Prepositions of Direction. Предлоги времени

AT	IN	ON
at 10.30 at Christmas/Easter at noon/night at lunch/dinner at breakfast at the moment at the weekend	in the morning/ evening/afternoon in the Easter/Christmas/ holiday (s) in January in (the) winter (seasons) in 1992 in the 19 the century in two hours (two hours from now)	on Monday on Easter Sunday on Christmas Day in Friday night on July 30th on a summer day on that day
Перед словами yesterday, tomorrow, next, this, last, everyне употребляются предлоги at, in, on. Сome on Monday. We parted last year. Spring begins in March. We’ll meet next week. Our lesson will begin at ten o’clock.
before	до, ранее	till	до
after	после	during	во время
until	до	between	между

Предлоги с разными видами транспорта

by	bike/motorbike/ car/van/lorry/train/plane/ air/bus/tram/ship	on his/that, etc. bike/motorbike in my/this, etc/ car/van/lorry on the train/plane/bus/tram/ship
	boat	on the boat (if a large boat) in the boat (if a small boat)
on foot
get in (to) /get out of a car or taxi
get on/get off a bicycle, bus or train

Prepositions after Verbs. Предлоги после глаголов

at arrive laugh look shout joke stare call smile guess aim

about agree dream hear know forget worry see talk tell care think about/ of

in arrive succeed believe include improve pay (in cash) persist discourage specialize fail result cover in/with

to apply belong listen refer speak go exp- lain appeal climb object apologize hap-pen

for apologize leave wait admire forgive punish work blame excuse call look

from differ resign suffer recover come part hide hear escape absent borrow trans-late from …in-to

on talk insist rely congra-tulate bet decide spend count depend base spy

of approve dream accuse remind smell consist taste dispose die of/ from take care

Prepositions after Nouns. Предлоги после существительных

of delay description hope idea lack advantage cause

to damage reply regards thanks solution key invitation answear

in decrease delay expert failure increase search fall rise

for excuse reason reputation respect responsibi- lity report demand need

on advice attack blame book expert text

with relation- ship trouble connection contract agreement harmony

Prepositions after Adjectives.

Предлоги после прилагательных

similar to cruel to dear to harmful to nice to equal to faithful to rude to sympathetic to/towards sensitive to allergic to grateful to

amazed at/by good at clever at bad at suspicious at/by shocked at/by terrible at brilliant at dependent on

interested in sure in rich in dressed in slow in/ about weak in/at fortunate in busy with angry with delighted with friendly with fed up with acquainted with satisfied with annoyed with

absent from sorry for smb/about smth famous for eager for respected for popular with content with different from

anxious about crazy about excited about upset about/over serious about /with careless about curious about wrong about

capable of certain of frightened of envious of fond of afraid of worthy of tired of short of aware of unaware of shy of sick of ashamed of

Устойчивые выражения

be afraid of (smth/smb)- бояться чего-л./кого-л.

ask for smth - (по)просить что-л.

belong to smb- принадлежать кому-л.

depend on- зависеть от

explain smth to smb - объяснять что-л. кому-л.

be good at smth- иметь способности к чему-л.

happen to- случаться, происходить

laugh at smth., smb.- смеяться над чем-л., кем-л.

listen to smb/smth - слушать кого-л./что-л.

look at smth.- смотреть на что-л.;~ for- искать; ~ after - присматривать, заботиться; ~ through- просматривать (бумаги, газеты)

pay attention to smth., smb.- обращать внимание на что-л., кого-л.

a reason for smth.- причина чего-л.

speak to (with) smb- говорить с кем-л.

wait for smb/smth- ждать кого-л./чего-л.

Ex. 1. Заполните пропуски предлогами in, on, at, from, since, by, for:

1. He bought the car … August.

2. Everyone finished dinner … 7 o'clock.

3. I have known Dan … many years.

4. I have been waiting … him … 6 o'clock.

5. His office hours are … ten … six.

6. He will be back … a minute.

7. They had done everything … 7 o'clock.

8. You must give the answer … Monday.

9. Let's meet … the theatre.

10. I'll call you back … some minutes.

Ex. 2. . Выберите правильный предлог и заполните пропуски:

A - among; B – between

1. Bus № 15 runs … Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. 2. They like to walk in the forest … the high trees. 3. Where is Ann? She is sitting … Tom and Jack. 4. I can't find my handkerchief … all those things. 5. This electric train goes … the town and the country. 6. Your book is … those, lying on the table. 7. These two boys often quarrel … themselves. 8. Tom has a lot of things in his pocket, a little penknife is … them. 9. Let it stay … you and me. 10. He is lying on the grass … beautiful flowers.