Grammar in focus
Form
| Time | Place |
|---|---|
| at: exact time, night, festivals (at 9 o'clock, at night, at Christmas) | at: a point or address (at the bus stop, at 25 Main Street) |
| on: days and dates (on Monday, on June 5) | on: surfaces, streets, floors (on the table, on Reforma Avenue) |
| in: months, years, seasons, parts of the day (in June, in 1995, in the evening) | in: inside, cities, countries (in the bag, in Mexico City) |
Use
- Movement: to (go to school), across, through, up, down. Arrive at a place or event, in a city or country.
- Position: above, under, between (two things), among (many), next to.
- Time periods: for + period (for five years), since + point (since 2018), by + deadline (by Friday), until (until six), in + period (in ten minutes).
- Transport: by car / by bus, but on foot.
Adjective + preposition
afraid of · good at · interested in · married to · tired of · angry with · worried about · proud of · different from
Verb + preposition
depend on · wait for · listen to · look for · look at · talk to · think about
Watch out
I arrived to the airport→ I arrived at the airport.interested on→ interested in.married with→ married to.- for + a period, since + a starting point.
En español
At = a / en (punto exacto), on = en / sobre (días, superficies), in = en / dentro de (meses, años, lugares). Muchos adjetivos y verbos van con una preposición fija: good at, wait for, depend on.
US vs UK
This book teaches American English. These are the differences you will notice with British English on this topic.
US: on. UK: at.
EE. UU.: on. Reino Unido: at.
Several prepositions change between varieties.
Varias preposiciones cambian entre variedades.
US: on + street; write + person. UK: in + street; write to.
EE. UU.: on + calle; write + persona.
Exam practice
- Five parts, like a certification exam: multiple choice, open cloze, error identification, sentence transformation and US vs UK.
- Typed answers accept American spelling and contractions (don't = do not).
- Every item has feedback in English and Spanish. Items and options change order on every attempt.
- Only Exam mode saves your score to your progress. You pass with 70%.
Practice mode
No timer. Check each part as you go and read the feedback.
Exam mode
25 minutes. Feedback at the end. Your best score is saved.