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| ======Prepositions of place, direction, movement====== | ======Prepositions of place, direction, movement====== |
| =====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== |
| <html> <strong> </strong><table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><strong> </strong><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; ;"><strong> </strong><td width="243" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 182.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><strong> </strong><a class="various" href="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3562_8b906d4b5fbb36b971fc625bcff7187f.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="283" height="272" id="3562" style="width: 177px; height: 129px;" alt="family famille garden" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3562_8b906d4b5fbb36b971fc625bcff7187f.jpg"></a></span></p> </td> <td width="395" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 296.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>The family is sitting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">on</span> a bench <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in</span> the garden. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Grandpa is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">on</span> the left and mum and dad are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">at</span> the back. Grandma is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> in </span>the middle, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">between</span> the children. The dog is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">on</span> the right. </span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p> <br></p></html> | | {{ :en:grammar:prepositions:carte.png?nolink&300 |}} | Walk <color blue>through</color> Victoria Tower Gardens, go <color blue>across</color> Lambeth Bridge and <color blue>around</color> the roundabout <color blue>towards</color> Lambeth Palace. | |
| =====Prepositions of place ===== | |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>These prepositions give us information about where something is located. The following tables give some guidelines and examples but note that you may hear some variations depending on sentence structure, context and regional variations.</span></b></p><p> <br></p></html> | |
| =====In, on, at ===== | |
| <html> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="102" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 6cm;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uses</span></b></p> </td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b></p> </td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>An enclosed space</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Towns, cities, states, countries, continents etc. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: |