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: ®óng giê (chÝnh x¸c)
Ex: I usually go to school on time.
*In time: kip lóc
Ex:
3.At + time of day
Vµo lóc ( 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): vµo lóc cuèi / chãt / vµo phÇn cuèi ( sù kiÖn, thêi gian)
Ex: at the end of the month / the film / the match
-I’m going away at the end of May.
* In the end: cuèi cïng, sau cïng (t×nh huèng / sù viÖc)
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 in ( a city or a country ) Ex: arrive in Hanoi / America.
Agree with >< disagree with
Care about : quan tâm
Care for : thích cái gì / chăm sóc ai
Dream about : mơ về ai / cái gì
Dream at :mơ tởng tợng trở thành cái gì
Think of : nghĩ về ai / cai gì
Think about :(hỏi ý kiến ai)
Laught at
Smile at
Listen to
Hear about : nghe nói về cái gì / ai
Hear of :nghe biêt về cái gì / ai
Hear from : đợc tin ai
Write to sb
Speak to sb
Talk to sb
Succeed in
Wait for
Shout at
Depend on = rely on
Consist of
Happen to
Concentrate on
• Live on
• Introdute to
• Escape from
• Agree with
• Beg for
• Believe in
• Belong to
• Participate in = take part in = join (in)
• Insist on: kh¨ng kh¨ng
• Differ from
• Die of
• Provide with
• Crush / drive / run into…
• Shout at
• Object to sb :
• Object V.ing : ph¶n ®èi viÖc g×
• Stand for : tîng trng
• Apologize sb for sth
• Admize sb of sth
• Blame sb for sth