Prepositions
Przyimki w języku angielsku - przykłady użycia:
The red ball is on top of the cube.
The red ball is inside the box.
The book is on the desk
Dodatkowe przykłady:
Przyimki w języku angielsku - przykłady użycia:
The red ball is on top of the cube.
The red ball is inside the box.
The book is on the desk
Dodatkowe przykłady:
Prepositions –
Prepositions – Time
on
days of the week
on Monday
in
months / seasonstime of dayyearafter a certain period of time (when?)
in August / in winterin the morningin 2006in an hour
at
for nightfor weekenda certain point of time (when?)
at nightat the weekendat 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 latestup 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)
in
room, building, street, town, countrybook, paper etc.car, taxipicture, world
in the kitchen, in Londonin the bookin the car, in a taxiin the picture, in the world
at
meaning next to, by an objectfor tablefor eventsplace where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)
at the door, at the stationat the tableat a concert, at the partyat the cinema, at school, at work
on
attachedfor a place with a riverbeing on a surfacefor a certain side (left, right)for a floor in a housefor public transportfor television, radio
the picture on the wallLondon lies on the Thames.on the tableon the lefton the first flooron the bus, on a planeon 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 elsemeaning more thangetting to the other side (also across)overcoming an obstacle
put a jacket over your shirtover 16 years of agewalk over the bridgeclimb 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 bridgeswim across the lake
through
something with limits on top, bottom and the sides
drive through the tunnel
to
movement to person or buildingmovement to a place or countryfor bed
go to the cinemago to London / Irelandgo 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
from
who gave it
a present from Jane
of
who/what does it belong towhat does it show
a page of the bookthe picture of a palace
by
who made it
a book by Mark Twain
on
walking or riding on horsebackentering a public transport vehicle
on foot, on horsebackget 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 somethingtravelling (other than walking or horseriding)
prices have risen by 10 percentby car, by bus
at
for age
she learned Russian at 45
about
for topics, meaning what about
we were talking about you