Prepositions of Place

1. Prepositions of
Place and Time

2. Prepositions

3. Prepositions of Place

4. Prepositions of Place
In : expressing the situation of something that is
or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by
something else.
Example
In a box.
In a room.
In a country.

5. Prepositions of Place
On : means that something is in a position
that is physically touching, covering or
attached to something.
Example
On the table.
On the floor.
On the chair.

6. Prepositions of Place
Below : Under and Below have a similar
meaning. They mean at a lower level.
Example
the cat is under the chair.
the plane is just below the the
cloud

7. Prepositions of Place
Above / Over : higher than something else,
but not directly over it
Example
a path above the lake.
There water all over the floor.
There is a ceiling above you.

8. Prepositions of Place
Near : not far away in distance
Example
The girl who is near the house.
This girl sitting near this girl.

9. Prepositions of Place
Far : at, to, or by a great distance (used to
indicate the extent to which one thing is
distant from another).
Example
It was not too far away.
All that happened far in the past.
Eyes far too close together.

10. Prepositions of Place
Behind : is the opposite of In front of. It
means at the back (part) of something.
Example
I hung my coat behind the door.
He sat behind her.
The broom is behind the door.

11. Prepositions of Place
In front of : further forward than someone
or something else
Example
The student standing in front of the class.
She started talking to the man in front
of her.
The man standing in the line in front of me
smells bad.

12. Prepositions of Place
Onto : used to show movement into or on a
particular place
Example
I slipped as I stepped onto the
platform.
they went up onto the ridge.

13. Prepositions of Place
Off : moving away and often down from.
Example
he rolled off the bed.
He is off gambling.
I was off my golf game.

14. Prepositions of Place
Into : towards the inside or middle of
something and about to be contained,
surrounded or enclosed by it
Example
Shall we go into the garden?
He crashed into a parked car.
He's into surfing.

15. Prepositions of Place
Out of : move from a closed space and
without
Example
He walked out of the room.
We are out of money.
He is out of work.
The printer has run out of paper.

16. Prepositions of Place
Around : in a circle, near, approximately
Example
- He walked around the table.
- It costs around 50 euros.

17. Prepositions of Place
Among : We use among to talk about things
which are not clearly separated because
they are part of a group or crowd or mass
of objects
Example
We agreed among ourselves.
She was chosen from among many
students.

18. Prepositions of Place
Between : Between normally refers to
something in the middle of two objects or
things (or places).
Example
The number 5 is between the number 4 and 6.
Mary sat between Tom and Jane.

19. Prepositions of Place
Opposite : facing, on the other side
Example
Eva sat opposite Tom at the table.
I live across from a supermarket

20. Prepositions of Time

21. Prepositions of Time
• We use:
at for a PRECISE TIME
in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES
and LONG PERIODS
on for DAYS and DATES

22. Prepositions of Time

23. Prepositions of Time
• Look at these examples:
• I have a meeting at 9am.
• The shop closes at midnight.
• Jane went home at lunchtime.
• In England, it often snows in December.
• Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
• There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
• Do you work on Mondays?
• Her birthday is on 20 November.
• Where will you be on New Year's Day?

24. Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the
following standard expressions:

25. Notice the use of the prepositions of
time in and on in these common
expressions:

26. Activity