Prepositions

Preposições são palavras usadas com nomes para mostrar sua relação com outras palavras da sentença. A seguir, apresentamos as principais preposições em inglês e seu uso:

	Time	Place
In	Meses: In January	Cidades: In London
	Anos, séculos: in 1995	Estados: In Arkansas
	Estações: in winter	Países: in Nicaragua
	Partes do dia: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening	Continentes: In Asia
On	Dias da semana: on Sunday	Ruas, avenidas, praças: on Portugal Avenue
	Datas (mês +dia) on April the 3rd
	Determinadas datas: On Christimas day
At	Horas: at 7	Endereços (rua +número): at 456 Lincoln St.
	Certos feriados: At Christmas	Lugares públicos: at the club, at the airport, at a party

Na dúvida, as sugestões abaixo podem ajudá-lo a resolvê-la, mas lembre-se: o uso nem sempre segue a regra geral.

Use in para indicar “dentro de alguma coisa”:

In the box

In the fridge

In a shop

In a garden

In France

Use on para indicar contato:

On a shelf

On a plate

On the grass

Use at para indicar um lugar definido. Nesse caso, seu sentido é o de “junto a”, “na”:

At the bus stop

At the top

At the bottom

Outras preposições:

About: sobre, a respeito de: Tell me about your life.

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

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 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: There were over 1.000 people in the concert Throw 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.