1. Prepositions

2. what is a preposition?

3. think about the name:

4. preposition

5. pre… position

6. before
a place
pre… position

7. before
a place
pre… position
I go to the cinema.

8. before
a place
pre… position
I go to the cinema

9. before
a place
pre… position
I go to the cinema.

10. the preposition describes the relationship between the verb and the place
I go to the cinema.

11. to into out of past
behind etc.
I go
the cinema.

12. preposition of movement or?
preposition of movement or
adverb of direction

13. He goes into the office.
He goes in.

14. preposition
He goes into the office.
He goes in.
adverb

15. He goes out of the office.

16. He goes out of the office.
adverb
preposition
He goes out of the office.
He goes out.
adverb

17. how to study prepositions

18. the smaller the word the less it translates

19. with prepositions (and articles) DON’T translate

20. learn the rules for:
prepositions of time
prepositions of place
prepositions of movement

21. BUT memorise:
dependant prepositions
phrasal verbs
common errors

22. basic prepositions of time

23. 3 o’clock midnight the moment exact time at
Monday 4th July
my birthday Christmas day
days and dates on
March summer
the ’60s
the morning / afternoon / evening
periods in
weekends / the weekend
Christmas / Easter night
exceptions at

24. I arrived 8 pm.
What did you do Easter? summer they go to the sea.
We saw him Thursday.
Did you see her last week? It was the morning.
They study night.
We finished the same time.

25. prepositions of place and movement

26. movement go / drive / walk
verbs
preposition
+ home
place be / stay / work
at / in
be at home
starting and stopping
leave -
leave - home
arrive
at / in / on
arrive - home
movement go / drive / walk to
go - home

27. We went
home.
She walked The bus left She arrived
work.
the station. Rome.
We stayed a hotel.
When do they arrive Italy? They came back home.
Did you stay home?

28. on for technology & in for paper

29. on the phone on a computer on the radio on the TV on an iPod

30. in a book
in a magazine in the (news)paper
BUT
on the page

31. dependent prepositions after verbs

32. depend on listen to wait for increase / decrease by

33. dependent prepositions after adjectives

34. interested in good / bad at afraid of angry with angry about fed up with happy with married to similar to same as

35. nice / kind / rude of sb. (be) nice / kind / horrible to sb.
eg.
It was nice of him to give you a lift.
He was horrible to his wife.

36. sorry about sth. sorry for doing sth.
eg.
Sorry about the noise last night.
I’m sorry for not phoning you.
NB. Sorry I’m late.

37. dependent prepositions after nouns

38. opinion of increase / decrease in possibility of

39. phrasal verbs

40. look at look for look after

41. get to get into / out of get onto / off

42. get on with sb. get sb. down get over sth./sb. get together
check the meaning of these verbs in the OALD or Grammar Reference

43. give sth. away give sth. back give in
give sth. out give sth. up give up
check the meaning of these verbs in the OALD or Grammar Reference

44. !
no preposition in Italian

45. listen to – ascoltare look at – guardare look for – cercare search for – cercare wait for – aspettare

46. !
no preposition in English

47. call / phone etc. – telefonare a
ask – chiedere a
answer – rispondere a
call / phone etc. – telefonare a

48. !
some common errors

49. ask to sb. married with sb. pay sth.
on the newspaper listen sth.
good in sth. sorry for sth. increase in sth.

50. exercise

51. find and correct the errors

52. He listens music in MTV.
I paid a beer to him into the bar.
She got married with an Indian on ’64. The article on the paper was from a leading journalist.
We went at her home in Monday. Sorry for my late on the morning.
I answer to the phone on weekends.

53. He listens _ music in MTV.
I paid _ a beer to him into the bar. She got married with an Indian on ’64. The article on the paper was from a leading journalist.
We went at her home in Monday. Sorry for my late on the morning.
I answer to the phone on weekends.

54. He listens to music in MTV.
I paid for a beer for him at/in the bar. She got married to an Indian in ’64.
The article in the paper was by a leading journalist.
We went to hers on Monday. Sorry I was late in the morning.
I answer _ the phone at weekends.

55. translating

56. fino a

57. until [time] up to [number] as far as [distance]

58. da

59. from [origin; starting point] by [passive]
for / since [in Present Perfect]

60. at / to Bob’s [= Bob’s house] at / to the Chemist’s
at / to mine [= my house]
at / to Bob’s [= Bob’s house] at / to the Chemist’s
[= the Chemist’s shop]

61. homework

62. Module 6, parts 12, 13 & 16