1. IN / ON / AT / TO /FOR
By Scheyla Santos
PREPOSITIONS

2. What is a preposition?
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and
phrases to other words in a sentence.
The word or phrase that the preposition
introduces is called the object of the
preposition.

3. ON / IN / AT
ON
- Before Month and day; - Specific Dates;
- on September 11 - On Christmas Day / on
- Days of the week; my birthday
- On Friday - Other expressions: on
the floor, on foot
- Streets;
- On Bom Pastor street

4. IN
- Years; - Countries, states, citi
- In 2012 es.
- Months; - In London
- In March
- Seasons;
- In the Summer
- Parts of the day;
- In the morning
- Except AT night

5. AT
- Time;
- At three o’clock
- Addresses;
- At 678 Bom Pastor Street
- Other expressions:
- At night, at midnight, at
noon, at Christmas

6. TO / FOR – algumas dicas
TO – para / a
- Para indicar movimento - Happy birthday to you.
ou posição;
- I brought all these toys to
- Come to my house. / Don’t
go to the deep side of the the poor children.
lake. - Como sinônimo de until /
- Endereçamentos, oferecimen till
to, congratulações, dedicató
rias - I have classes at school
- Susan gave her work from Monday to /till
address to Bob. Friday.
- Good luck to you all!

7. FOR
- Para indicar finalidade; - É usada também antes
- This machine is for de pronome pessoal
people to exercise and seguido ou não de
lose weight. infinitivo.
- Tempo; - Working is not for
- I have studied English for children.
ten years. - This medicine is for her
- Favor ou benefício; to take twice a day.
- Bring a glass of water for
me, please