Preposiciones en Inglés

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Las preposiciones en inglés se pueden clasificar en: Preposiciones de lugar, preposiciones de tiempo, preposiciones de dirección, etc. Las preposiciones son palabras que relacionan los elementos de una oración.

PREPOSICIONES DE TIEMPO

Preposition	Use	Examples
in	in months	in July; in September
	year	in 1985; in 1999
	seasons	in summer; in the summer of 69
	part of theday	in the morning; in the afternoon; in the evening
	duration	in a minute; in two weeks
at	part of theday	at night
	time of day	at 6 o’clock; at midnight
	celebrations	at Christmas; at Easter
	fixedphrases	at thesame time
on	days of theweek	onSunday; on Friday
	date	on the 25th of December*
	specialholidays	on Good Friday; on Easter Sunday; on my birthday
	a special part of a day	on the morning of September the 11th*
after	laterthansth.	afterschool
ago	how far sth. happened (in the past)	6 yearsago
before	earlierthansth.	before Christmas
between	time that separates two points	betweenMonday and Friday
by	not later than a special time	byThursday
during	through the whole of a period of time	duringtheholidays
for	period of time	forthreeweeks
from … to from… till/until	two points form a period	from Monday to Wednesday from Monday till Wednesday from Monday until Wednesday
past	time of theday	23 minutes past 6 (6:23)
since	point of time	sinceMonday
till/until	no later than a special time	tilltomorrow untiltomorrow
to	time of theday	23 minutes to 6 (5:37)
up to	not more than a special time	up to 6 hours a day
within	during a period of time	within a day

PREPOSICIONES DE LUGAR Y DIRECCION (IN, ON , AT)

Preposition	Examples
in	We sit in the room.
	I see a house in the picture.
	There are troutsin the river.
	He livesin Paris.
	I found the picture in the paper.
	He sits in the corner of the room.
	He sits in the back of the car.
	Wearrive in Madrid.
	He gets in the car.
	She likes walking in the rain.
	My cousin lives in the country.
	There are kites in the sky.
	He plays in the street. (BE)
	She lives in a hotel.
	The boys stand in a line.
	There is a big tree in the middle of the garden.
	He isin town.
	I have to stay in bed.
	You mustn’t park your car in front of the school.
	The robber is in prison now.
at	She sits at the desk.
	Open your books at page 10.
	The bus stops at Graz.
	I stay at my grandmother’s.
	I stand at the door.
	Look at the top of the page.
	The car stands at the end of the street.
	Can we meet at the corner of the street?
	I met John at a party.
	Pat wasn’t at home yesterday.
	I study economics at university.
	The childen are at gandmother’s.
	He’s looking at the park.
	He always arrives late at school.
on	The map lies on the desk.
	The picture is on page 10.
	The photo hangs on the wall.
	He lives on a farm.
	Dresden lies on the river Elbe.
	Men’s clothes are on the second floor.
	He livesonHeligoland.
	The shop is on the left.
	My friend is on the way to Moscow.
	Write this information on the front of the letter.
	When she was a little girl people saw unrealistic cowboy films on television.

PREPOSICIONES DE LUGAR Y DIRECCIÓN

Preposition	Use	Examples
above	higherthansth.	The picture hangs above my bed.
across	from one side to the other side	You mustn’t go across this road here. There isn’t a bridge across the river.
after	onefollowstheother	The cat ran after the dog. Afteryou.
against	directedtowardssth.	The bird flew against the window.
along	in a line; from one point to another	They’re walking along the beach.
among	in a group	I like being among people.
around	in a circular way	We’re sitting around the campfire.
behind	at the back of	Our house is behind the supermarket.
below	lowerthansth.	Death Valley is 86 metresbelow sea level.
beside	nextto	Our house is beside the supermarket.
between	sth./sb. is on each side	Our house is between the supermarket and the school.
by	near	He lives in the house by the river.
closeto	near	Our house is close to the supermarket.
down	fromhightolow	He came down the hill.
from	the place where it starts	Do you come from Tokyo?
in front of	the part that is in the direction it faces	Our house is in front of the supermarket.
inside	opposite of outside	You shouldn’t stay inside the castle.
into	enteringsth.	You shouldn’t go into the castle.
near	closeto	Our house is near the supermarket.
nextto	beside	Our house is next to the supermarket.
off	awayfromsth.	The cat jumped off the roof.
onto	movingto a place	The cat jumped onto the roof.
opposite	ontheotherside	Our house is opposite the supermarket.
out of	leavingsth.	The cat jumped out of the window.
outside	opposite of inside	Can youwaitoutside?
over	abovesth./sb.	The cat jumped over the wall.
past	goingnearsth./sb.	Go past the post office.
round	in a circle	We’re sitting round the campfire.
through	going from one point to the other point	You shouldn’t walk through the forest.
to	towardssth./sb.	I like going toAustralia.Can you come to me? I’ve never been to Africa.
towards	in the direction of sth.	We ran towards the castle.
under	belowsth.	The cat is under the table.
up	fromlowtohigh	He went up the hill.

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