Prepositions
Lesson 14
Examples of prepositions Some
In, with,by,without
1. example sentences with in, by, with and without.
• She goes to school in an uniform.
• By studying hard, you can pass in the exams without failing.
•A person with a beard came into the space.
We use in with clothes to describe what somebody is wearing:
• She went out in a saree.
• He went to the school in his new uniform.
We use with to talk about of a person's body or parts of an animal's body:
• She is a little girl with long hair and black eyes.
•A ruminant is Associate in Nursing animal with a really long neck.
We use with to talk about part of an object or one thing that is included
in something:
1. My father has got a suitcase with wheels.
2. The room is full of shelves with books in them.
We use with to talk about using something in order to do an action:
• I cleaned my teeth with my new toothbrush.
• I cleaned the floor with a piece of cloth.
1. We use by + .. ing to talk about how people do things, and actions that produce particular results:
• You can change the temperature by turning this switch on.
2. We use without+... ing to talk about not doing something. We often use without + ing to say that we are surprised that an action does not happen but we expect it to happen:
• She left the house while not closing the door. ( and she didn't close the door)
Prepositions of time : at,in,on
We use
• at for a precise
• in for months,years,centuries and long periods
• on for days and dates
at | in | on |
precise time | months, years,centuries, and long periods | days and dates |
at 3 o'clock | in May | on Sunday |
at 10.30 am | in summer | on Tuesday |
at noon | in the morning | on 6 March |
at dinner time | in 1990 | on 25 December,2010 |
Look at these examples:
• I have a meeting at 9 am.
• The shop closes at midnight.
• Jane went honme at lunchtime.
• In England, it often snows in December.
• There would be a lot of progress in the next century.
• Do you work on Mondays?
• Her birthday is on 20 November.
• Wherever can you air January 1 Day?
Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following expressions:
Expression | Example |
at night | The stars shine at night |
at the weekend | I don't usually work at the weekend |
at Christmas/Easter | I stay with my family at Christmas |
at the same time | We finished the test at the same |
at present | He's not home at present |
Notice the use of the preposition of time in and on in the following expression:
in | on |
in the morning | on Tuesday morning |
in the morning(s) | on Saturday morning(s) |
in the afternoon(s) | on Sunday afternoon(s) |
in the evening(s) | on Monday evening(s) |
When we say last, next, every, this we have a tendency to don't use at, in, on.
• Father went to London last June. (not in last June)
• He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
• We go to our village every Eid. (not at every Eid)
• We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)
★Next,I will talk about Modals
Also read this:
* Parts Of Speech
* Noun
* Countable Noun
* Uncountable Noun
* Adjective
* Verb
* Adverb
* Types Of Adverb
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