English Grammar Short notes about Prepositions
Prepositions of Time / Place at, in, on
At
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In
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On
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At 4:30 pm
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in March
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on Monday
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At 3 o'clock
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In Winter
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On 6 March
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At noon
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In the summer
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On 22 Dec.2012
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At dinnertime
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In 1990
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On Christmas Day
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At bedtime
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In the next century
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On your birthday
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At the moment
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In the future
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On New Year's Eve
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Other Important Prepositions: -
Prepositions
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use
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Example
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during
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while in
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during the film,during the war, during my stay
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for
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for two days, for an hour
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from / to
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from Saturday to Monday, from 5 to 9
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between
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the time period from one to another
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between 1986 and 2012, between Saturday and Monday
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until/till
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before a certain time
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until/till Sunday,5 o'clock
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by
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at the least
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by Tuesday, by next month, by tomorrow
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to
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movement towards
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to school, to work, to the station
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into
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movement towards inside something
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into the cinema, into the car
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out of
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to leave a place/a thing
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out of the cinema,out of the car
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by
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near/next to/beside
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LINK stand by me, by the lake
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through
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through the tunnel, through the room
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across
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opposite ends
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across the river, across the street
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against
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against the wall, against the door
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into
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movement towards inside something
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into the cinema, into the car
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