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Aprepositionisawordthatlinksanoun,pronoun,ornounphrasetosomeotherpartofthesentence.
PrepositionscanbetrickyforEnglishlearners.Thereisnodefiniteruleorformulaforchoosinga
preposition.Inthebeginningstageoflearningthelanguage,youshouldtrytoidentifyapreposition
whenreadingorlisteninginEnglishandrecognizeitsusage.
totheoffice
atthedesk
onthetable
inanhour
aboutmyself
Aprepositionisusedtoshowdirection,location,ortime,ortointroduceanobject.
Hereareafewcommonprepositionsandexamples.
On
Usedtoexpressasurfaceofsomething:
Iputaneggonthekitchentable.
Thepaperisonmydesk.
Usedtospecifydaysanddates:
ThegarbagetruckcomesonWednesdays.
Iwasbornonthe14thdayofJunein1988.
Usedtoindicateadeviceormachine,suchasaphoneorcomputer:
Heisonthephonerightnow.
Shehasbeenonthecomputersincethismorning.
MyfavoritemoviewillbeonTVtonight.
Usedtoindicateapartofthebody:
Thestickhitmeonmyshoulder.
Hekissedmeonmycheek.
Iweararingonmyfinger.
Usedtoindicatethestateofsomething:
Everythinginthisstoreisonsale.
Thebuildingisonfire.
At
Usedtopointoutspecifictime:
Iwillmeetyouat12p.m.
Thebuswillstophereat5:45p.m.
Usedtoindicateaplace:
Thereisapartyattheclubhouse.
Therewerehundredsofpeopleatthepark.
Wesawabaseballgameatthestadium.
Usedtoindicateanemailaddress:
Pleaseemailmeatabc@defg.com.
Usedtoindicateanactivity:
Helaughedatmyacting.
Iamgoodatdrawingaportrait.
In
Usedforunspecifictimesduringaday,month,season,year:
Shealwaysreadsnewspapersinthemorning.
Inthesummer,wehavearainyseasonforthreeweeks.
ThenewsemesterwillstartinMarch.
Usedtoindicatealocationorplace:
Shelookedmedirectlyintheeyes.
Iamcurrentlystayinginahotel.
MyhometownisLosAngeles,whichisinCalifornia.
Usedtoindicateashape,color,orsize:
Thispaintingismostlyinblue.
Thestudentsstoodinacircle.
Thisjacketcomesinfourdifferentsizes.
Usedtoexpresswhiledoingsomething:
Inpreparingforthefinalreport,werevisedthetonethreetimes.
Acatchphraseneedstobeimpressiveinmarketingaproduct.
Usedtoindicateabelief,opinion,interest,orfeeling:
Ibelieveinthenextlife.
Wearenotinterestedingambling.
[Quiz22.1]
Identifyallprepositionsinthefollowingsentences.
Afterflyingformanyhours,wefinallygotofftheairplane.Wewalkedouttheexitandwenttothe
baggageclaimarea.Therewerehundredsofdifferentbagsontheconveyerbelt.Ialmostpickedupthe
wrongonebecauseitlookedlikemine.
[Quiz22.2]
Chooseacorrectprepositioninthesentence.
1)Iwanttolose5kilogram(on,at,in)onemonth.
2)Couldyougetmethispants(on,at,in)alargersize?
3)Sheseemstobeinterested(on,at,in)Psychology.
4)Iwillcometopickyouup(on,at,in)2pmtomorrow.
5)Thisclasswillbeheld(on,at,in)Mondays.