2. Prepositions
A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or
phrases to other words within a sentence. Prepositions are
usually short words, and they are normally placed directly
in front of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in
front of gerund verbs.
A preposition describes a relationship between other
words in a sentence.
3. Consider the professor's desk and all the prepositional phrases
we can use while talking about it.
You can sit before the desk (or in front of the desk). The professor can
sit on the desk (when she's being informal) or behind the desk, and then her
feet are under the desk or beneath the desk. She can stand beside the desk
(meaning next to the desk), before the desk, between the desk and you, or
even on the desk (if she's really strange). If she's clumsy, he can
bump into the desk or try to walk through the desk (and stuff would
fall off the desk). Passing her hands over the desk or resting her
elbows upon the desk, she often looks across the desk and speaks of the
desk or concerning the desk as if there were nothing else like the desk.
Because she thinks of nothing except the desk, sometimes you
wonder about the desk, what's in the desk, what she paid for the desk, and if
she 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 she
sits at the desk or leans against the desk.
4. Prepositions of Place - AT
Nos usamos “at” para nos referirmos a lugares que pensamos como
um ponto de referência, ou um evento onde há um grupo de
pessoas, por exemplo.
Specific addresses At the school
At class At work
At home At the door
At the library At the the church
At the office At a friend´s house
5. Prepositions of Place - In
Nos usamos “in” para nos referirmos a coisas ou lugares que estão
fechados ou cercados e também para nomes de locais como cidades,
estados, condados, países e continentes.
In a garden In Connecticut
In a bedroom In class
In a taxi In the library
In a flat In America
In Vegas In a plane
6. Prepositions of Place - On
Nos usamos “on” para nos referirmos a nomes de ruas e avenidas ou
para demonstrar posições em superfícies horizontais e verticais.
On the box On road 66
On the wall On the grass
On fifth street On the blackboard
On the roof On page
On Ocean Avenue On the horse
7. Prepositions of Time - At
Nos usamos “at” para designar um tempo específico (hora) e em
algumas expressões como:
At 3 o´clock At weekends
At noon At sunrise
At dinnertime At sunset
At bedtime At Christmas
At night At the moment
8. Prepositions of Time - In
Nos usamos “in” para meses, anos, estações, séculos ou em alguns
períodos de tempo específicos:
In the morning In 20th century
In the afternoon In July
In the evening In the Ice Age
In winter In the past
In 1977 In the future
9. Prepositions of Time - On
Nos usamos “on” para dias da semana, meses + dias, datas
completas e feriados específicos seguidos das palavras “day” e “eve”
On Sunday
On 17 July
On 17 July 1977
On my birthday
On New Year´s Eve
On Christmas Day
10. Referências
MURPH, Raymond. English Grammar in Use.
Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
www.grammarbook.com
www.englishclub.com
