Prepositions are a big problem in all languages and mean a major difficulty for learners.
You will find a short overview of the most important prepositions as follows:
prepostitions of place
at and on are used as follows:
| institutions: | directly next to / or in front of | events | adresses: | on a surface: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| at school at the doctor's at the supermarket | at the door at the window at the computer | at the concert at the meeting at the party | at home at 10 Downing Street at John's | on the wall on the beach on the 2nd floot |
!beware with the following expressions:
| to | in . | at places |
|---|---|---|
| go to school go to the movies to to bed | in the country in the photo/picture in the world in the sky (am Himmel) | in Munich in Germany in Castle Street |
prepositions of time
| at (time of day, periods of time several days) | on (weekdays, date, special days) | in (Months, a timespan, seasons, time of the day) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| at 8 o'clock at 10.40 at midnight at Chritsmas at the weekend at night | on Monday, Tuesday.... on 25 April, 5 Febuary on Easter Monday on Tuesday afternoon | in April, May, June... in 1885, 1984... in summer, spring in the afternoon |
prepositions of direction
| to school | from Russia with love | into the woods | out of nowhere out of Rosenheim | onto the platform onto trucks |
| off the chair | up the stairs down the stairs | over the town | over the fence | through the park |
| round the bend | along the road | across the street | under the bridge |
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