Unit 24

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Unit 24

Complex prepositions

Complex preposition; verb + preposition: common patterns; phrasal verbs: word order

Exercise 1.2 (page 168)

Listen to the telephone conversation?

Which of the instructions best respresents the advice Sofia gives to Osman?

Which of the instructions best represents the advice Sofia gives to Osman?

1. Instruction 1
2. Instruction 2
3. Instruction 3
4. Instruction 4

Exercise 1.2 (page 168)

Listen again and write the exact words from the recording.

The number of words you have to use is given in the square brackets.

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

Sentence 4

Sentence 5

Sentence 6

Sentence 7

What are
prepositions?

Definition:

Prepositions indicate relationships between other words in a sentence. Many prepositions tell you where something is or when something happened.

What are examples
of prepositions?

Simple vs complex prepositions

• Simple preposition (one word)

on, at, in, before, about, etc.

• Complex prepositions (two or more words)
  as far as, along with, in the event of, in exchange for, etc.

In

Places

spaces

building

street

city

country

book

newspaper

transport

photo

world

Tijd

• We sleep in a huge bed.
• He is in hospital now.
• I live in a quiet street.
• We live in London.
• They live in the Netherlands.
• I read it in Harry Potter.
• It was in the newspaper.
• I saw him driving in a new car.
• You look great in this picture.
• Where in the world were you?

month

seasons

part of the day

year

in a certain time

• I was born in January.
• We went away in autumn.
• Let's meet in the evening.
• It all started in 2020.
• Dinner's ready in thirty minutes.

At

Places

next to / 
closeby

table

where you're doing something

Time

• Leave your shoes at the door.
  
   
• We were sitting at the table. 
   
• She is studying at the library.
• They are at school.
• Dad is at work. 

night

specific time

holidays

• I love studying at night.
  
  
• Let's meet at half past seven. 
  
  
• We meet our family at Christmas. 

On

Places

attached

on the surface

 

specific side

floor

public transport

(social) media 

Time

• The mirror is on the wall.
  
  
• They keys are on the table. 
• The boat floated on the water.
  
  
• It is on the right side.
  
  
• We live on the second floor.
  
  
• They were talking on the bus.
  
   
• I saw it on TikTok / the news. 

days of the week

• I never study on Sundays.
• She hates working on Monday.

Other simple prepositions

Places

place in relation to something else

Time

• The bird flew over the house.
• The bird flew through the cage.  
• The bird flew with the cage. 
  
• The bird flew via the cage. 
  
• The bird flew to the cage. 
  
• The bird flew above the cage.
  
• The bird flew under the cage. 
• The bird flew next to the cage.
• The bird flew into the cage.
• The bird flew from the cage.

clock

periods of time

before or at

around

• It is ten to ten. (09:50 / 21:50)
• It is ten past ten. (10:10 / 22:10)
  
  
• I work from Monday to/till Friday.
  
  
• It will be done by 6 o'clock.
  
  
• By 7 pm, I had finished everything.

Confusing simple prepositions

using a method of transportation

marriage

between / among 

• I go to school by bike.
• We went to Italy by plane. 
  
  
• He is married to a very beautiful girl. 
  
  
• Between you and me, I hate school. (2 people)
• Friends often make jokes among each other. (multiple people)

Complex prepositions

• There are no clear rules for them.
• The more you use English, the easier they get, as you will recognise them or passively know them.

Word order

• There are many rules in terms of word order, but this might only confuse you and is very boring to talk about.
• That's why we're not going to go indepth.
• You can find the rules on pages 169 & 170

Continue

In pairs / groups of three:
Continue working on exercises 3.1 - 3.4 on page 170-172

Check the answers with the key in the back of your book.