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    Prepositions - Place (Position and Direction) English Usage Example

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    This document discusses the usage of common English prepositions that indicate place, position, and direction. It provides examples of prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by", "under", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", "onto", and "from" along with explanations of their typical usages and short example phrases.

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    Prepositions - Place (Position and Direction) English Usage Example

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    This document discusses the usage of common English prepositions that indicate place, position, and direction. It provides examples of prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by", "under", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", "onto", and "from" along with explanations of their typical usages and short example phrases.

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    This document discusses the usage of common English prepositions that indicate place, position, and direction. It provides examples of prepositions like "in", "at", "on", "by", "under", "over", "above", "across", "through", "to", "into", "towards", "onto", and "from" along with explanations of their typical usages and short example phrases.

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    Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)

    English Usage Example


     in  room, building, street, town,  in the kitchen, in London
    country  in the book
     book, paper etc.  in the car, in a taxi
     car, taxi  in the picture, in the world
     picture, world
     at  meaning next to, by an object  at the door, at the station
     for table  at the table
     for events  at a concert, at the party
     place where you are to do  at the cinema, at school, at
    something typical (watch a work
    film, study, work)
     on  attached  the picture on the wall
     for a place with a river  London lies on the Thames.
     being on a surface  on the table
     for a certain side (left, right)  on the left
     for a floor in a house  on the first floor
     for public transport  on the bus, on a plane
     for television, radio  on TV, on the radio
     by, next to,  left or right of somebody or  Jane is standing by / next to /
    beside something beside the car.
     under  on the ground, lower than (or  the bag is under the table
    covered by) something else
     below  lower than something else but  the fish are below the surface
    above ground
     over  covered by something else  put a jacket over your shirt
     meaning more than  over 16 years of age
     getting to the other side (also  walk over the bridge
    across)  climb over the wall
     overcoming an obstacle
     above  higher than something else,  a path above the lake
    but not directly over it
     across  getting to the other side (also  walk across the bridge
    over)  swim across the lake
     getting to the other side
     through  something with limits on top,  drive through the tunnel
    bottom and the sides
     to  movement to person or  go to the cinema
    building  go to London / Ireland
     movement to a place or  go to bed
    country
     for bed
     into  enter a room / a building  go into the kitchen / the house
     towards  movement in the direction of  go 5 steps towards the house
    something (but not directly to
    it)
     onto  movement to the top of  jump onto the table
    something
     from  in the sense of where from  a flower from the garden

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