Ensino de Línguas
Aline Tosini Coordenadora e Consultora em Língua Inglesa do Planeta Educação; pós-graduanda em Administração de Empresas pela FGV e graduada em Letras pela Universidade do Vale do Paraíba.
Prepositions of Time and Place
Como lidar um pouco melhor com as preposições em inglês
Há
alguma dúvida de que as preposições
criam problemas para os alunos que estudam o Inglês como
língua estrangeira? Podemos dizer: “We are at the
hospital to visit a friend who is in the hospital”,
“We lie in bed but on the couch”, “We
watch a film at the theater but on television”.
Para os falantes nativos, estas palavras representam pequenas dificuldades, mas experimente aprender uma outra língua, qualquer outra, e descubra rapidamente que as preposições são problemáticas em todos os lugares e idiomas.
Vejamos a seguir algumas preposições interessantes com uma breve explicação para facilitar seu uso. Não se esqueça de que um bom dicionário nas mãos é um grande passo para o desenvolvimento lingüístico!
Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in
We use at to designate specific times.
- They arrived at 5 o’clock.
- The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
We use on to designate days and dates.
- They arrived on Friday.
- My brother is coming on Monday.
- We`re having a party on the Fourth of July.
We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
- They arrived in October.
- She likes to jog in the morning.
- It`s too cold in winter to run outside.
- He started the job in 1971.
Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in
We use at for specific addresses.
- Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.
- Her house is on Boretz Road.
And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).
- She lives in Durham.
- Durham is in Windham County.
- Windham County is in Connecticut.
Para os falantes nativos, estas palavras representam pequenas dificuldades, mas experimente aprender uma outra língua, qualquer outra, e descubra rapidamente que as preposições são problemáticas em todos os lugares e idiomas.
Vejamos a seguir algumas preposições interessantes com uma breve explicação para facilitar seu uso. Não se esqueça de que um bom dicionário nas mãos é um grande passo para o desenvolvimento lingüístico!
Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in
We use at to designate specific times.
- They arrived at 5 o’clock.
- The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
We use on to designate days and dates.
- They arrived on Friday.
- My brother is coming on Monday.
- We`re having a party on the Fourth of July.
We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
- They arrived in October.
- She likes to jog in the morning.
- It`s too cold in winter to run outside.
- He started the job in 1971.
Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in
We use at for specific addresses.
- Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.
- Her house is on Boretz Road.
And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).
- She lives in Durham.
- Durham is in Windham County.
- Windham County is in Connecticut.
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Prepositions of
Location: in, at,
and on |
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IN |
AT |
ON |
NO PREPOSITION |
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(the) bed* |
class* |
the bed* |
downstairs |
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the |
home |
the ceiling |
downtown |
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bedroom |
the library* |
the floor |
inside |
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the car |
the office |
the horse |
outside |
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(the) class* |
school* |
the plane |
upstairs |
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the library* |
work |
the train |
uptown |
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school* |
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* You may sometimes use different prepositions for these locations.
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