Prepositions

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Prepositions
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• Pre-Intermediate Level

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AT

• Time (at night, at 6 p.m., at the weekend)
• Smaller place (at the table, at the seaside)
• Holidays (at Christmas, at Easter)
• Function (at dinner)
• Phrasal verbs (look at)

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IN

• Time (in three days, in the end)
• Bigger place (in Prague, in the world)
• Inside (in the house, in the box)
• In the north, in the west etc.
• In winter, in summer etc.
• Function (in bed, in use, in fact)

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ON

• Time (on Sunday, on holidays, on time)
• Place (on the table)
• Function (on foot, on a bus, on a diet)

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BY

• Time (by 5 oclock, by day)
• Place (by the window, by the sea)
• Function (by land, by air, by chance, by
  Shakespeare)

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Place prepositions

• Behind (behind the house)
• In front of (in front of you)
• Between (between two boxes)
• Next to (next to the table)
• Opposite (opposite the shop)
• Across (across the street)
• Over (over the river)

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Time prepositions

• From (from midnight)
• Till/Untill (till 5 oclock)
• For (for 2 years)
• Since (since December)
• After (after a meal)
• Before (before going to bed)

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Other prepositions

• Of (south of London, made of)
• Off (off duty, off the wall, a day off)
• Out of (out of water, out of bed)
• Against (against her will)

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Dekuji za pozornost.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Gabriela Marchewková