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

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT:

These are the most common prepositions of place

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

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