Prepositions

Question 1

Time

Answer 1

⭕️on
*days of the week : on Monday

⭕️in
*months/seasons : In August/ in winter
*time of day : in the morning
*year : in 2006
* after a certain period of time(when?) : in an hour

⭕️at
* for night/noon/midnight : at night
*for weekend : at the weekend
* a certain point of time(when?) : at half past nine

⭕️since
*from a certain point of time(past till now) : since 1980

⭕️for
* over a certain period of time(past till now): for 2years

⭕️ago
* a certain time in the past: 2 years ago

⭕️before
*earlier than a certain point of time: before 2004

⭕️to
*telling the time: ten to six (5:50)

⭕️past
*telling the time: ten past six(6:10)

⭕️to/till/untill
*marking the beginning and end of a period of time : from Monday to/till Friday

⭕️till/untill
*in the sense of how long sth is going to last: He is on holiday until Friday

⭕️by
*in the sense of at the latest: I will be black by 6 o’clock
*up to a certain time:By 11 o’clock, I had read for pages

Question 2

Place

Answer 2

⭕️in
*room, building, street, town, country: in the kitchen, in the prison, in Kargar street, in London
*book, paper, etc :in the book
*car, taxi : in the car, in a taxi
* picture, world: in the picture, in the world
*جاهایی که هر کسی میتونه واردش بشه بدون اجازهpublic places

⭕️at
*meaning next to, by an object: at the door, at the stationکنار،بغل
*for table: at the table
*for events: at a concert, at the party
* place where you are to do sth typical(watch a film, study, work) : at the cinema, at school, at work
*جاهایی که همه آدما میتونن واردش بشنprivate places

⭕️on
*attached : the picture on the wall
* for a place with a river: London lies on the Thames
*being on a surface: on the tabl
* for a certain side(left, right) : on the left
*for a floor in a house : on the first floor
*for public transport: on the bus, on a plane
🌱به جز car,taxi
get in/out of the car
get on/off the bus
*for television, radio: on TV, on the radio

⭕️by, next to,beside
*left or light of sth or sb: Jane is standing by/next to/beside the car

⭕️under
*on the ground, lower than(or covered by) sth else : the bag is under the table

⭕️below
*lower than sth else but above ground: the fish are below the surface

⭕️over
*covered by sth else: put a jacket over your shirt
*meaning more than: over 16 years of ago
*getting to the other side(also across): walk over the bridge
*overcoming an obstacle: climb over the wall

⭕️above
*higher than sth else, but not directly over it: a path above the lake

⭕️across
*getting to the other side(also over):walk across the bridge
*getting to the other side: swim across the lake

⭕️through
*sth will limits on top, bottom and the sides: drive through the tunnel

⭕️to
*movement to person or building:go to the cinema
*movement to a place or country: go to London/Ireland
*for bed: go to bed

⭕️into
*enter a room/ a building: go into the kitchen/the house

⭕️towards
*movement in the direction of sth (but not directly to it): go 5 steps towards the house
*مثلا تو داری میای به سمت من
* اگه پشتت به من باشه و بیای به سمتم میشه backward

⭕️onto
*movement to the top of sth: Jump onto the table

⭕️from
*in the sense of where from: a flower from the garden

Question 3

Other important prepositions

Answer 3

⭕️from
*who gave it: a present from Jane

⭕️of
*who/what does it belong to: a page of the book
*what does it show: the picture of a palace

⭕️by
*who made it : a book by Mark Twain

⭕️on
*walking or riding on horseback: on foot,on horseback
*entering a public transport vehicle: get on the bus

⭕️in
*entering a car/taxi: get off the train

⭕️off
*leaving a public transport vehicle: get off the train

⭕️out of
*leaving a car/taxi: get out of the taxi

⭕️by
*rise or fall of sth: prices have risen by 10 percent
*travelling(other than walking or horse riding): by car,by bus

⭕️at
*for age: she learned Russian at 45

⭕️about
*for topics,meaning what about : we were talking about you