Prepositions - Usage and exercises for EFL

Prepositions - Usage and exercises for EFL classes

2. Teacher: Vu Thi Mai
GROUP: IV

3. Definition
Usage
Types of Preposition
Practice

4. repositions are a class of words
that indicate relationships between
nouns, pronouns and other words in
a sentence.
Most often they come before a noun.
They never change their form,
regardless of the case, gender etc. of
the word they are referring to

5. Simple prepositions are single word
prepositions. These are all showed above.
For example:
–The book is onthe table.

6. Compound prepositions are more
than one word
For example:
–The book is in between War and
Peace and The Lord of the Rings.
–The book is in front of the clock.

7. 1. The prepositions usually comes
before the noun.
2. Prepositions can be used with all
forms of nouns (e.g. collective
nouns, pronouns etc…).
3. Prepositions can't come after a verb,
but can be used before a gerund or
verb in noun form.
4. The rules above do not change and
there are no exceptions to the rules.

8. Time
Placement (Location)
Direction
Cause

9. Usage Example
AtDesignatespecific timesAt the weekend
OnDesignatedays and datesOn Monday
InNonspecific times during a
day/month/season/year
In August, In the
morning,In 2006
Since/
for
From/overa certain period
of time (past till now)
Since 1980, For
2years
Definition:A Time preposition is a word used to
show a point in time or a length of time

10. IN
ON
AT
FOR
BETWEEN
UNTIL/ TILL

11. IN
ON
AT
FOR
BETWEEN
UNTIL/ TILL

12. IN
PART OF THE DAY
MONTH
YEAR/ AGE
SEASON
E.g.: In the morning
In July
In 1980
In the Middle age
In summer

13. ON
DAY
DATE
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
E.g.: On Friday
On 1
st
September
On New Year’s Day
On Christmas Day

14. AT
POINT OF TIME
EXACT TIME OF DAY
SEASONAL HOLIDAYS
OTHER EXPRESSIONS
E.g.: At the start of the trip
At 10 o’clock
At Easter
At noon/ dawn/ night
At the moment
At present
At the weekend
At first/ last

15. FOR
HOW LONG SOMETHING LASTS
E.g.: He stayed there for two hours.
We went to Spain for all the winter.
They have lived there for 10 years.

16. BETWEEN
FOR THE TIME BETWEEN TWO POINTS OF TIME
E.g.: Between 1980 and 1990
Between summer and winter
Between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.

17. UNTIL/ TILL
SOMETHING CONTINUES UP TO,
BUT NOT LATER THAN, THE TIME MENTIONED
E.g.: Between 1980 and 1990
Between summer and winter
Between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.

18. PLACE (LOCATION) PREPOSITION
Usage Example
At Specific addressAt the cinema
OnDesignate names of
streets, avenues, etc.
On the bus
On the table
InThe names of land-areas
(towns, counties,
states,…)
In London, In
the car
By,
next to
Left or right of somebody
or something
Jane is
standing by
the car
Definition:A Place (Location)
preposition is a word used to
show a specific place

19. •Definition:A Direction preposition is a word
used to show movement from one place to
another
•Such as:to, through, across, into, around, …
•Example:
–She is going tothe shopping center.
–The rocket traveled throughspace.
–The tour group walked acrossthe street.

20. Definition:A preposition of
Cause & Purpose is a word
used to show a reason, goal or
target.

21. Meaning Example
Cause, reasonFor/from/
through
He succeeded for many
reasons
Purpose, goal,
target
For Victor is applying for
the post of Senior
Technician
Actual recipientTo He gave the money to
her
Goal, target
(with hostility)
At/to/
towards
The police tired at the
bank robbers

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1.The mail carrier left the mail ___ the
secretary’ s desk.
2.The software company offers training
___ Atlanta.
3.There will be a holiday ___ Monday.
4.The presentation starts __ 9:30 A.M.
in the conference room.
5.The doctor will not give the patient
the test results _____ tomorrow.
in
on
on
at
until

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6.That clerk stands _______ a
computer all day.
7.Please hand in that report ___
Friday afternoon.
8.Have you read this article _____ our
competitors?
9.We do almost all our corresponding
___ e-mail.
10.The sale goes on _______ the 16
th
.
behind
by
about
by
through

24. •Complete the sentences. Use the
prepositions in the table
•a. I’ ll see you on Wednesday
•b. I’m going to Laos ………… January
•c. We must be there………….. 8.30
and 9.15
•d. The bank closes…………….3 pm. If
you
arrive …………3pm,the bank will be
closed
e. I’ll be home ………… 7.00 because I
in
between
at
after
before

25. GROUP IV
Đức Toàn
Xuân Toàn
Thái Hưng
Đăng Khoa
Bảo Ngọc
Hoàng Oanh
Sen Quỳnh
Tấn An
Văn Hiếu
Tiến Khang
Quốc Thảo

26. Caûm ôn ñaõ
quan taâm
theo doõi
phaàn trình
baøy cuûa
group IV