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Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).

Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translations depending on the situation.


There are hardly any rules as to when to use whichpreposition. The only way to learn prepositions is looking them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English (literature) and learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips).


The following tablecontains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English:


Prepositions – Time

|English |Usage |Example|
|on |days of the week |on Monday |
|in |months / seasons|in August / in winter |
| |time of day |in the morning|
| |year |in 2006 |
| |after a certain period of time (when?)|in an hour |
|at |for night |at night |
||for weekend |at the weekend |
| |a certain point of time (when?) |at halfpast nine |
|since |from a certain point of time (past till now) |since 1980 |
|for |over...