Prepositions, Articles and common mistakes

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today

• Prepositions
• Articles

Learning Goal

• You will know what a preposition is and how to use it.
• You will know what an article is and how to use it.

What tenses have we discussed so far?

How do you make the present continuous?

1. to have + verb + -es
2. to be + verb
3. to be + verb + -ing
4. to do + verb + -ing

Past Continuous:
The children .... their homework when I .... home.

By the end of your course, you will have been studying for four years.

1. Future Simple
2. Past Perfect
3. Future perfect continuous
4. Present continuous

Look at these sentences

1. He sat on the chair.
2. There is some milk in the fridge.
3. She was hiding under the table.
4. The cat jumped off the counter.
5. He drove over the bridge.

can you name
a preposition (voorzetsel)

He sat on the chair.

pronoun - verb - preposition -article -noun

What

A preposition is a word or group of words used before

• a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord),
• pronoun(I, You) ,
• or noun phrase

to show
direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships,

Prepositions of Direction (movement)

To refer to a direction, use the prepositions "to," "in," "into," "on," and "onto."

    She drove to the store.
    Don’t ring the doorbell. Come right in(to) the house.
    Drive on(to) the grass and park the car there.

Prepositions of Time

To refer to one point in time, use the prepositions "in," "at," and "on."

    Use "in" with parts of the day (not specific times), months, years, and seasons.
    He reads in the evening.

Use "at" with the time of day. Also use "at" with noon, night, and midnight.   
She often goes for a walk at night.

    Use "on" with days.
    I work on Saturdays.

Prepositions of Place

He left his phone on the bed.

Basements are dug below ground.

There is a deer between the two trees.

There is a purple flower among the weeds.

 I am going to a concert _____________ Friday.

My dad is alwayys home ________ 6 o'clock. 

 You were born ______ August.

 She has trouble ..... remembering new vocabulary. 

Birmingham is 250 kilometres ------- London

Prepositions: Complete the gaps (1-5)   by dragging a preposition A-H. 

1.

in

on

at

With

from

Confusing ones:

Among / Between
'Among' and 'between' are almost exactly the same in meaning. However, 'between' is used when something is placed between two objects. 'Among', on the other hand, is used when something is placed among many objects.

Beside / Besides
'Beside' - without an s- means 'next to'. For example, "Tom is seated beside Alice." In contrast, 'Besides' - with an 's' - states that something is in addition to something else. For example, "Besides math, Peter is getting an A in history.

Using your cell phone while driving is ___________ the law.

1. against
2. beyond
3. despite

I have no experience, so I'm _____ a disadvantage when it comes to this job interview.

1. at
2. with
3. in

My grandparents lived in that same house _____ ages.

1. over
2. since
3. for

Articles (lidwoorden)

In Dutch: ''De, Het, Een'', are the articles

In English: ''The, A, An'', are the articles

(A, AN are indefinite articles
The is an definite article)

ARTICLES
Melanie is ___ American who lives in France.

1. a
2. an
3. x
4. the

university

1. a
2. an

_______ man is _______best creature.

I can do it in _______ hour and _______ half.