Hoje vamos praticar prepositions.
What are Prepositions?
Prepositions often follow other parts of speech as expressions that have to be learned case-by-case: interested in, angry about, to be looking forward to, etc.
Here are some of the most common ones:
- borrow something from somebody ⇒ I borrowed a book from my classmate.
- arrive at / in somewhere ⇒ We arrived at the airport. We arrived in London.
- belong to somebody ⇒ This book belongs to me.
- Have you borrowed money from anyone?
- What time do you usually arrive at work?
- Do you have anything that belongs to your grandparents?
- concentrate on something / doing something ⇒ I concentrated on studying at the weekend.
- depend on something / somebody ⇒ It depends on the weather.
- explain something to somebody ⇒ The teacher explained the exercise to the students.
- Do you have an easy or a hard time concentrating on your tasks?
- Does your family depend a lot on you? And you on them?
- Can you explain one of your current projects/tasks/goals to us?
- worry about somebody / something ⇒ Don't worry about a thing!
- listen to something / somebody ⇒ I listened to music.
- pay somebody for something ⇒ I paid the waiter for the coffee.
- wait for somebody / something ⇒ Wait for me!
- Who worry about most?
- What kind of music do you like listening to?
- What was the last thing you paid for?
- How do you feel when you have to wait for someone?
Here are some of the most common ones:
- famous for ⇒ France is famous for its food.
- proud of ⇒ He is very proud of his new car.
- interested in ⇒ Julie is very interested in sport.
- What is yout city famous for?
- What is something you’re proud of?
- What are you interested in?
- married to ⇒ My mother has been married to my father for 20 years.
- bad at ⇒ They are very bad at maths.
- good at ⇒ Einstein was very good at physics.
- Who are you married to?
- What are you bad at?
- What are you good at?
- different from / to ⇒ Coffee is different from tea.
- pleased with ⇒ John is very pleased with his new suit.
- excited about ⇒ I'm very excited about my holiday.
- afraid of ⇒ I'm afraid of spiders.
- Who are you most different from? Your mom or your dad?
- Are you please with your life?
- What are you excited about this year?
- What are you afraid of?
We use them in many phrases and expressions and unfortunately, we just need to learn these by heart. There aren't really any rules.
- After a long journey, at last we arrived at our hotel.
- At last! I thought you'd never get here!
- I dropped the glass by mistake. I'm really sorry.
- She gave him the wrong book by mistake.
- She tried to grab the kite as it flew away but it was already out of reach.
- That job is out of reach. I don't have the right qualifications for it.
- John reads a lot. For instance, yesterday he read two books.
- You should eat more vegetables. Why don't you have a salad at lunchtime, for instance?
- I saw Julie at the station by chance.
- She found the perfect book by chance in a second hand bookshop.
- She left without paying on purpose! It wasn't a mistake.
- Did you take my bag on purpose? Why would you do that?
- I opened the door, and to my surprise, it was Lucy! I'd thought she was in Paris.
- To his surprise, the baby stopped crying and smiled at him.
- You must do it at once! Don't wait even one minute.
- She cleaned up at once when she realised that her mother was coming to visit.
- I usually go to work on foot.
- Did you come by car or on foot?
- We need to book the tickets for the cinema in advance, or we won't get a good seat.
- She always buys her food for Christmas well in advance.
- When the car started rolling we realised that we were in danger. Luckily we managed to stop.
- The dog fell into the river and was in danger for several minutes.
- She visits her mother every week without fail.
- I study for twenty minutes a day without fail.
- Let's have Italian food for a change. We always eat British food.
- I don't want to go to the cinema again. I want to go to the park for a change.
- She was on time for the meeting. It started at nine and she arrived at nine.
- Why are you never on time? I'm so fed up with waiting for you.
- People from different countries have a lot in common. We all want to have good lives.
- What does a cat have in common with a mouse? Well, they are both mammals.
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