1. Prepositions

2. Prepositions are words that show the relationship between other words.

3. infrombelow atintonear byoverunder foracrossafter ofthroughbefore totowardabove withuponduring aboutoffon

4. Prepositions of time At, in, for, before, during, after, until

5. Using at, in, on at: specific time of the day at midnight, at 5:00 PM at six o’clock, at lunch, at dinner at: an address, a specific building or participation in some event at the local library, at a movie theater, at the doctor’s office, at BCC

6. Use At after verbs that indicate being or remaining in one place and not moving from one place to another Usually he stays at work. He sits at his desk and looks at his inventions.

7. In: general times or period of times in February, in 1972 in the afternoon, in the summer in the meantime in these years In: location inside an enclosed area or an area with specific boundaries in the yard, in my car, in a bookstore, in the pool, in an envelope, in a box

8. On: specific days and dates, holidays on Saturday on June 19 on Thanksgiving Day on my birthday On: “one object supported by another object with some surface of both objects touching each other” on that table, on the road, on her finger, on your face, on the roof,

9. At InOn at workin the officeon the job at the gamein the crowdon the field at the zooin the parkon the ice at 2:00 PMin Aprilon Tuesday at 9:00 o’clockin Octoberon July 12 th at midnightin 1968on May 4, 2003 at nightin bedon a mattress

10. More expressions with in, on, at In loveon TV in agreementon the radio in painon the phone on edgeon the computer on targeton top on timein a city at oddsin a country in a continent

11. Use To after verbs that indicate movement from one place to another. Every morning Ana walks to the library, goes to the coffee shop, and returns to her office.

12. Use during to explain when something happened. Use for to explain how long it takes to happen. During the month of December people spend a lot of money and the stores are busy for days.

13. Do not put to before home I am going home She returned home

14. Position of prepositional phrases of time At the beginning or end of a sentence

15. After the movies, I’ll go get ice cream. I’ll go get ice cream after the movies.

16. Prepositions of location and direction Location: at, in, on, under, near, in front of, behind, on top of Direction: to, from, into, onto, out of, down, over, off, through, around

17. Position of prepositional phrases of place (location, direction) After the main verb when there is no object or after verb + object

18. I saw her in the cafeteria. She is eating in the cafeteria. Put the money in my purse.

19. Some adjectives are often followed by certain prepositions ► Afraid ofjealous for ► Bad for proud of ► Crazy aboutresponsible for ► Familiar withsad about ► Famous forsafe from ► Fond ofsimilar to ► Full ofsorry for ► Good forsure about

20. More expressions (A, B,C) ► Accuse of ► Add to ► Angry with ► Angry about ► Agree with ► apologize for ► apply for ► Approve of ► Argue with ► Ask for ► Aware of ► Believe in ► Belong to ► Capable of ► Care about ► Care for ► Committed to ► Comply with ► Concern about ► Confronted with ► Consist of ► Count on

21. More expressions (D, E, F, G) ► Deal with ► Decide to ► Decide on ► Depend on ► Be disappointed with ► Be disappointed about ► Dream of ► Escape from ► Excited about ► Familiar with ► Fond of ► Forget about ► Forgive (so) for ► Friendly with ► Good for ► Grateful for

22. More expressions (H, I, J, K, L, O, P) ► Happy about ► Hear about ► hope for ► Hopeful about ► Innocent of ► insist on ► Insulted by ► Interested in ► Introduced to ► Jealous of ► Keep from ► Located in ► Long for ► Look forward to ► Opposed to ► Participate in ► Patient with ► Pay attention to ► Pay for ► Pray for

23. More expressions (P, Q, R, S ) ► Prepared to ► Prepared for ► Prevent from ► Protect from ► Proud of ► Provide with ► Qualify for ► Be realistic about ► Refer to ► Related to ► Rely on ► Rescue from ► Responsible for ► Sad about ► Satisfied with ► Scared of ► Search for ► Similar to ► Specialize in ► Stop from ► Succeed in

24. More expressions (T, U, W) ► Take advantage of ► Take care of ► Thank (so) for ► Think about ► Think of ► Tired of ► Upset with ► Upset about ► Willing to ► Wish for ► Worry about

25. Some prepositional phrases occur with no articles  At ► School ► Church ► Lunch ► Work ► Home ► In bed to School Church Lunch Work Bed By plane, bus, car, boat On foot

26. Phrasal verbs (two-word verbs) consist of a verb + an adverb (particles) up, down, out, off

27. Some phrasal verbs take objects, others don’t She made up a story. Turn down the volume. She grew up in Canada.

28. If the object of the phrasal verb is a noun, it can go before or after the particle. She called off the wedding. She called the wedding off.

29. If the object is a pronoun, it must go before the particle. I picked it up. He took it off

30. Common phrasal verbs with or without objects ► Catch up ► drop out ► Grow up ► Run out ► Settle down ► Show up ► slow down ► take off ► turn up ► Work out

31. Common phrasal verbs with objects ► Bring up ► Build up ► Call off ► Check out ► Figure out ► Give up ► keep up ► Let down ► look up ► Make up ► Pick up ► Point out

32. Some common combinations Some common combinations grouped by preposition 1. Verbs + about ask complain dream forget talk think worry

33. 2. 2. Verb + to agree object be used pay attention belong relate explain reply introduce say listen speak

34. 3. 3.Verbs + with agreefill argue get along break up help competefinish cooperate work disagree

35. 4. Verbs + for apologize ask buy do look make pay study thank

36. 5. Verbs + on count have keep pick put rely take wait work

37. 6. Verbs + off break call cut fall jump keep live take turn

38. 7. Verbs + at guess laugh look smile stare yell

39. 8. 8. Verbs + of complain die get rid

40. 9. Verbs + toward contribute head turn walk work

41. Verb + preposition Combinations Like phrasal verbs, these combinations are sometimes called two-word verbs The most common prepositions in these combinations include: about, for, in, on, to, after, at, of, from

42. Verbs + prepositions are different from phrasal verbs In phrasal verbs, pronoun objects come before particles In verbs + prepositions, all objects come after their prepositions.

43. Three - word verbs combine a phrasal verb ( a verb + particle) with a preposition ► Keep up with ► Drop in on ► Face up to ► Get along with ► Put up with ► Cut down on

44. Against 1. touching the side surface of Don’t lean against the door. 2. in opposition to I am against changing the rules of the class.

45. Among in the middle of three or more unspecified items concerning more than two people My class is among the others.

46. Between in the middle of two items concerning two people It’s between Maria and you.

47. Through moving along a passage beyond Go through the hallway and turn left.

48. Toward going in the direction of a destination He is walking toward me.

49. The End!