expressions
At night on Tuesday morning in the morning
At the
weekend on Saturday mornings in the mornings
At
Christmas on Sunday
afternoon in the
afternoon(s)
At the same
time on my birthday in the
evening(s)
At present on Christmas day in the future/past/in
a while /moment
*When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on
Ex: I went to Kandy last June
He is coming back next
Tuesday
I go home everyday
He will call you this evening
Other prepositions of Time
After- after school, ago-6 years ago, before-
before next month, between-between Monday
and Friday, by-by Thursday, during-during the holidays, For-for three weeks, from
... to-from Monday to Wednesday, ,since-since
Monday, till/until- till tomorrow, up to-up to six hours a day, within-within a day
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in, on, at ( place )
We use in-for an enclosed space
on-for a surface
at -for a point
At On In
At the corner on the wall in the garden
At the bus stop on the ceiling in London
At the door on the door in a box
At the top of the page
on the cover in a car
At the end of the road on the floor in my wallet
At the entrance on a page in a building
At the front desk on the menu
Ex: She is waiting for you at the bus stop
You
are standing on my foot
Do you
work in an office?
Standard
expressions
at in on
at home in a car /by car on a bus/by bus
at work in a taxi/by taxi on a train
at school in a helicopter on a plane
at
university in a boat on a ship
at college in a lift on a
bicycle/motorbike/by bike
at the top in the newspaper on a horse/ an elephant
at the
bottom in the sky on the radio/ on
television
at the
side in a row on the left/on
the right
at
reception in oxford
street on the way
Other prepositions of place
In front of , over /above, under/below,
behind, next to/behind/by, among, between, by
Prepositions of
movement
To movement
to a specific distance
ex- I went to the Zoo
Through movement from one side of a given space to
the other
ex-River flows through the
tunnel
Along movement
from one end of a given oblong surface to the other
ex-She ran along the road
Over
movement above a given space
ex- It flew over the
mountain
Across
movement from one side of a surface to another
ex- They went across the meadow
Into
talking about an inward movement
ex- Knife went deep into the
body
Off
movement directed away from a given surface
ex-The book fell off the shelf
Arrive at
with activities, buildings and general locations
Ex- The bus arrive at the station
Arrive in
with countries, states and cities
Ex- When do you
arrive in Colombo
*Prepositions are not used with the following
locations and destinations
Overseas, abroad, inside, outside, here,
there, home, downtown, upstairs, downstairs, where
More prepositional phrases
On holiday/ on
business / on a trip / on a tour
– He is on holiday (but go to a place for a holiday)
On television/
on the radio – I don’t watch
news on television, but I listen on the radio
On the phone- I am not on the phone
On strike- The railway workers are on strike
On diet –You have put on a lot of weight. You have to go on a
diet
On fire- Look! The car is on fire
On the whole- Sometimes I have some problems at work. But on the
whole I enjoy it
On purpose- I am sorry. I didn’t mean to annoy you. I didn’t do
it on purpose
In the rain /
in the sun / in the dark/ in the shade/ in bad weather
We sat in the shade/ It was too hot to sit in the sun
/ Don’t go out in the rain
In ink/in pencil – in exams, you are not allowed to
write in pencil
In order –Everything is in order
In words/in
figures/in block letters- Please
fill in the form in block letters
In cash- I paid the bill in cash / but I paid by credit card
In love (with
somebody)- Have you ever
been in love with anybody?
In my opinion – In my opinion, the film was not good
At the age of /
at the speed of / at the temperature of- He left school at the age of
sixteen/ The car was travelling at the speed of 80 miles an hour/ Water boils
at 100 degrees Celsius.
at first /at last / at most / at
least / at all / at times / at once / at any rate
By post /by
hand- Do something by hand
By cheque / by credit card- Can I pay by credit card. No you have to pay in cash
By mistake/ by accident/ by chance
– We hadn’t arranged to meet. We met by chance
by car/by train/ by boat/ by plane /by
ship/ by bus /on foot
by road / by sea/ by air /by rail /by
car(but in my car)
by
train(but on the train)
Do you prefer to travel by air or by train?
They didn’t come in their car. They came in a taxi
We travelled on the 6.45 train
By name /by now- I don’t know him by name / the shop might
have been closed by now
By somebody / something
– he has bitten by a dog / the programme was watched by millions of people / I
did it by myself /
The door must have been open by somebody with
a key
Have
you read any books by Martin?
Our salaries have increased by one thousand
rupees
For now / for
instance / for example / for sale /for the moment / for a while/for a better or
worse/For a walk /for a run/ for a swim
From now on /
from bad to worse / from my point of view / from what I understand
Under age / under control / under guarantee
Without fail / without notice Out of work ( without a job)
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