Preposition In, On, & At

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Definition of Preposition:

A preposition is a word, which is used to indicate different relations, such as place, time, method, manner, reason, and purpose, possession, direction, and motion. It is placed before a noun or a pronoun. The most common examples of prepositions in grammar are in, on, at.

Preposition In, on, and at can divided into two part to express place and time.

In

Expressing place:

·         In used to showing enclosed space around us.

  e.g.: I sleep in my bedroom

·         In used for geographic area such as country, city, province, district, and other.

  e.g.: I live in England.

1.   Enclosed Space

Noun	Sentences
In the car	Rachel ate the hamburger in the car last night
In the boat	All fish there are in the boat
In a president suit room	Tom slept in a president suit room of the hotel last Sunday
In the ballroom	The socialization from them will be held in the ballroom
In my bedroom	Karla is sleeping in my bedroom

  

     2.       Geographic Area

Noun	Sentences
In France	Jasmine was born in France
In Poland	European Cup 2012 hold in Poland
In Solo	Klewer Market located in Solo
In Lombok	There is Kuta Beach in Lombok
In Shibuya	Hachiko statue there is in Shibuya, in front of the Shibuya Station

Expressing time:

In used for several things such as showing months, years, centuries, parts of day, and seasons.

e.g.: In England, it often snows in December.

In	Noun	Sentences
MONTH	In  December	In December all of Australia countries are not snowing
	In August	The festival will be hold in August
YEAR	In 2006	FIFA World Cup in Germany was held in 2006
	In 1990	My sister was born in 1990
CENTURIES	In the 1900s	The super exclusive ship in the 1900s named TITANIC was sunk at 15 April 1912
	In the next century	Bill Gates predict in the next century technology will be more
PART OF DAY	In the afternoon	He likes to reading in the afternoon
	In the morning	Mom cooks our breakfast in the morning everyday
SEASON	In spring	The flower will bloom in the spring
	In summer	We will go to water boom in summer

On

Expressing place:

·         On used to show something which there on a surface.

e.g.: The paper is on the desk.

·         On used to show the name of a street.

e.g.: I live on Orchard Road.

1.    On The Surface

Noun	Sentences
On the pink desk	Nancy puts some fruit and vegetable on the pink desk
On the wall	There is a “no smoking” sign on the wall
On the cover	The author’s name is on the cover of book
On the red carpet	One by one Hollywood actresses and actors are walking on the red carpet
On the 7th floor	Ryan lived on the 7th floor of this apartment

     2.       Name of Street

Noun	Sentences
On Amie Street	Muthia has a boutique on Amie Street
On Orchid Street	Nadya lived on Orchid Street block A number 27
On Green Street	the big shop market as an unique build colored yellow on Greean Street
On John Street	The big bookshop in this city there is on John Street
On Lily Street	There are six units telephone box on Lily Street

Expressing time:

On used for show such as dates and show days.

e.g.: Tifa was born on 16 April 1998.

	Noun	Sentences
DATE	On 1 Syawal	All of Muslims around of world hold the Idul Fitri on  1 Syawal
	On 29 April	The royal wedding held on 29 April 2011
	On 26 April	Clara will be hold her daughter’s 1st anniversary on 26 April 2012 at her home
DAY	On 25th anniversary	They will be hold a party in a ballroom on 25th anniversary of their company
	On Sunday	Lily will give her invitation wedding to our office on Sunday
	On Monday	List of student was received in this school announced on Monday

At

·         Expressing time:

At used to show something for a point, sometimes use as a part of line.

e.g.: He is at the bus stop.

·         Expressing place:

At has a great variety of uses. Here are some of them:

1.       Location

e.g.: Tom is waiting for his sister at the bank.

2.       Destination

e.g.: We arrived at the house.

3.       Direction

e.g.: The dog jumped at my face and really scared me.

Noun	Sentences
At the corner	The statue in Rima’s house there is at the corner of her house
At the airport	Min Ho’s fans was waited him at the airport since 2 a.m
At the bedroom	We were sleeping at her bedroom when you came to his house
At Wonderful Salon	There is a new treatment product by Mrs. Laura at Wonderful Salon
At the Cinema 21	There are two new theater rooms at the Cinema 21 which consist of 3D facilities

Expressing time:

At used for several things such as showing noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day.

e.g.: The stars shine at night.

	Noun	Sentences
At	At lunchtime	We are go to our apartment at lunchtime every work days
	At midnight	Andry’s shop closes at midnight everyday
	At 10 o’clock	Declaration Independence Day of Indonesia announced at 10 o’clock
	At 8 a.m	Mr. John has a meeting with the investor at 8 a.m
	At 11.30 a.m	Garuda Indonesia with number GA647 which bring Super Junior from Seoul will landing at 11.30 a.m