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Prepositions: Präpositions - Time

Prepositions are short words like "on", "in", and "to" that are difficult for learners as their usage depends on context. There are no clear rules for when to use each preposition. The document provides tables of common prepositions used with time, place, position, and direction to illustrate their usage with examples. It also lists other important prepositions and their uses such as "from", "of", "by", and "about".

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Prepositions: Präpositions - Time

Prepositions are short words like "on", "in", and "to" that are difficult for learners as their usage depends on context. There are no clear rules for when to use each preposition. The document provides tables of common prepositions used with time, place, position, and direction to illustrate their usage with examples. It also lists other important prepositions and their uses such as "from", "of", "by", and "about".

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Prepositions

Präpositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns
(sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).

Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is


usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several
translations depending on the situation.

There are hardly any rules as to when to use which preposition. The only way to
learn prepositions is looking them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English
(literature) and learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips).

The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions
in English:

Präpositions – Time

English Usage Example

 o days of the week on Monday


n

in months / seasons in August / in winter


time of day in the morning
year in 2006
after a certain period of in an hour
time (when?)

at for night at night


for weekend at the weekend
a certain point of time at half past nine
(when?)

si from a certain point of time since 1980


nce (past till now)

fo over a certain period of for 2 years


r time (past till now)

ag a certain time in the past 2 years ago


English Usage Example

be earlier than a certain point before 2004


fore of time

to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

pa telling the time ten past six (6:10)


st

to  marking the beginning and from Monday to/till Friday


/ till / until end of a period of time

til in the sense of how long He is on holiday until


l / until something is going to last Friday.

 b in the sense of at the latest I will be back by 6 o’clock.


y up to a certain time By 11 o'clock, I had read
five pages.

Präpositions – Place (Position and Direction)

English Usage Example

 in room, building, street, in the kitchen, in London


town, country in the book
book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi
car, taxi in the picture, in the world
picture, world

 at meaning next to, by an at the door, at the station


object at the table
for table at a concert, at the party
for events at the cinema, at school, at
place where you are to do work
something typical (watch a film,
study, work)

 on attached the picture on the wall


for a place with a river London lies on the
English Usage Example

being on a surface Thames.


for a certain side (left, on the table
right) on the left
for a floor in a house on the first floor
for public transport on the bus, on a plane
for television, radio on TV, on the radio

by, left or right of somebody Jane is standing by / next


next to, or something to / beside the car.
beside

und on the ground, lower than the bag is under the table
er (or covered by) something else

 bel lower than something else the fish are below the
ow but above ground surface

ove covered by something else put a jacket over your shirt


r meaning more than over 16 years of age
getting to the other side walk over the bridge
(also across) climb over the wall
overcoming an obstacle

abo higher than something else, a path above the lake


ve but not directly over it

 acr getting to the other side walk across the bridge


oss (also over) swim across the lake
getting to the other side

 thr something with limits on drive through the tunnel


ough top, bottom and the sides

 to movement to person or go to the cinema


building go to London / Ireland
movement to a place or go to bed
country
for bed

into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the


house

tow movement in the direction go 5 steps towards the


ards of something (but not directly to it) house
English Usage Example

ont movement to the top of jump onto the table


o something

 fro in the sense of where from a flower from the garden


m

Other important Prepositions

English Usage Example

fr who gave it a present from Jane


om

of who/what does it belong to a page of the book


what does it show the picture of a palace

by who made it a book by Mark Twain

on walking or riding on on foot, on horseback


horseback get on the bus
entering a public transport
vehicle

in entering a car  / Taxi get in the car

of leaving a public transport get off the train


f vehicle

ou leaving a car  / Taxi get out of the taxi


t of

by rise or fall of something prices have risen by 10


travelling (other than percent
walking or horseriding) by car, by bus

at for age she learned Russian at 45

ab for topics, meaning what we were talking about you


out about

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