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AMONG – em um grupo:
• They came across in
IN – meses, anos, estações:
• He was born in July / in 1973 / in the
the homecoming, among other former
summer. students.
ON – dias da semana, datas:
• He was born on a Monday / on July
AROUND – em um círculo; não distante:
• The athletes ran around the square.
20th.
• He lives around here.
PAST – mais tarde do que:
• It’s twenty past five.
• He arrived past midnight.
AT – local específico:
• Why don’t we meet at school?
SINCE – início da ação/situação:
• She’s been having dance classes since
last year. BEFORE – na frente de:
• There he was, standing before me.
TILL/ UNTIL – final da ação / situação:
• “I promise before Almighty God that
• Jenna’s staying in Brazil till / until
November. the evidence which I shall give shall be
UP TO – limite máximo da duração: the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
• You can play computer games up to 1
but the truth”.
hour a day.
WITHIN – dentro de um determinado período BEHIND – numa posição anterior:
• She couldn’t see the play because she
de tempo:
• This problem must be solved within two
was sitting behind a bulky man.
hours.
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE BELOW – posição inferior:
• Hypothermia, which is body
ABOVE – posição mais elevada, não
necessariamente numa linha vertical: temperature below 95 degrees, is life-
• The sun was shining above us.
threatening.
ACROSS – de um lado para o outro:
• There’s a beautiful bridge across that
BESIDE – contíguo; adjacente, ao lado:
• Come on, sit here beside me.
river.
ON – em uma superfície:
• Put all those books back on the shelf.
DOWN – de posição mais elevada para outra the bank; that’s how they saw the
abaixo: robbery.
• We watched the sun go down.
OUT OF – indica movimento de saída ou lado
FOR – destino: externo:
• Get out of my room!
• This ship is leaving for Indonesia.