Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS

I.PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

1.In + months ( in January …December)
years ( in 2009…)
seasons ( in the spring/ summer/ austumn=fall/ winter)
decades ( in the 1980s…)
parts of the day ( in the morning/ afternoon/ evening)
century ( in the eighteenth century…)
a period of the time in the future ( in two years…)

2.On + days the week (on Monday…Sunday)
date (On December 9…)

*On + Tet holiday
Birthday
Chrismas Day
May Day
Easter Day
Sunday morning
A hot day
The weekend
A business
A holiday
A trip
A tour

*On time: đúng giờ (chính xác)
Ex: I usually go to school on time.
*In time: kip lúc
Ex:

3.At + time of day
Vào lúc ( at 6 p:m…
( at haft past ten…)
*At Night
The midnight
Noon
The midday
Christmas / Easter / Tet…
Weekends
Breakfast / lunch / dinner
Present = The moment

4.Before (7 a:m)
5.After (10 o’clock)
6.Between …and ( between 7 a:m and 9 a:m…)
7.From…to (from 7a:m to 9 a:m…)
8.Till = until (till march…)
9.Since (since last Sunday…)
10.For ( for a week…)
11.During (during my holiday…)
12.About (about 7 p:m…)
13.By ( by 7 p:m…)

II.PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

1.In + the box
The desk
The room
The building
The garden
The park
*In + ( the city or country)
The village
The town
The country
Ha Noi / Paris
Viet Nam / French
*In the east / the west / the south / north.
*In + the rain
The sun
The sky
The water
The river
The sea
The row
The line
The queue
The shade
The desk
Bad / good weather
The street
The newspaper
The middle of ( the room…)
Ink
English
Pencil
Bed
Hospital
Prison
2. On + The table /the wall / the ceiling / the floor.
The beach
Foot
The radio / the internet / the phone / TV
The farm

3.At + Home
Work
The door / the window
School
University
The cinema
The theatre
The shop
The hotel
The airport
The bus stop
The railway station
The top >< the bottom
The beginning of …>< the end of…

*At the end (of sth): vào lúc cuối / chót / vào phần cuối ( sự kiện, thời gian)
Ex: at the end of the month / the film / the match
-I’m going away at the end of May.
* In the end: cuối cùng, sau cùng (tình huống / sự việc)
Ex:He got angry. In the end he left the room.
4. between…and
5. among
6. next to / near / beside / by/
7. under >< above
8. in front of >< behind
9.opposite to
10.far from
11.along
12.out of
13.at the side of

II.VERB +PREPOSITIONS

*Look at
Look after = take care of
Look for
Look up
Look forward to

* Turn on >< turn off
Turn up >< turn down
Turn around: quay lại

Take off : cất cánh / cởi…
Throw away

Give up >< go on
Put on = wear
Put off = call off
Put out: dập tắt…
Arrive at ( a place ) Ex: arrive at the station / school ( nơi nhỏ )
Arrive