At - On- In:
Here there are some expressions of time and place:
We use in to refer to:
We use at to refer to:
We use on to refer to:
We use in to refer to:
- a year and a century
- a month
- a season
- a part of the day
- countries, cities
We use at to refer to:
- a public holiday
- with some phrases (the weekend/night/work/etc)
- a specific location or building
- a group activity
- a time
We use on to refer to:
- a day
- a date
- islands
- Positions on a surface
- other phrases (TV, phone, on time, etc)
Prepositions of movement:
Here are some useful ways to describe movements.
- Cycling along the road. (follow the road)
- Walking across the road. (cross the road)
- I'm getting into the market. (go into something)
- She get out of the video shop. (get out something)
- Walking up/down the stairs.
- They go through the tunnel. (go into and out of the tunnel)
- Running past the store. (walk past something so that it then is behind you)
- The children go around the school.
More prepositions of place:
Here are some useful ways to describe where things are.
- Two things can be next to each other. (For example, A is next to B in the alphabet.)
- One thing can be between (or in between) two other things. (For example, B is between A and C in the alphabet.)
- One thing can be near another. For example, London is near to Oxford.
- The opposite of near is far from. For example, Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is far from London.
- One thing can be opposite another thing. If you are sitting face to face with another person, then you are sitting opposite that person.
- If you are in a queue, someone can be behind you (so you are before that person) and someone can be in front ofyou (so you are behind that person).
- One thing can be on another thing. For example, my computer is on my desk.
- One thing can be under another thing. For example, I have a mousepad under my mouse.
- Below means a lower level. In a group of four football teams (team A, team B, team C and team d), team C are below team B.
- Above means on a higher level. Team A are above Team B, and team B is above team C.
- On top of means that something is physically located above another thing.
- At the top means that something is located at the highest point. "We're pleased that she is at the top of her class for English."
- At the bottom means that something is located at the lowest point. "We're not pleased that she is at the bottom of her class for Maths."
Prepositions of Transport:
Here there are some ways to say about transports:
- on a train, a bus, a plane, a bicycle
- get on / off a train / a bus / a plane / a bike
- in a car
- get in / out of a car
- go by car / train / plane / bus
- go on foot