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    This document provides a lesson on prepositions of place and time. It defines and gives examples of various prepositions of place including in, at, on, by, between, behind, in front of, under, below, over, above, across, through, to, into, towards, and onto. It also defines and gives examples of prepositions of time including on, in, at, since, for, ago, before, to, past, till/until, and by. The document concludes by listing various parts of the body.

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    This document provides a lesson on prepositions of place and time. It defines and gives examples of various prepositions of place including in, at, on, by, between, behind, in front of, under, below, over, above, across, through, to, into, towards, and onto. It also defines and gives examples of prepositions of time including on, in, at, since, for, ago, before, to, past, till/until, and by. The document concludes by listing various parts of the body.

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    A house is not a home

    Lesson Eight Eighth(8th) Lesson


    Prepositions of Place and Time

    Preposition of
    Explanation Example
    place
     Inside  I watch TV in the living-room
     I live in New York
     Look at the picture in the book
     She looks at herself in the mirror.
    In
     She is in the car.
     Look at the girl in the picture
     This is the best team in the world

     used to show an exact  I met her at the entrance, at the


    position or particular place bus stop
     table  She sat at the table
     events  at a concert, at the party
    At
     place where you are to do  at the
    something typical (watch a movies, at university, at work
    film, study, work)

     attached  Look at the picture on the wall


     next to or along the side of  Cambridge is on the River Cam.
    (river)  The book is on the desk
     used to show that something  A smile on his face
    is in a position above  The shop is on the left
    something else and touching  My apartment is on the first floor
    On it.  I love traveling on trains /on the
     left, right bus / on a plane
     a floor in a house  My favorite
     used for showing some program on TV, on the radio
    methods of traveling
     television, radio

     not far away in distance  The girl who is by / next


    by, next to,
    to / beside the house.
    beside, near

     in or into the space which  The town lies


    separates two places, people halfway between Rome and
    Between
    or objects Florence.

     at the back (of)  I hung my coat behind the door.


    Behind

     further forward than  She started talking to the man in


    in front of someone or something else front of her

    1
     lower than (or covered by)  the cat is under the chair.
    Under something else

     lower than something else.  the plane is just below the cloud
    Below

     above or higher than  She held the umbrella over both


    something else, sometimes of us.
    so that one thing covers the  Most of the carpets
    other. are over $100.
    Over  more than.  I walked over the bridge
     across from one side to the  She jumped over the gate
    other.
     overcoming an obstacle

     higher than something else,  a path above the lake


    Above but not directly over it

     from one side to the other of  She walked across the field/road.
    something with clear limits /  He sailed across the Atlantic
    Across getting to the other side

     from one end or side of  They walked slowly through the


    Through something to the other woods.

     in the direction of  We went to Prague last year.


    To  bed  I go to bed at ten.

     towards the inside or middle  Shall we go into the garden?


    of something and about to
    Into be contained, surrounded or
    enclosed by it

     in the direction of, or closer  She stood up and


    Towards to someone or something walked towards him.

     used to show movement into  I slipped as I stepped onto the


    Onto or on a particular place platform.

     used to show the place  What time does the flight from
    where someone or something Amsterdam arrive?
    From
    starts:

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    Preposition of
    Explanations Example
    time
     Days  Many shops don't
     weekend (American English) open on Sundays.
    On  What did you do on the
    weekend?

     months / seasons / year  I visited


     morning / evening / afternoon Italy in July, in spring, in 1994
     period of time  In the evenings, I like to relax.
    In
     This is the first cigarette I've
    had in three years.

     Night  It gets cold at night.


     weekend (British English)  What did you do at the
     used to show an exact or a weekend?
    At
    particular time:  There's a meeting at 2.30 this
    afternoon / at lunch time.

     from a particular time in the  England have not won the


    past until a later time, or until World Cup in
    Since
    now football since 1966

     used to show an amount of  I'm just going to bed for an


    For time. hour or so.

     back in the past; back in time  The dinosaurs died out 65


    Ago from the present: million years ago.

     at or during a time earlier than  She's always up before dawn.


    Before

     used when saying the time, to  It's twenty to six.


    To mean before the stated hour

     telling the time  five past ten


    Past

     until a particular time, marking  It's only two weeks to


    To end of a period of time Christmas.

     used to show the time when  The museum is open from 9.30
    From something starts to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.

     up to (the time that)  We waited till / until half past


    till / until six for you.

    3
     not later than; at or before  She had promised to be
    By back by five o'clock.

    Parts of the body

    A chain is only as strong as its weakest link


    4
    Learn these parts of the body:
    Leg ankle butt
    calf foot heel
    heel bone instep knee
    kneecap shin thigh
    toe arm elbow
    finger fingertip fist
    forearm hand index finger
    knuckle little finger middle finger
    nail palm ring finger
    shoulder thumb upper arm
    wrist head bags under the eyes
    beard brain canine tooth
    cheek chin dimple
    ear eye eyebrow
    eyelash eyelid forehead
    freckle gum hair
    incisors lips jaw
    molars moustache mouth
    neck nose nostrils
    palate premolars pupil
    sideburns tongue tonsil
    tooth throat wisdom tooth
    wrinkles abdomen armpit
    back belly bladder
    breasts chest groin
    heart hip kidney

    Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer


    5
    liver lung navel
    nipple stomach thorax
    waist backbone eye socket
    rib skull spine

    Answer these questions:


    1) What do you do with your eyes?
    2) What do you do with your nose?
    3) What do you do with your brain?
    4) What do you do with your tongue?
    5) What do you do with your ears?
    6) What do you do with your teeth?
    7) What do you do with your lungs?
    8) What do you do with your mouth?
    9) What do you do with your feet and legs?
    10) What do you do with your lips?

    Write a paragraph using at least 20 prepositions.


    Write a paragraph describing your bedroom or your house using at least 10 prepositions.

    Barking dogs seldom bite

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