ARTICLERESEARCH CHART INFO GRAPHIC OF Prepositions(حروف جر) (USAGE &EXAMPLES)
ARTICLE/RESEARCH: CHART / INFO GRAPHIC OF Prepositions(حروف جر) (USAGE &EXAMPLES)
Prepositions – Time
| English | Usage | Example |
| · on | § days of the week | § on Monday |
| · in | § months / seasons
§ time of day § year § after a certain period of time (when?) |
§ in August / in winter
§ in the morning § in 2006 § in an hour |
| · at | § for night
§ for weekend § a certain point of time (when?) |
§ at night
§ at the weekend § at half past nine |
| · since | § from a certain point of time (past till now) | § since 1980 |
| · for | § over a certain period of time (past till now) | § for 2 years |
| · ago | § a certain time in the past | § 2 years ago |
| · before | § earlier than a certain point of time | § before 2004 |
| · to | § telling the time | § ten to six (5:50) |
| · past | § telling the time | § ten past six (6:10) |
| · to / till / until | § marking the beginning and end of a period of time | § from Monday to/till Friday |
| · till / until | § in the sense of how long something is going to last | § He is on holiday until Friday. |
| · by | § in the sense of at the latest
§ up to a certain time |
§ I will be back by 6 o’clock.
§ By 11 o’clock, I had read five pages. |
Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)
| English | Usage | Example |
| · in | § room, building, street, town, country
§ book, paper etc. § car, taxi § picture, world |
§ in the kitchen, in London
§ in the book § in the car, in a taxi § in the picture, in the world |
| · at | § meaning 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 |
| · on | § attached
§ 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, radio |
§ the 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, beside | § left or right of somebody or something | § Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. |
| · under | § on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else | § the bag is under the table |
| · below | § lower than something else but above ground | § the fish are below the surface |
| · over | § covered by something else
§ meaning more than § getting to the other side (also across) § overcoming an obstacle |
§ put a jacket over your shirt
§ over 16 years of age § walk over the bridge § climb over the wall |
| · above | § higher than something else, but not directly over it | § a path above the lake |
| · across | § getting to the other side (also over)
§ getting to the other side |
§ walk across the bridge
§ swim across the lake |
| · through | § something with limits on top, bottom and the sides | § drive through the tunnel |
| · to | § movement to person or building
§ movement to a place or country § for bed |
§ go to the cinema
§ go to London / Ireland § go to bed |
| · into | § enter a room / a building | § go into the kitchen / the house |
| · towards | § movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) | § go 5 steps towards the house |
| · onto | § movement to the top of something | § jump onto the table |
| · from | § in the sense of where from | § a flower from the garden |
Other important Prepositions
| English | Usage | Example |
| · from | § who gave it | § a present from Jane |
| · of | § who/what does it belong to
§ what does it show |
§ a page of the book
§ the picture of a palace |
| · by | § who made it | § a book by Mark Twain |
| · on | § walking or riding on horseback
§ entering a public transport vehicle |
§ on foot, on horseback
§ get on the bus |
| · in | § entering a car / Taxi | § get in the car |
| · off | § leaving a public transport vehicle | § get off the train |
| · out of | § leaving a car / Taxi | § get out of the taxi |
| · by | § rise or fall of something
§ travelling (other than walking or horse riding) |
§ prices have risen by 10 percent
§ by car, by bus |
| · at | § for age | § she learned Russian at 45 |
| · about | § for topics, meaning what about | § we were talking about you |