Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)
Location prepositions are used to her gender from the position of an object or an action is happening in a certain place (location)
Adv of place
inroom, building, street, town, country
book, paper etc.
car, taxi
picture, worldin the kitchen, in London
in the book
in the car, in a taxi
in the picture, in the world
atmeaning next to, by an object
for table
for events
place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)at the door, at the station
at the table
at a concert, at the party
at the cinema, at school, at work
onattached
for a place with a river
being on a surface
for a certain side (left, right)
for a floor in a house
for public transport
for television, radiothe picture on the wall
London lies on the Thames.
on the table
on the left
on the first floor
on the bus, on a plane
on TV, on the radio
by, next to, besideleft or right of somebody or somethingJane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
underon the ground, lower than (or covered by) something elsethe bag is under the table
belowlower than something else but above groundthe fish are below the surface
overcovered by something else
meaning more than
getting to the other side (also across)
overcoming an obstacleput a jacket over your shirt
over 16 years of age
walk over the bridge
climb over the wall
abovehigher than something else, but not directly over ita path above the lake
acrossgetting to the other side (also over)
getting to the other sidewalk across the bridge
swim across the lake
throughsomething with limits on top, bottom and the sidesdrive through the tunnel
tomovement to person or building
movement to a place or country
for bedgo to the cinema
go to London / Ireland
go to bed
intoenter a room / a buildinggo into the kitchen / the house
towardsmovement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)go 5 steps towards the house
ontomovement to the top of somethingjump onto the table
fromin the sense of where froma flower from the garden
