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1. Instructor: Tanveer Ahmed
Experience: 10 Years
Topic: Prepositions

2. A word that is used before a nounand shows its relation
with other wordof the sentence.
Example:
He has gone tocollege bybus.
Prepositions

3. Prepositions
Preposition
+
Noun

4. Noun
Noun Phrase
Noun Clause
The cat ran under the car.
Ali sits beside me.
He is interested in cooking.
He lives in a brand new house.
Pronoun
Gerund
The page is about how a student can succeed.
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5. Guess if the sentence has a Preposition, an Adverbor an
Infinitive.
Adverb
Preposition or Adverb
Infinitive
Preposition
1.He went in.
2.I like to eat fish.
3.She is in the class.

6. Location Vs Direction
Car is on the road
Students are atthe
University intheir
classroom.

7. Surface: On
Enclosed area: In
Point: At
•Onthe table
•Onthe road
•Inthe room
•Inthe ground
•Atstation
•At bus stop
•Atcollege
1. Location

8. Onto: Dynamic (Changing position)
On: Not changing the position
•He is going ontothe stage.
•He is on the stage.
2. Direction
on/onto
1.Movement to a Surface:

9. Into: Dynamic (Changing position)
In: Not changing the position
•He is jumping intothe pool.
•He is inthe pool.
2. Direction
2.Movement towards enclosed area:
in/into

10. Toward: Direction
To: Destination
•He is running towardsyour house.
•He is goingto school.
2. Direction
3.Movement to a destination:
toward/to

11. Prepositions of Time
It was quite cold athome
onthe Christmas Eve in
winter.

12. Point Time Extended Time
3. Time
At
On
In
•During
•Since
•For
•From-to
•Within
•By

13. Night
Clock
•At night
•At 7 O’ clock
Point time: At
Holidays
•At Eid
Events
•At the weekend

14. Days
Dates
•On Sunday
•On 7
th
June
Point time: On
Particular Days
•On Eid Day
•On his birthday

15. Part of the Day
Month
•In the morning
•In the evening
•In June
•In 2011
Years
•In 1990s
Decades
•In winter
Seasons

16. During
Since
From a particular time in past until later time, or until now:
Extended Time
Used to show an amount of time:
For
•They kept watching movie during the night.
•He has been studying since 2001.
•Ali has been my friend for two years.

17. From-to
Within
Within given time.
Extended Time
Not later than; at or before.
By
•I work from 6am to 2pm.
•He will visit Paris within a month.
•I’ll return your debt by tomorrow.
Used to show the time when something starts.

18. •He went to Dubai ____ July 15, 2018.
•I met him ___ Christmas.
•He gave me a gift ___ my Birthday.
•He will dance ___ farewell party.
•He was born ___ summer.
on
Point Time
at
on
at
in

19. He is walking alongthe road.
Spatial Relations

20. Limits
Relative
Position
4. Spatial Relations
Around
Along
Within
Relative
Movements
Against
Across
Through
Out of
Above
Under
Over
Beneath

21. Around
Along
Parallel with boundary.
Limits
Inside the boundary.
Within
•The Earth revolves around the Sun.
•He was walking along the highway.
•I am running within the circle.
With circular boundary.

22. Against
Across
Surface
Enclosed
Through
•Pakistan is playing against Bangladesh.
•Across the bridge/ Across the road.
•Through the class/ Through the field.
Collision of two opposite forces.
Out of
•The fish fell out of the pan.
Out of enclosed surface
Relative Movements

23. Off, Under
Over
Beneath
Above
Prepositions

24. Above
Below
In/insideIn front ofBehind
On Beside Under In between
Prepositions

25. Spatial Relations
up down over
toAway from past
into Out of around
onto off across
through
along

26. Phrasal Verbs

27. A Preposition followed by a verb that changes the meaning
of the verb.
5. Phrasal Verbs
Get
Get out
Get lost

28. sbdown
Means to insult
My boss is always
putting me down.
sboff
Means to distract
Don’t put me off –
I’m trying to
concentrate.
sbthrough
To connect sb by
phone
Could you put me
through to him,
please?
Up with
Sb/sthmeans to
tolerate
I don’t know why she
puts up with him.
sthoff
Means to delay
He decided to put the
meeting off until
Friday.
sthby
Means to save
money
We’ll start to put by
extra some pounds
every month.
sthon
Means to dress
Put your shoes on-
We’re going out.
PUT
sbaway
Means to tidy
Put your toys away
now.
Phrasal Verbs with “Put”

29. over sth
To get control
The firm was badly in
need of restructuring
when he took over.
in sth
To comprehend sth
I didn’t take in much
of what the teacher
said.
out sth
To remove sthfrom
a place
The dentist has to take
out this tooth.
Up with
To begin a new
hobby
I’m not very good at
basketball. I only took it
up recently.
down sth
To write on a
paper
I can take down the
messages that come
in.
On sth
To accept job or
responsibility
Don’t take on more
responsibilities than
you can handle.
off
To begin flight
The plane will take off
in two hours.
TAKE
after sb
To resemble sb in
appearance
She takes after her
mother.
Phrasal Verbs with “Take”

30. round
To visit a place
and look at the
things in it
I want to spend my
whole day looking
round the shops at
the weekend.
through
To read something
quickly
I’ve looked through
some catalogues.
after
To take care of sb,
sth
It was very difficult to
look after her when
she was a child
because she was
restless.
ahead
To think about
what will happen
in the future and
make plans
We need to look
ahead to decide
how to expand our
business.
forward to
To be excited about a
future event
She was looking forward to
seeing her grand children
again
LOOK
to
To expect sb to supply
something
Poor woman is looking to
the people for help.
Phrasal Verbs with “Look”

31. up on sth
To research
I read up on the places I
plan to visit before I travel.
for
To search for sb/sth
A snowstorm is
approaching. You must
look for a safe place.
back
To think about
something that
happened in the
past
When I look back, I
can see where we
went wrong.
out
To watch what is
happening and be
careful
Look out! There’s a
car coming!
on
To watch something
happen but not
become involved in it
A large crowd looked on as
the band played.
LOOK
up
To find information
(especially in a book)
I can look up his address in
the address book.
Phrasal Verbs with “Look”

32. sthback
To read sthagain
Please read the letter back
to me.
for sth
To study for sth
They are in the library
reading for their exams
next week.
into
To believe that a
situation has a
particular
importance
Don’t read too much
into her leaving so
suddenly. She
probably just had a
train to catch.
sthoff
To read sth
aloud from a list
I read the number
off the box.
on
To watch something
happen but not
become involved in it
A large crowd looked on as
the band played.
READ
over/through
To read something
quickly from the
beginning to the end
Always read over your
work when you’ve
finished.
Phrasal Verbs with “Read”

33. Break down
Fail, to cease to function
E.g. I am afraid my
computer will break down if
I try to run it at too high a
speed.
Break down
Decay, to decompose
E.g. Leaves and grass will
break down into compost
faster if you keep them
moist.
Break down
Digest
E.g. His stomach took a
while to break down his
food.
Break away
Become separated,
literally or figuratively
E.g. A chunk of rock
broke away from the
cliff edge.
Break into
Open or begin to
use
E.g. I finally broke
into the second
package of cookies.
Break in
Enter a place by
force or illicit
means
E.g. Someone
broke in and stole
his radio.
Break up
End a relationship
E.g. She broke up
with her boyfriend
last week
BREAK
Break even
Neither gain nor lose
money
E.g. After an entire
night playing poker, he
nearly broke even.
Phrasal Verbs with “Put”