Prepositions

Question 1

In (time)

Answer 1

Parts of day : the morning, the afternoon, the evening

Months : January, February, March

Seasons : summer/ the summer; winter/the winter

Years : 30 B.C., 60 A.D., 1998/the year 1998

Question 2

On (Time)

Answer 2

Days of the week: Sunday, Monday

The weekend or a special event : my birthday, his graduation day, Christmas Day

Dates (numerals) : the first day of February/ February 1/ February 1st

Question 3

At (time)

Answer 3

A specific time : 7 p.m./(7) seven o’clock; noon, midnight, 15:20, at Christmas

Specific points in the day : dawn, dusk, sunrise, sunset

Question 4

By (time)

Answer 4

General or specific time or period, meaning :no later than :

Next week, next Friday, 9 a.m., tonight, the year 2000, the end of class

Question 5

In (place)

Answer 5

Something surrounded, contained : A box, a bag, a pocket, a class, a yard, a school, a mind (imagined interior) my heart (imagined interior)

Certain geographical and political divisions locations : cities, countries, provinces, states, continents, oceans, mountain ranges, and regions (the West, the North)

The country : he doesn’t live in the city; he lives in the country

Question 6

On (place)

Answer 6

Where contact with the top/surface is understood : a desk, a table, the floor, the wall, the water (ex., a lake) may wrist

The floor of a building

An island the banks of a river : Prince Edward Island, the North Shore, the South Shore

A farm

Question 7

At (place)

Answer 7

A place where presence is understood:

home, school, work, the store, the restaurant, the lake, the meeting

Question 8

By (place)

Answer 8

Where the side of or next to is understood:

The door; the window, the board, the river

Question 9

To (other prepositions)

Answer 9

Action verb involving mouvement from point A to point B or between A and B.

Question 10

From (other prepositions)

Answer 10

To show origin or source

Question 11

For (other prepositions)

Answer 11

To show purpose, length of time, cost, to be in favour of.

Question 12

Of (other prepositions)

Answer 12

Derived or coming from; originating at or from.

Belonging or connected to

Caused by; resulting from

So as to be separated or relieved from

From the total or group comprising

Composed or made from

Associated with or adhering to

On one’s part

With reference to; about

Containing or carrying

Produced by

Question 13

With (other prepositions)

Answer 13

Accompanied by; accompanying

In some particular relation to

Characterized you or having

Question 14

Like (other prepositions)

Answer 14

In like manner with, similarly to, in the manner characteristic of

Resembling (someone or something)

Question 15

This

Answer 15

Closer. A demonstrative adj. modifies a noun.

This apple is good. I like those houses. (This modifies ‘apple’ ans those modifies ‘house’.

Question 16

Those

Answer 16

Farther

Question 17

These

Answer 17

Closer

Question 18

That

Answer 18

Farther