Prepositions can be used to show when something happens. (time, day, date, month, year, morning, afternoon, evening, night, season)
Prepositions of time - at, on, in.
I go to work at 8.00 every day. (time)
I’ll see you on Tuesday. (day)
I have an exam on the 21st. (date)
My birthday is in December. (month)
I was born in 1965. (year)
I get up in the morning. (morning)
I have a meeting in the afternoon (afternoon)
I go home in the evening after work. (evening)
I go to bed at night. (night)
It usually snows in the winter. (season)
More prepositions of place
They ran after the thief.
I found my handbag among my luggage.
The student was sitting at her table.
My flat is behind the supermarket.
The plates are in the cupboard.
My car is parked in front of the supermarket.
The post office is by / next to / besides the bank.
The picture is hanging on the wall.
The notice is above the door.
I put the tablecloth over the table.
The temperature was below zero degrees.
The boy was sitting under a tree.
Prepositions of Place
Prepositions can be used to show where something is located.
The prepostions - at, on, in
1. We use at to show a specific place or position.
I live at 36 Palace Road.
2. We use on to show position on a horizontal or vertical surface.
There is a lot snow on the roof.
3. We also use on to show a position on streets, roads, etc.
I used to live on Palace Road.
4. We use in to show that something is enclosed or surrounded.
She is in a taxi.
5. We also use in to show position within land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).
I used to live in Nottingham.
Prepositions of movement
Prepositions can be used to show movement. For example: to, through, across.
We use to to show movement with the aim of a specific destination.
I moved to Paris in 1999.
He went to the cinema at 3 pm.
We use through to show movement from one side of an enclosed space to the other side.
The train went through the tunnel.
He walked quickly through the door.
We use across to show movement from one side of a surface or line to another.
She swam across the lake.
He walked across the road
Simple or Compound prepositions
Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.
Simple prepositions are single word prepositions - across, after, at, before, between, by, during, from, in, into, of, on, to, through, under, with and without are all single word prepositions.
The newspaper is on the chair.
The cat is under the table.
Compound prepositions are more than one word - in between and because of - are prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of three words.
My office is in between the bank and the post office.
My car is in front of my flat.
Prepositions
Prepositions are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. Most often they come before a noun.
The good news is that they never change their form, regardless of the case, gender etc. of the word they are referring to.
Subordinating conjunctions
A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins together a dependent (subordinate) clause and an independent clause.
A clause is a unit which contains a subject and a verb. For example, "It was snowing" is a clause; the subject is "it", "it", and the verb is "was snowing".
A dependent clause is a clause which cannot exist on its own; it needs a main (or independent) clause to go with it.
Correlative conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions are always used in pairs. They join similar elements.
Correlative conjunctions are: both...and, not only...but also, either...or, neither...nor, whether...or.
Coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions may join single words, or they may join groups of words, but they must always join similar elements: e.g. subject+subject, verb phrase+verb phrase, sentence+sentence.
Coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Conjuctions
A conjunction is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions.
coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
correlative conjunctions both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also.
subordinating conjunctions after, although, because, if.
