Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in We use at to designate specific times. The train is due at 12:15 p.m.

We use on to designate days and dates. My brother is coming on Monday. We're having a party on the Fourth of Ju y. We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year. !he i"es to #og in the morning. $t's too co d in %inter to run outside. &e started the #ob in 1'(1. &e's going to )uit in *ugust. Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in We use at for specific addresses. +rammar ,ng ish ives at 55 -oret. /oad in 0urham. We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc. &er house is on -oret. /oad. And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents). !he ives in 0urham. 0urham is in Windham 1ounty. Windham 1ounty is in 1onnecticut. Prepositions of ocation: in, at, and on and !o Preposition "! 2the3 bed4 the bedroom the car 2the3 c ass4 the ibrary4 schoo 4 AT c ass4 home the ibrary4 the office schoo 4 %or" #! the bed4 the cei ing the f oor the horse the p ane the train !# P$%P#&"T"#! do%nstairs do%nto%n inside outside upstairs upto%n

Prepositions of 'ovement: to and No Preposition We use to in order to e(press movement toward a place. They %ere driving to %or" together. !he's going to the dentist's office this morning. Toward and towards are a so he pfu prepositions to e5press movement. These are simp y variant spe ings of the same %ord6 use %hichever sounds better to you. We're moving to%ard the ight. This is a big step to%ards the pro#ect's comp etion. With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use no preposition. +randma %ent upstairs +randpa %ent home. They both %ent outside.

Prepositions of Time: for and since We use for %hen %e measure time 2seconds7 minutes7 hours7 days7 months7 years3. &e he d his breath for seven minutes. !he's ived there for seven years. The -ritish and $rish have been )uarre ing for seven centuries. We use since with a specific date or time. &e's %or"ed here since 1'(8. !he's been sitting in the %aiting room since t%o9thirty. Prepositions with !ouns, Ad)ectives, and *er+s. :repositions are sometimes so firm y %edded to other %ords that they have practica y become one %ord. 2$n fact7 in other anguages7 such as +erman7 they %ou d have become one %ord.3 This occurs in three categories: nouns7 ad#ectives7 and verbs. !#,!& and P$%P#&"T"#!& approva of a%areness of be ief in concern for confusion about desire for fondness for grasp of hatred of hope for interest in ove of need for participation in reason for respect for success in understanding of

A-.%/T"*%& and P$%P#&"T"#!& afraid of angry at a%are of capab e of care ess about fami iar %ith fond of happy about interested in #ea ous of made of married to proud of simi ar to sorry for sure of tired of %orried about

*%$0& and P$%P#&"T"#!& apo ogi.e for as" about as" for be ong to bring up care for find out give up gro% up oo" for oo" for%ard to oo" up ma"e up pay for prepare for study for ta " about thin" about trust in %or" for %orry about

* combination of verb and preposition is ca ed a phrasal ver+. The %ord that is #oined to the verb is then ca ed a particle. : ease refer to the brief section %e have prepared on phrasal verbs for an e5p anation. "diomatic %(pressions with Prepositions agree to a proposa 7 with a person7 on a price7 in princip e argue about a matter7 with a person7 for or against a proposition compare to to sho% i"enesses7 with to sho% differences 2sometimes simi arities3 correspond to a thing7 with a person differ from an un i"e thing7 with a person ive at an address7 in a house or city7 on a street7 with other peop e