Prepositions Sucks !
Autor: Igor Rosendo | Publicado: 2011-04-01T12:38:00-07:00


&nbsp;Everytime I do mistakes using prepositions, many time it makes me feel furious, but everyone have the same problem so, I go ahead.
&nbsp;I've took a look on some tips, to post here for you guys, I also found some exercises that I tried to do, and answered wrong lots of questions --' Arghh&nbsp;... Prepositions Sucks !

The most usefull prepositions are, at/on/in, so here you are some examples:
INMonths: In JanuaryCity: In Orlando
Year, Century : in 1995State: In Arkansas
Season: in winterCountry: in Brazil
Time of the day: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the eveningContinent: In Afric


ON
Days of the week: on SundayStreet, avenue, square: on Portugal Avenue, on May 4th square, on Av. Jason.M
Date:on Christimas day,&nbsp;on April&nbsp;3rd



AT
Hour: at 7 amAddress: at&nbsp;785&nbsp;Washington St.
Holiday: At ChristmasPlaces: at the club, at the airport, at a party



If the prepositions was&nbsp;only that three it would be great, isn't it ? But, unfortunately there are lots of, such as:

Above: acima de: John’s apartment is above Mara’s.

About: sobre, a respeito de:
Tell me about your life.
Across: através de, do outro lado:
The dog swam across the river.
After: depois de: She always arrives after 9 o’clock.
Against: contra: The motorbike was against the wall.
Among: entre (vários): The pencil was among the books.
Around: em volta de: They travelled all around the world.
Before: antes de:
She never arrives before 7 o’clock.
Behind: atrás de:
Tim is behind Peter.
Below: abaixo de:
Mara lives below John.
Beside: ao lado de: The earphones are beside the monitor.
Besides: além de: Besides English, she can also speak Russian.
Between: entre (dois): He was sitting between the two old ladies.
Beyond: além de:
The valley is beyond the mountains.
But: exceto:
Everybody went to the party, but Philip.
By: por, junto, ao lado de:
Let’s rest by the fireplace.They live by the sea.
Down: abaixo, para baixo.
Please, put the volume down.Up: acima, para cima Their house is halfway down/up the hill
During: durante: He was in the army during the war.
For: a favor de: He who’s not for us is against us.
For: por, para, há (tempo)
The train for Moscow leaves at noon.Fresh air is good for health.They’ve lived here for ages.
From: de (origem): Where are you from?
In front of: na frente de: Peter is in front of Tim.
Inside/outside: dentro de/fora de: Let the dog sleep inside/outside the house.
Instead of: em vez de: You should be studying instead of playing video-games.
Into: para dentro, em: The cars disappeared into the mist.
Like: como: What’s that like?

Near: perto de: The post office is near the cathedral.
Off: para fora (de uma superfície): Marky fell off his bike. 
Out of: para fora de: Take these books out of the box.
Over: sobre, acima de, por cima de:
I´m gonna jump over the window.There were over 1.000 people in the concertThrow the stone over the wall
Since: desde: I’ve known her since 1995.
Through: através de: The soldiers walked through the forest.
Till/until: até (tempo): The book won’t arrive till tomorrow.
To: para:
People say that Teresa will go to France next week.
Towards: para, em direção a: The nasty boy threw the stone towards the window.
Under: em baixo de: The cat lays under the bed.
With/without: com/sem: Go with us!I can’t live without you.
Within: dentro de : The noise came from within the stable.


&nbsp;That is all, Lets see if those tips can helped us, take a look on the exercises below, try to answer it, and tell me, how it was, right ?
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm