Prepositions of PLACE (Explanations and Examples) <ul><li> used to show an exact position or particular place</li><li>table</li><li>events</li><li>place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)</li><li> I met her at the entrance, at the bus stop</li><li>She sat at the table</li><li>at a concert, at the party</li><li>at the movies, at university, at work</li></ul><ul><li> attached</li><li>next to or along the side of (river)</li><li>used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it.</li><li>left, right</li><li>a floor in a house</li><li>used for showing some methods of traveling</li><li>television, radio</li><li> Look at the picture on the wall</li><li>Cambridge is on the River Cam.</li><li>The book is on the desk</li><li>A smile on his face</li><li>The shop is on the left</li><li>My apartment is on the first floor</li><li>I love traveling on trains /on the bus / on a plane</li><li>My favorite program on TV, on the radio</li></ul><ul><li>inside</li><li>I watch TV in the living-room</li><li>I live in New York</li><li>Look at the picture in the book</li><li>She looks at herself in the mirror.</li><li>She is in the car.</li><li>Look at the girl in the picture</li><li>This is the best team in the world</li></ul><ul><li> not far away in distance</li><li> The girl who is by / next to / beside the house.</li></ul><ul><li> in or into the space which separates two places, people or objects</li><li> The town lies halfway between Rome and Florence.</li></ul><ul><li> at the back (of)</li><li> I hung my coat behind the door.</li></ul><ul><li> further forward than someone or something else</li><li> She started talking to the man in front of her</li></ul><ul><li> lower than (or covered by) something else</li><li> the cat is under the chair.</li></ul><ul><li> lower than something else.</li><li> the plane is just below the the cloud</li></ul><ul><li> above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other.</li><li>more than.</li><li>across from one side to the other.</li><li>overcoming an obstacle</li><li> She held the umbrella over both of us.</li><li>Most of the carpets are over $100.</li><li>I walked over the bridge</li><li>She jumped over the gate</li></ul><ul><li> higher than something else, but not directly over it</li><li> a path above the lake</li></ul><ul><li> from one side to the other of something with clear limits / getting to the other side</li><li> She walked across the field/road.</li><li>He sailed across the Atlantic</li></ul><ul><li> from one end or side of something to the other</li><li> They walked slowly through the woods.</li></ul><ul><li> in the direction of</li><li>bed</li><li> We went to Prague last year.</li><li>I go to bed at ten.</li></ul><ul><li> towards the inside or middle of something and about to be contained, surrounded or enclosed by it</li><li> Shall we go into the garden?</li></ul><ul><li> in the direction of, or closer to someone or something</li><li> She stood up and walked towards him.</li></ul><ul><li> used to show movement into or on a particular place</li><li> I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.</li></ul><ul><li>used to show the place where someone or something starts:</li><li>What time does the flight from Amsterdam arrive?</li></ul>

Prepositions of TIME (explanations and examples) <ul><li> days</li><li>weekend (American English)</li><li> Many shops don't open on Sundays.</li><li>What did you do on the weekend?</li></ul><ul><li> months / seasons / year</li><li>morning / evening / afternoon</li><li>period of time</li><li> I visited Italy in July, in spring, in 1994</li><li>In the evenings, I like to relax.</li><li>This is the first cigarette I've had in three years.</li></ul><ul><li> night</li><li>weekend (British English)</li><li>used to show an exact or a particular time:</li><li> It gets cold at night.</li><li>What did you do at the weekend?</li><li>There's a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon / at lunch time.</li></ul><ul><li> from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now</li><li> England have not won the World Cup in football since 1966</li></ul><ul><li> used to show an amount of time.</li><li> I'm just going to bed for an hour or so.</li></ul><ul><li> back in the past; back in time from the present:</li><li> The dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.</li></ul><ul><li> at or during a time earlier than</li><li> She's always up before dawn.</li></ul><ul><li> used when saying the time, to mean before the stated hour</li><li> It's twenty to six.</li></ul><ul><li> telling the time</li><li> five past ten</li></ul><ul><li> until a particular time, marking end of a period of time</li><li> It's only two weeks to Christmas.</li></ul><ul><li> used to show the time when something starts</li><li> The museum is open from 9.30 to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.</li></ul><ul><li> up to (the time that)</li><li> We waited till / until half past six for you.</li></ul><ul><li>not later than; at or before</li><li>She had promised to be back by five o'clock.</li></ul>