Prepositions, Articles and common mistakes

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  • Prepositions
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This lesson contains 29 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Today
  • Prepositions
  • Articles


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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.

Slide 2 - Slide

What tenses have we discussed so far?

Slide 3 - Open question


How do you make the present continuous?
A
to have + verb + -es
B
to be + verb
C
to be + verb + -ing
D
to do + verb + -ing

Slide 4 - Quiz

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

Slide 5 - Open question

By the end of your course, you will have been studying for four years.
A
Future Simple
B
Past Perfect
C
Future perfect continuous
D
Present continuous

Slide 6 - Quiz

timer
0:20
can you name
a preposition (voorzetsel)

Slide 7 - Mind map

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.

Slide 8 - Slide

He sat on the chair.

pronoun - verb - preposition -article -noun

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

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,

Slide 11 - Slide

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.

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Slide 13 - Slide

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.

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Slide 15 - Slide

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.

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 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

Slide 18 - Drag question

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.

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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.

Slide 20 - Slide

Using your cell phone while driving is ___________ the law.
A
against
B
beyond
C
despite

Slide 21 - Quiz

I have no experience, so I'm _____ a disadvantage when it comes to this job interview.
A
at
B
with
C
in

Slide 22 - Quiz

My grandparents lived in that same house _____ ages.
A
over
B
since
C
for

Slide 23 - Quiz

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)

Slide 24 - Slide

Slide 25 - Slide

ARTICLES
Melanie is ___ American who lives in France.
A
a
B
an
C
x
D
the

Slide 26 - Quiz


university
A
a
B
an

Slide 27 - Quiz

_______ man is _______best creature.

Slide 28 - Open question

I can do it in _______ hour and _______ half.

Slide 29 - Open question