PREPOSIÇÕES

LOCUÇÕES PREPOSITIVAS

Preposicões de duas palavras

Up against As for But for Except for Apart from Aside from Away from As from Ahead of As of Because of Inside of Instead of Out of Outside of Upwards of According to As to Close to Near to Next to Up to Along with Together with

Grupos de três palavras

In aid of	In case of	In charge of
In favour of	In front of	In need of
In place of	In search of	In view of
In accordance with	In common with	In comparison with
In contact with	In line with	By means of
By way of	On account of	On behalf of
On top of	As far as	For sake of
In exchange for	In return for

PREPOSIÇÕES

POLISSILÁBICAS

About Above Across After Against Along Among Around Before Behind Below Beneath Beside Between Beyond During Except Inside Into Onto Opposite Outside Over Throughout Toward(s) Under Underneath Until Upon Within Without

PREPOSIÇÕES

MONOSSILÁBICAS

As At But By Down For From In Like Near Of Off On Out Past Per Round Through To Up With

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.

Preposições in, on e at.

Basta seguir o esquema:
IN>dia IN>rua
ON=dia/data ON=rua
AT < dia AT < rua
Exemplos:
She was born on December, 22.
In Brazil, soccer is very popular.
Classes start at 2PM tomorrow.

Professores Martin e Décio