Fill the Gap
We travelled ___ a car.
We travelled in a car.
OR
We travelled by car.
Give me 5 examples of prepositions.
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He drank the pub.
He drank at the pub.
He's in the shop.
IN
I was telling her _____ my new job.
I was telling her about my new job.
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else.
Our wedding day is the 3rd of March.
Our wedding day is the 3rd of March.
OR
Our wedding day is on the 3rd of March.
She went to New York on the 14th of December.
TO, ON
What are you doing that ______?
What are you doing that for?
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He walked above the bridge.
He walked over the bridge.
I left my coat behind the door in the living room.
behind, IN
Please ask _____ Charlotte for a pen.
Please ask Charlotte for a pen.
In English we only 'ask for' NOT 'ask to .... for'.
What's the difference between in and into?
We use in to talk about where something is in relation to a larger area around it.
We use into to talk about the movement of something, usually with a verb that expresses movement (e.g. go, come). It shows where something is or was going
It is made with chocolate and cinnamon.
It is made of chocolate and cinnamon.
OR
It is made with chocolate and cinnamon.
By the time I got home the cat had hidden the mouse between the fridge and the oven.
By the time, between
The horse leapt ______ the fence.
The horse leapt over the fence.
If we use lots of prepositions with one verb what effect do we create?
It creates a sense of continuing action and excitement.
Which is correct?
I stood in front of the class.
I stood at the front of the class.
Both but they have slightly different meanings.
I was swimming underwater when I spotted a shark swimming quickly towards me and an octopus loitering below me.
underwater
towards
below