ENGLISH TRIVIA - 6 | PREPOSITIONS

PICTURE THIS - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Where is it?

The ball is in the box	The ball is on the box.	The ball is under the box.

John's house	Jane's house	Bill's house
John's house is next to Jane's house.	Jane's house is between Bill's and John's houses.	Bill's house is next to Jane's house.

The climbers stood on top of the mountain.	The man stood between the two enemies.	The enemies stood opposite each other with the man in between.	The two gardeners stood next to each other, behind the pumpkins.	The man stood next to the gopher and held the umbrella over it.

The man looked through the telescope in his hands.	The man with the pen in his hand, wrote the address on the package.	The man looked at the mail in the post box.	The man looked at the clock on the wall.	The manager sat at his desk on his chair.

PICTURE THIS - PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

Picture It Clip Art	Preposition	Example
	across	"He threw the ball across the court."
	along	"They drove along the road."
	around	"The bees buzzed around his head."
	back to	"He had to go back to square one."
	down	"He skied down the mountain."
	into	"The man poured the sand into the timer.
	off	"The man ran off the cliff."
	onto (on to)	"The chiropractor jumped onto his back."
	out of	"The money flew out of the window."
	over	"The cow jumped over the moon."
	past	"The wheel span past the winning line."
	round	"The arrow is moving round the ball."
	to	"He carried the rubbish to the bin."
	through	"The train came through the tunnel."
	towards	"The meteor was heading towards the planet."
	under	"She limboed under the pole."
	up	"They went up the escalator."

PICTURE THIS - PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Picture It Clip Art	Preposition	Example
	at (a time)	"I got to work at 8:00 this morning."
	on (a day)	"I'll see you on Tuesday."
	on (a date)	"I have an appointment on the 31st."
	in (a month)	"My birthday is in June"
	in (a year)	"I was born in 1959"
	in (the morning)	"I get up in the morning."
	in (the afternoon)	"I have lunch in the afternoon."
	in (the evening)	"I go home in the evening."
	at (night)	"I go to bed at night."
	in (a season)	"It usually snows in the winter."

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