PREPOSITIONS

USE OF PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions can perform different functions:

- Serve as a link between two words or different elements in the sentence:

• I'll see you at five o'clock / Te veré a las cinco

- They can accompany a verb serving as a link to its complement. In this case, they can not alter the meaning of the verb or alter it with what constitutes a different word

• To look / Mirar (no altera el significado del verbo)
• To look after / Cuidar de (se altera el significado del verbo)

- When we put a verb after a preposition, in English the form 'ing' is normally used and not the infinitive.

• You shouldn’t go to India without visiting the Taj Mahal.
  No deberías ir a la India sin visitar el Taj Mahal.
• I’m interested in studying psychology. / Estoy interesado en estudiar psicología.

The main prepositions in English are:

about	alrededor de, sobre	above	por encima de
after	detrás de, después de	among	entre (tres o más)
at	en, junto a	before	antes de, delante de
behind	detrás de	below	debajo de
beneath	debajo de	beside	junto a
between	entre (dos o más)	but	excepto, pero
by	por, junto a	down	hacia abajo
except	excepto	for	para, por, durante, desde hace
from	de, desde	in	en, dentro de
into	en, adentro	like	como, igual a
near	cerca de	of	de
off	de (alejándose), fuera de	on	en, sobre
over	por encima de, al otro lado	since	desde
through	a través de	throughout	por todo
till = until	hasta	to	a, hasta, hacia
under	por debajo de	up	hacia arriba
upon	(poniendo) sobre, encima	with	con
without	sin

POSITION OF THE PREPOSITIONS

Generally, they are placed in front of the noun or the pronoun, except in the following cases:

a.) With the relative pronoun, when it is followed by a preposition, it can be placed in the final position.

• The girls I study with / Las muchachas con las que estudio (en lugar de: The girls with whom I study)

b.) In interrogative sentences when they begin with an interrogative pronoun:

• Who were you speaking to? / ¿con quién estabas hablando? (en lugar de: To whom were you speaking?)

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EXERCISES:

1. Choose the correct prepostition from the drop down menu and form correct time phases.
2. 1.     at  in  on    September
3. 2.     at  in  on    12 o'clock
4. 3.     at  in  on    winter
5. 4.     at  in  on    Easter Monday
6. 5.     at  in  on    4th July, 1776
7. 6.     at  in  on    Christmas
8. 7.     at  in  on    Tuesday
9. 8.     at  in  on    the weekend
10. 9.     at  in  on    my birthday
11. 10.     at  in  on    the end of the week

Put in the correct preposition.

1. My friend is good  playing volleyball.
2. She complains  bullying.
3. They are afraid  losing the match.
4. She doesn't feel  working on the computer.
5. We are looking forward  going out at the weekend.
6. Laura dreams  living on a small island.
7. Andrew apologized  being late.
8. I don't agree  hunting.
9. The girls insisted  going out with Kerry.
10. Edward often thinks  climbing trees.

Complete the exercise according to the picture.

1.  the picture, there are three kids.
2. The girl is standing  the two boys.
3. The boy with the green shirt is  the right.
4. He has a gamboy  his hands.
5. The kids are looking  his gameboy.

Complete the exercise according to the picture.

1.  the picture, I can see Santa Claus and a girl.
2. Santa is sitting  a chair.
3. The girl is standing  Santa.
4. Santa and the girl are looking  each other.
5. The girl has a present  her hands.
6.  the girl, there is a Christmas tree.
7. There are more presents  the tree.
8. Santa's big bag is lying  the floor.