VOCABULARY: PREPOSITIONS

 ✅ Prepositions of Time

 ✅ Prepositions of Place

✅ Prepositions of Movement

Prepositions of Direction (to, towards, away from, into, onto, out of, through, across, along, past, over, under, up, down...)

Prepositions of Position (between, among, beside, next to, opposite, behind, in front of, above, below...)

🧾PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

⬆️ AT (most specific)

• at the door
• at the bus stop
• at school

⬜ ON (surface / line)

• on the table
• on the wall
• on a bus

⬇️ IN (inside / area)

• in the room
• in a city
• in a car

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🔵 IN

• inside / enclosed space
• areas (city, country)
  👉 She is in the kitchen.

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🟢 ON

• surface
• transport (bus, train, plane)
  👉 The book is on the desk.

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🔴 AT

• specific point
  👉 I am at the bus stop.

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🧠 QUICK SUMMARY 

• IN → inside / areas
• ON → surface
• AT → point

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PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT (TO · INTO · ONTO)

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🔺 TO (MOST GENERAL DIRECTION)

Use for movement to a destination

• go to school
• walk to the station
• drive to work

👉 She is going to school.

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🔷 INTO (MOVEMENT INSIDE)

Use for movement from outside to inside

• into the room
• into the house
• into the box
• into the car

👉 The cat jumped into the box.

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🔶 ONTO (MOVEMENT TO A SURFACE)

Use for movement onto a surface

• onto the table
• onto the floor
• onto the stage
• onto the bus (less common than "get on the bus", but correct in context)

👉 The cat jumped onto the table.

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🧠 QUICK SUMMARY

🟥 TO → destination
🟦 INTO → movement inside
🟧 ONTO → movement onto a surface

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⭐ Esenciales (imprescindibles)

• ✅ to → destino
• ✅ into → entrar
• ✅ onto → subir a una superficie
• ✅ from → origen
• ✅ out of → salir de un lugar
• ✅ off → bajar de una superficie

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⭐ Muy frecuentes

• ✅ through → atravesar el interior de algo
• ✅ across → cruzar una superficie
• ✅ along → a lo largo de
• ✅ over → por encima
• ✅ under → por debajo
• ✅ past → pasar junto a

Ejemplo:

• Walk past the bank.
• Drive past the supermarket.

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⭐ Nivel A2/B1 

• up → hacia arriba
• down → hacia abajo
• around → alrededor
• towards → hacia
• away from → alejándose de

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⭐ Nivel B1

• across from (más de lugar que de movimiento)
• via
• around
• throughout
• across
• toward/towards (EE. UU. / Reino Unido)

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