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Weuseattodesignatespecifictimes.
Thetrainisdueat12:15p.m.
Weuseontodesignatedaysanddates.
MybrotheriscomingonMonday.
We'rehavingapartyontheFourthofJuly.
Weuseinfornonspecifictimesduringaday,amonth,aseason,orayear.
Shelikestojoginthemorning.
It'stoocoldinwintertorunoutside.
Hestartedthejobin1971.
He'sgoingtoquitinAugust.
AT
class*
home
the library*
the office
school*
work
ON
the bed*
the ceiling
the floor
the horse
the plane
the train
NO
PREPOSITION
downstairs
downtown
inside
outside
upstairs
uptown
Prepositions of Movement: to
and No Preposition
Weusetoinordertoexpressmovementtowardaplace.
Theyweredrivingtoworktogether.
She'sgoingtothedentist'sofficethismorning.
Towardandtowardsarealsohelpfulprepositionstoexpressmovement.Thesearesimplyvariant
spellingsofthesameword;usewhicheversoundsbettertoyou.
We'removingtowardthelight.
Thisisabigsteptowardstheproject'scompletion.
Withthewordshome,downtown,uptown,inside,outside,downstairs,upstairs,weuseno
preposition.
Grandmawentupstairs
Grandpawenthome.
Theybothwentoutside.
fondness for
grasp of
hatred of
hope for
interest in
love of
ADJECTIVES and
PREPOSITIONS
afraid of
fond of
proud of
need for
participation in
reason for
respect for
success in
understanding of
angry at
aware of
capable of
careless about
familiar with
happy about
interested in
jealous of
made of
married to
similar to
sorry for
sure of
tired of
worried about
give up
grow up
look for
look forward to
look up
make up
pay for
prepare for
study for
talk about
think about
trust in
work for
worry about
Acombinationofverbandprepositioniscalledaphrasalverb.Thewordthatisjoinedtothe
verbisthencalledaparticle.Pleaserefertothebriefsectionwehavepreparedon phrasal
verbsforanexplanation.
agreetoaproposal,withaperson,onaprice,inprinciple
argueaboutamatter,withaperson,fororagainstaproposition
comparetotoshowlikenesses,withtoshowdifferences(sometimessimilarities)
correspondtoathing,withaperson
differfromanunlikething,withaperson
liveatanaddress,inahouseorcity,onastreet,withotherpeople
Unnecessary Prepositions
Ineverydayspeech,wefallintosomebadhabits,usingprepositionswheretheyarenot
necessary.Itwouldbeagoodideatoeliminatethesewordsaltogether,butwemustbeespecially
carefulnottousetheminformal,academicprose.
Shemetupwiththenewcoachinthehallway.
Thebookfelloffofthedesk.
Hethrewthebookoutofthewindow.
Shewouldn'tletthecatinsideofthehouse.[oruse"in"]
Wheredidtheygoto?
Putthelampinbackofthecouch.[use"behind"instead]
Whereisyourcollegeat?