This document provides examples of usage of various English prepositions related to time and place. For time prepositions, it gives examples like "on Monday", "in August", "at night". For place prepositions, it discusses positions like "in the room", "at the table", "on the wall", and directions like "to London", "across the street", "through the tunnel". It also lists some other common prepositions used with age, topics of discussion, authors, and modes of travel. Exercises at the end test understanding of these preposition uses.

1. Prepositions – Time
English
Usage
on
days of the week
in
Example
months / seasons

on Monday
in August / in winter
time of day

in the morning
year

in 2006

in an hour
for night

at night
for weekend

at the weekend
a certain point of time (when?)

at half past nine
since
from a certain point of time (past till now)

since 1980
for
over a certain period of time (past till now)

for 2 years
ago
a certain time in the past

2 years ago
before
earlier than a certain point of time

before 2004
to
telling the time

ten to six (5:50)
past
telling the time

ten past six (6:10)
to / till / until
marking the beginning and end of a period of
till / until
in the sense of how long something is going to last
He is on holiday until
Friday.
by
in the sense of at the latest
I will be back by 6
o’clock.
after a certain period of time (when?)
at
up to a certain time
time
from Monday to/till Friday
By 11 o'clock, I had read
five pages.

2. Prepositions – Place (Position and
Direction)
English
in
Usage
Example

in the kitchen, in London
book, paper etc.

in the book
car, taxi

in the car, in a taxi
picture, world

in the picture, in the world
meaning next to, by an object

at the door, at the station
for table

at the table
for events
at
room, building, street, town, country

at a concert, at the party
place where you are to do something
typical (watch a film, study, work)
on
at the cinema, at school, at work
attached

the picture on the wall
for a place with a river

London lies on the Thames.
being on a surface

on the table
for a certain side (left, 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, next to, beside
left or right of somebody or something
under
on the ground, lower than (or covered by) 
something else
the bag is under the table
below
lower than something else but above
ground

the fish are below the surface
over
covered by something else

put a jacket over your shirt
meaning more than

over 16 years of age
getting to the other side (also across)

walk over the bridge
overcoming an obstacle

climb over the wall
above
Jane is standing by / next to / beside
the car.
higher than something else, but not directly

over it
a path above the lake

3. English
in
Usage
Example

in the kitchen, in London
book, paper etc.

in the book
car, taxi

in the car, in a taxi
picture, world

in the picture, in the world
getting to the other side (also over)

walk across the bridge
getting to the other side
across
room, building, street, town, country

swim across the lake
through
something with limits on top, bottom and 
the sides
drive through the tunnel
to
movement to person or building

go to the cinema
movement to a place or country

go to London / Ireland
for bed

go to bed
into
enter a room / a building
go into the kitchen / the house
towards
movement in the direction of something
(but not directly to it)
go 5 steps towards the house
onto
movement to the top of something

jump onto the table
from
in the sense of where from

a flower from the garden
Other Important Prepositions

4. English
Usage
Example
from
who gave it

a present from Jane
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 horseback

on foot, on horseback
entering a public transport vehicle

get on the bus
in
entering a car / Taxi

get in the car
off
leaving a public transport vehicle

get off the train
out of
leaving a car / Taxi

get out of the taxi
by
rise or fall of something

prices have risen by 10 percent
travelling (other than walking or
horseriding)

by car, by bus
at
for age

she learned Russian at 45
about
for topics, meaning what about

we were talking about you

5. Exercises
1._He pen is ___the notebook.
2._The brown dog is ___the box.
3._The apple is ___ the book and the pen.
4._The pupil is ____ the door.

6. 5._The girl is standing ___ the board.
6._The chair is ___ the desk.
7._The red ball is ___the dog.
8._The presents are ______the table.
9._Two people are ___the green car.
10._My brother is sitting ____ the computer.
11._Three pencils are ___ the pencil box

7. 12._The ball is____ the box and the bear.
Choose the correct answer for each question .
1._I saw something about it ______ television.
A) in
B) on
C) at
2._ It's unlucky to walk ______ a ladder in my culture. I always walk ______
them.
A) out of / in
B) under / around
C) up / along
3._ The restaurant is ______ the High Street, ______ the cinema.
A) under / around
B) in / next to
C) through / in
4._ Sally left school ______ the age of 16 and went to work ______ a bank.
A) at / in

8. B) out of / in
C) in / next to
5._ He jumped ______ the wall and ______ the garden.
A) Over / into
B) along / up
C) by / on
6._ He was driving ______ 180 miles per hour when he crashed ______ the
central barrier.
A) out of / in
B) in / next to
C) at / into
7._ John is the person standing ______ the window, ______ the woman with
the long blonde hair.
A) at / into
B) in / next to
C) beside/next to
8._ Look, that car's ______ fire.
A)on
B)in
C)with

9. ANSWERS
1)Next to.
2)In
3)In front of
4)Between
5)In front of
6)Under
7)Behind
8)On
9)Inside
10)In front of
11)Inside
12)Between

10. 1) B
2) B
3) B
4) A
5) A
6) C
7) C
8) A
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