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Prepositions in English

The document explains two main groups of prepositions in English: prepositions of time and prepositions of place and movement. It provides specific examples for each category, detailing how to use prepositions like 'in', 'on', and 'at' in various contexts. Additionally, it notes that changing prepositions can alter the meaning of a sentence.

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Prepositions in English

The document explains two main groups of prepositions in English: prepositions of time and prepositions of place and movement. It provides specific examples for each category, detailing how to use prepositions like 'in', 'on', and 'at' in various contexts. Additionally, it notes that changing prepositions can alter the meaning of a sentence.

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Prepositions in English

In English we have two groups of prepositions:


Prepositions of time
Prepositions of place and movement

Prepositions of time:
In + parts of the day, seasons, months, years, decades, centuries
On + days, dates, holidays that have ‘day’ in them
At + times of day + holidays
Example:
In the morning, in the summer, in December, in 2020, in the
90’s, in the 21st century
On Saturday, on Bahman 14th/on February 3rd, on Teacher’s
day, on Christmas day
At 3 o’clock, at night, at Christmas
Prepositions of place and movement:
To + the place that you go
In + Big places like continents, countries, cities OR for very
small places with the meaning of ‘inside’, like in a box, in my
office, in my room
On + Streets, Big vehicles (train, bus, ship), words like the
radio, TV, the internet or apps OR a surface, like on the table,
on the bed
At + Addresses, very exact locations like home, work, school
Examples:
I go to work, I go to the mall, I go to the hospital
In Asia, In Iran, In Tehran
On Enghelab street, on the bus, on the internet, on Instagram
At 14th Avenue, at home, at the mall, at school
Sometimes we can change the prepositions but the meaning
changes too:
I’m at the hospital= I am sick so I am at the hospital
I’m in the hospital= I am not sick, I am in the building of the
hospital

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