5. TIME
about 8am
across the years
around summer
vacation
at 9am
by this evening
during rainy season
for a while
in a moment
off schedule
on August 22
over time
since this morning
under ten minutes
until 12 noon
6. POSITION/ MOVEMENT
after the Ortigas Station
along the street
behind the park
beside the room
beneath the pale
moonlight
below the ground
inside the car
into the fire
off the train
on the table
out of the box
over the fence
around the race track
through the glass doors
towards the light
to NAIA
under the wooden bridge
with the wind
within the boundaries
between the two
mountains
8. Drill:
Identify the prepositions in the given sentences, and tell whether they express time, place,
movement, or manner.
1. After twenty minutes, the books near the table by
the door fell into a heap onto the floor.
2. Before the sun rose on the horizon, she saw a ray of
light through the opening in the mine shaft.
3. The workers at Minny's hat shop ate in the employee
cafeteria over the main store.
4. What do you think about my recent purchases from
Bloomberg's?
5. Between you and me, no one except Ralph has
been in touch since yesterday.
9. Uses Examples
AT
shows exact time or hour
being present at an
assembly or gathering
temporary occupation of
space
being in two-dimensional
space
position or location
relative to another thing
at 11am
at the general
assembly
at the jeepney
stop
at the bottom
at the
intersection
10. IN
indicates a period of time
(years, centuries, seasons,
months, parts of the day)
being part of a group
being aboard a private
transport
content of a material
being contained in space
(geographical, frame, or
three dimensional)
in 2005
in summer
in class
in my car
in the manual
in the room
11. ON
expresses days and
dates
being aboard a
public transport
location or position
on a surface
on
Saturday
on the bus,
on the train
on the
wall, on the
board
12. Prepositions Seatwork #1A
1. Engr. Franco spent the entire afternoon (in, on, at, under)
the phone contacting suppliers.
2. Architect Evangelista waited for Engr. Franco (at, from,
until, under) 6:30pm to discuss the details of the project.
3. Engr. Franco failed to inform Architect Evangelista that the
meeting was moved (at, before, in, on) Thursday, October 18.
4. The name of the building is named (after, to, about, from)
the main donors.
5. The ‘Juan Santiago’ project should be finished (on,
about, before, after, in) one and a half years.
13. Prepositions Seatwork #1B
6. He ran _____ the corner _____ the road to the other side
_____ the street. (of, down, from)
7. They said it was _____ the rail way station so it must be
somewhere _____ (opposite, around)
8. We sat _____ the front of the theatre but not right _____
the front row. (at, in)
9. Jill sat _____ the driver and I sat _____ her. (behind, next
to)
10. My office is _____ the Ortigas _____ the Octagon
Building. (close to, in the middle of)
14. Prepositions Seatwork #2
My friend Francesca and I decided to meet (1)________ the town center
(2)_____ Thursday morning. We are going to revisit the places we used
to go to when we were kids. One of them is Asian Arts Museum. We
would take another look (3)_______ the painting and sculptures of
famous Asian artists. After spending an hour or two (4)_____ the
museum, we are going to dine (5)_______ the Fine Food Restaurant
and reminisce about out childhood days. A quick visit to the Delicious
Ice cream cafe for dessert would surely follow. (6)_______ the
afternoon, we plan to go to the Great Fun Amusement park.
15. Prepositions Seatwork #2
An hour touring the place (7)_______ rented bikes would
surely be fun. (8)_______ the end of the bike trail, we can
expect a great view of our town’s famous lake. We would
also take the opportunity to enjoy the part rides and buy
some souvenirs. Finally, (9)_______ exactly 8pm we would
probably lose ourselves (10)_______ a big crowd to watch
the fantastic fireworks. I am really looking forward to the fun
filled Thursday.
16. Some prepositions occur with certain verbs
or adjectives. For these verbs and adjectives,
only one preposition can be used.
absent in class rely on our parents
substitute for Mr. De Leon consist of two parts
experienced in the job in my opinion
17. Let us try these!
Complete the following phrases with the appropriate
preposition.
1. different (from, with, to) the other students
2. recent typhoons are similar (to, with, from) Ondoy.
3. guilty (of, on, in, from) his mistake
4. awareness (to, before, of, in) the problem
5. afraid (from, to, of, in, at) spiders.
23. The cabinet near the window
has an intricate design.
The cabinet should be placed
near the window.
24. Let’s try these!
Tell whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an adjective or an
adverb.
1. Around seven o'clock in the evening, Hal put the cheese mixture into
the saucepan on the stove and added a touch of garlic to the pan.
2. When the sauce came to a boil, he lifted the pot off the stove and
poured the cheese mixture over the macaroni.
3. For some strange reasons, my neighbor across the street parked his
car in front of my garage.
4. Martin greeted the guests upon their arrival at the hotel.
5. Everyone except Bill ran toward the boy near the high voltage wire.
25. Seatwork #3
Please refer to the article “Mark
Zuckerberg Charms South Koreans With
'Proper' Handshake”.
26. References:
• Miranda-Plata, S. and Yu, P. (2008). Keys to
Confidences in English1: Reading and Study
Skills and Grammar Workbook. Laguna:
Trailblazer Publications.
• www.depts.ttu.edu/che/classes/che2306/.../
Misused_prepositions.pdf accessed on
October 16, 2012.
