1. TIME PREPOSITIONS:
AT a point in time at one o’clock; at lunch time; at the end of the
lesson
ON a day or date on Wednesday; on the 4th of April
IN a period of time in April; in the summer; in 1992
FROM is normally used with TO I work from 9 to 3
SINCE means “from that time to the time of speaking” (desde) He
has been here since last Friday
FOR is used for a period of time (durante) He has been here for a
week
NOTES:
ON Wednesday, IN the afternoon but ON Wednesday
afternoon
IN the morning/afternoon/evening but AT night
3. When we want to indicate position or movement referring to a
point in space, we use the following prepositions:
When we want to indicate position or movement referring to a
surface, we use the following prepositions:
When we want to indicate position or movement referring to a
three dimension space, we use:
Here are other prepositions that can be useful:
NEXT TO > al lado de
BETWEEN > entre
BEHIND > detrás de
IN FRONT OF > delante de
(GO…) DOWN (THE HILL/THE ROAD…)> ir… (colina/calle) abajo
(GO…) UP (THE HILL/THE ROAD…)> ir… (colina/calle) arriba
ABOVE > sobre
OVER > sobre (Hay casos en que se pueden usar las dos;
normalmente “over” implica contacto)
BELOW bajo, debajo de
4. UNDER > debajo de (Hay casos en que se pueden usar las dos;
normalmente “under” implica contacto)
ROUND> alrededor de
ALONG > a lo largo de
(GO) ACROSS (THE STREET) > cruzar (la calle)
OPPOSITE > enfrente de
PAST > más allá de