Prepositions in-on-at презентация

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At 10.45
At midnight
At lunchtime
At sunset
2) in these expressions:
At night
At the weekend / at weekends
At Christmas
At the moment/ at present
At the same time

E.g.: Kate and I arrived at five o’clock.
I don’t like working at night

when something ends:

At the end of the month
At the end of the film
At the end of January
at the end of the game
At the end of the course

E.g.: I’m going away at the end of the month.
At the end of the concert, everyone applauded.

At the end (of …) ≠ at the beginning (of…)

TIME

March 2017
On Christmas Day
On my birthday
2) in expression “on time” = punctual, not late.

E.g.: -I’ll meet you on Friday at 7.30
- OK, but please be on time.

On time ≠ late
E.g.: Be on time. Don’t be late.

TIME

18th century
In the past/future
2) in the expressions:
In the morning(s) BUT on Friday morning(s)
In the afternoon(s) BUT on Sunday afternoon(s)
In the evening(s) BUT on Monday evening(s)

3) in the meaning “через”:
In a few minutes
In a week
In six months
In a moment

TIME

four weeks
In ten minutes
5) in expression “in time” = soon enough:
In time ≠ too late
6) in expression “in the end” = finally:
In the end ≠ at first
E.g.: I’ll see you in the morning.
Do you work in October?
The train will be leaving in a few minutes.
I learnt to drive in four weeks.
Will you be home in time for dinner?
At first we didn’t get on very well, but in the end we became good friends.

TIME

spoken English we can leave out ON before days:


E.g.: I’ll see you next Friday.
I’ll see you (on) Friday

TIME

bus stop/at the door/at the window
At the traffic lights/at the roundabout/at the junction
At reception/at the entrance to the hotel
At/on the corner of the street
At a party/ at a concert
2) in the expressions “at work/ at school/ at university/at college”.
3) somebody is at home/home, but do something at home.
4) we say somebody’s house:
At Helen’s house
At the doctor’s
At the hairdresser’s
5) for buildings. We usually say at when we say where an event tales place:
A concert at the National Concert Hall

Position

top of the page
At the other end of the street
7) in expressions with a building/theatre/group of people:
At the front of = спереди
At the back of = позади
E.g.: Who is that man standing at the door?
Turn left at the traffic lights.
Leave your key at reception.
I’ll be at work until 5.30.
Shall we go to a restaurant or eat at home?
I saw Steve at a conference.
I was at Helen’s house last night.
Write your name at the top of the page.
The garden is at the back of the house.

Position

или воспринимать пространство как прямую:
On the ceiling/door/floor/wall/table
On a page/ on page seven
On an island/ on a small island
2) in expressions:
On the way
On the left/on the right
On the left-hand side/on the right-hand side
On the ground floor/on the first floor/on the second floor etc.
on a map/ on a menu/ on a list
3) that place is on a river/on a road/on the coast
4) in expressions with a letter/ piece of peper etc.:
On the front of…
On the back of…

Position

a plane/ on a bike/on a horse
But
In a car / in a taxi

E.g.: I sat on the floor.
Have you seen the notice on the notice board?
You’ll find details of TV programmes on page seven of the newspaper.
Jane passed me on her bike.
In Britain we drive on the left.
Budapest is on the Danube.
We stopped to buy something in a shop on the way home.
I wrote the date on the back of the photo.

Position

в трёхмерном пространстве:
In a room/ in a building/ in a box/ in the bottle
In a office/ in a department
2) that somebody/something is:
In a line/in a row/ in a queue
In the sky/ in the world
in a book/ in a newspaper/ in a letter
In a picture/ in a photo/ in a photograph
3) in expression “in the corner of a room”
4) with towns, cities and villages:
In Paris
In a village
5) when we are thinking about the building itself:
In the hotel

Position

spent a few days in Venice.
There were some people swimming in the sea.
There is some water in the bottle.
It was a lovely day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Who is the woman in that photo?
The TV is in the corner of the room.
Anna’s mother is in hospital.
All the rooms in the hotel have air conditioning.
The Louvre is a famous art museum in Paris.

Position

hour
At 100 degrees


E.g.: Tracy left school at the age of 16.
The train was travelling at 120 miles an hour.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Other uses

radio
2) on the phone
3) be/go on a diet
4) be on fire
5) be/go on strike
6) on the whole = in general
7) on purpose = intentionally
8) be/go on holiday/ on business/ on a trip/ on a tour/ on a cruise
E.g.: I didn’t watch the news on television.
I’ve spoken to her on the phone a few times.
There are no trains today. The drivers are on strike.
I’ll have to go on a diet.
Look! That car is on fire.
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to annoy you. I didn’t do it on purpose.

Other uses

the shade/ in the dark/ in bad weather etc.
2) write in ink/ in pen/ in pencil
3) write in words/ in figures/ in capital letters etc.
4) be/fall in love with somebody
5) in (my) opinion
E.g.: It was too hot to sit in the sun.
Don’t go out in the rain. Wait until it stops.
When you do the exam, you’re not allowed to write in pencil.
Please write your name in capital letters.
They’re in love.
In my opinion, the movie wasn’t very good.

Other uses