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PREPOSITIONSPREPOSITIONS

ENGLISH ENGLISH COMPREHENSION COMPREHENSION

AND COMPOSITOINAND COMPOSITOINCourse Supervisor:

Ayyaz Qadeer

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PREPOSITIONPREPOSITION

A preposition describes a relationship between words in a sentence

Noun and Noun: Book on the table

Verb and Noun : Jumped at the grapes

Adjective and Noun: Good by heard

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Consider the bold red wordsConsider the bold red words

You can sit before the desk (or in front of the desk). The professor can sit on the desk (when he's being informal) or behind the desk, and then his feet are under the desk or beneath the desk. He can stand beside the desk (meaning next to the desk), before the desk, between the desk and you, or even on the desk (if he's really strange). If he's clumsy, he can bump into the desk or try to walk through the desk (and stuff would fall off the desk). Passing his hands over the desk or resting his elbows upon the desk, he often looks across the desk and speaks of the desk or concerning the desk as if there were nothing else like the desk. Because he thinks of nothing except the desk, sometimes you wonder about the desk, what's in the desk, what he paid for the desk, and if he could live without the desk. You can walk toward the desk, to the desk, around the desk, by the desk, and even past the desk while he sits at the desk or leans against the desk.

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Prepositions of Time: Prepositions of Time: at, onat, on, and , and ininWe use at to designate specific times.

The train is due at 12:15 p.m.

We use on to designate days and dates.

My brother is coming on Monday. We're having a party on the Fourth of July.

We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.

She likes to jog in the morning. It's too cold in winter to run outside.

He started the job in 1971. He's going to quit in August.

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Prepositions of Place: Prepositions of Place: at, onat, on, and , and inin

We use at for specific addresses.

Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.

We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.

Her house is on Boretz Road.

And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).

She lives in Durham. Durham is in Windham County.

Windham County is in Connecticut.

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Prepositions of Location: Prepositions of Location: in, atin, at, and , and ononand No Prepositionand No Preposition

IN

(the) bedthe

bedroomthe car

(the) classthe library

school

AT

classhome

the librarythe office

schoolwork

ON

the bedthe ceilingthe floorthe horsethe planethe train

NO PREPOSI

TION

downstairsdowntown

insideoutsideupstairsuptown

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Prepositions of Movement: Prepositions of Movement: toto and and No PrepositionNo Preposition

We use to in order to express movement toward a place.

They were driving to work together. She's going to the dentist's office this morning.

Toward and towards are also helpful prepositions to express movement. These are simply variant spellings of

the same word; use whichever sounds better to you.

We're moving toward the light. This is a big step towards the project's completion.

With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use no preposition.

Grandma went upstairs Grandpa went home.

They both went outside.

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Prepositions of Time: Prepositions of Time: forfor and and sincesince

We use for when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months,

years).

He held his breath for seven minutes. She's lived there for seven years.

The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries.

We use since with a specific date or time.

He's worked here since 1970. She's been sitting in the waiting room since

two-thirty.

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NOUNS and PREPOSITIONSNOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

approval ofawareness

ofbelief in

concern forconfusion

aboutdesire for

fondness forgrasp ofhatred ofhope for

interest inlove of

need forparticipation

inreason forrespect forsuccess in

understanding of

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ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONSADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

afraid ofangry ataware of

capable ofcareless

aboutfamiliar with

fond ofhappy aboutinterested in

jealous ofmade of

married to

proud ofsimilar tosorry forsure oftired ofworried about

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VERBS and PREPOSITIONSVERBS and PREPOSITIONS

apologize forask about

ask forbelong tobring upcare forfind out

give upgrow uplook for

look forward to

look upmake uppay for

prepare forstudy fortalk about

think abouttrust in

work forworry about

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Idiomatic Expressions with Idiomatic Expressions with Prepositions Prepositions

agree to a proposal, with a person, on a price, in principle

argue about a matter, with a person, for or against a proposition

compare to to show likenesses, with to show differences (sometimes similarities)

correspond to a thing, with a person

differ from an unlike thing, with a person

live at an address, in a house or city, on a street, with other people

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Unnecessary PrepositionsUnnecessary Prepositions

She met up with the new coach in the hallway.

The book fell off of the desk. He threw the book out of the window. She wouldn't let the cat inside of the

house. [or use "in"] Where did they go to?

Where is your college at?

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Recognizing PrepositionsRecognizing Prepositions

    Francis Macomber had, half an hour before, been carried to his tent from the edge of the camp in triumph on the arms and shoulders of the cook, the personal boys, the skinner and the porters. The gun-bearers had taken no part in the demonstration. When the native boys put him down at the door of his tent, he had shaken all their hands, received their congratulations, and then gone into the tent and sat on the bed until his wife came in. She did not speak to him when she came in and he left the tent at once to wash his face and hands in the portable wash basin outside and go over to the dining tent to sit in a comfortable canvas chair in the breeze and the shade.

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Francis Macomber had, half an hour before, been carried to his tent from the edge of the camp in triumph on the arms and shoulders of the cook, the personal boys, the skinner and the porters. The gun-bearers had taken no part in the demonstration. When the native boys put him down at the door of his tent, he had shaken all their hands, received their congratulations, and then gone into the tent and sat on the bed until his wife came in. She did not speak to him when she came in and he left the tent at* once to wash his face and hands in the portable wash basin outside and go over to the dining tent to sit in a comfortable canvas chair in the breeze and the shade.

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Quiz # 02Quiz # 02Choose the Correct AnswerChoose the Correct Answer

1. My best friend lives ______ Boretz Road. a. in b. on c. at

2. I'll be ready to leave ____ about twenty minutes. a. in b. on c. at

3. Since he met his new friend, Juan never seems to be ______ home. a. on b. in c. at

4. The child responded to his mother's demands ______ throwing a tantrum. a. with b. by c. from

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5. I think she spent the entire afternoon ______ the phone. a. on b. in c. at

6. I will wait ______ 6:30, but then I'm going home. a. from b. at c. until

7. The police caught the thief _____ the corner of Cascade and Plum Streets. a. in b. at c. from

8. My fingers were injured so my sister had to write the note _____ me. a. for b. with c. to

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9. I am not interested _____ buying a new car now. a. to b. for c. in

10. What are the main ingredients ______ this casserole? a. about b. to c. of

11. My best friend, John, is named ______ his great-grandfather. a. after b. to c. about

12. Grandpa stayed up ______ two in the morning. a. since b. for c. until

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13. My parents have been married ______ forty-nine years. a. since b. for c. until

14. He usually travels to Philadelphia _______ train. a. by b. at c. with

15. You frequently see this kind of violence ____ television. a. with b. in c. on

16. I told Mom we'd be home ______ an hour or so. a. to b. in c. at

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17. I was visiting my best friend _____ the hospital. a. of b. at c. in

18. The professor _______ South Africa amazed the American students with her stories. a. from b. of c. in

19. I'll see you ____ home when I get there. a. in b. by c. at

20. It's been snowing ________ Christmas morning. a. since b. for c. until

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B A C B A C B A C C

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A C B A C B C A C A

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