Preposições de tempo ingles
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PREPOSIÇÕES DE TEMPO / LUGAR
LUGAR
AT – lugar específico:
He’s at the bank. He lives at 59 Park Ave.
ON – rua, avenida (o que se parece com uma linha):
The bank is on Park Ave. He lives on Park Avenue.
IN – cidades, estados, países:
He lives in New York.
TEMPO
AT – horas:
He’s arriving at 5 pm.
ON – datas, dias da semana:
He’s arriving on Monday. His birthday is on Dec 2nd.
IN – meses, anos:
It happened in 1989
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AFTER – depois de algo:
We’re going to the movies after class.
AGO – há quanto tempo, no passado:
He died 5 years ago.
AROUND – por volta de; não exatamente:
Dinner is served around 7.
AT – horários específicos; datas comemorativas:
Come at 6. At Christmas, there’s an exchange of gifts.
BEFORE – antes de algo:
Make sure it’s the right size before buying it.
BETWEEN – indica dois pontos-limite:
Please hand in your papers between Monday and Wednesday.
BY – não mais tarde que; limite máximo da ação:
I’ll have finished all the reports by Friday.
DURING – por todo um período de tempo:
He’s staying with us during the holidays.
FOR – duração:
Katie has been married for 4 years.
FROM… TO… / FROM… UNTIL… / FROM… TILL… – duração entre dois pontos específicos no tempo:
Extra classes in the afternoon, from 2 to 6 / from 2 until 6. / from 2 till 6.
IN – meses, anos, estações:
He was born in July / in 1973 / in the summer.
ON – dias da semana, datas:
He was born on a Monday / on July 20th.
PAST – mais tarde do que:
It’s twenty past five. He arrived past midnight.
SINCE – início da ação/situação:
She’s been having dance classes since last year.
TILL/ UNTIL – final da ação / situação:
Jenna’s staying in Brazil till / until November.
UP TO – limite máximo da duração:
You can play computer games up to 1 hour a day.
WITHIN – dentro de um determinado período de tempo:
This problem must be solved within two hours.
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
ABOVE – posição mais elevada, não necessariamente numa linha vertical:
The sun was shining above us.
ACROSS – de um lado para o outro:
There’s a beautiful bridge across that river.
AFTER – seguindo:
The fat cat ran after the little mouse.
AGAINST – diretamente oposto:
Sailing against the wind.
ALONG – numa linha paralela a algo, ou num ponto desta linha:
Let’s walk along the beach. A tiny house along the river. Three checkpoints along the road.
AMONG – em um grupo:
They came across in the homecoming, among other former students.
AROUND – em um círculo; não distante:
The athletes ran around the square. He lives around here.
AT – local específico:
Why don’t we meet at school?
BEFORE – na frente de:
There he was, standing before me.
“I promise before Almighty God that the evidence which I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”.
BEHIND – numa posição anterior:
She couldn’t see the play because she was sitting behind a bulky man.
BELOW – posição inferior:
Hypothermia, which is body temperature below 95 degrees, is life-threatening.
BESIDE – contíguo; adjacente, ao lado:
Come on, sit here beside me.
BETWEEN – entre dois pontos de referência:
Park your car between those two poles.
BY – próximo; ao lado:
He sat by the window, grabbed his book and forgot about the world outside.
CLOSE TO – uma pequena distância:
“I wish you were so close to me”.
DOWN – de posição mais elevada para outra abaixo:
We watched the sun go down.
FOR – destino:
This ship is leaving for Indonesia.
FROM – local de origem:
Where are you from?
IN – num espaço interior:
Somebody had left a wallet in the taxi.
IN FRONT OF – diretamente em frente:
Avoid standing in front of doors. You could get knocked down unexpectedly.
INSIDE – num espaço anterior (enfatiza o contraste com espaço exterior):
Come inside. It’s very cold out there.
INTO – movimento para dentro:
Three dogs ran into the small garden.
NEAR – a uma curta distância:
Due to a restraining order, he can’t come anywhere near here.
NEXT TO – contíguo; adjacente, ao lado:
Who sits next to you at school?
OFF – longe de algo, no exterior:
She put on her hat and off she went!
ON – em uma superfície:
Put all those books back on the shelf.
ONTO – movimento numa superfície:
There was a myriad of worms crawling onto the dead body.
OPPOSITE – de frente para algo:
Her grandparents used to live opposite the bank; that’s how they saw the robbery.
OUT OF – indica movimento de saída ou lado externo:
Get out of my room!
OUTSIDE – exterior:
He parked outside so as not to pay $20.
OVER – posição mais elevada, sem haver contato:
Your cat has jumped over my fence again!
PAST – após algo:
Go past the supermarket; the bank is the second building.
ROUND – num movimento circular:
The scouts were sitting round the campfire.
THROUGH – de uma extremidade a outra:
There’s a shortcut to the nearest taxi rank. Just walk through the park and you’ll be there in five minutes.
TO – destino:
This ship is going to Indonesia.
TOWARDS – em direção a algo:
The thief walked towards me and I ran away.
UNDER – verticalmente numa posição inferior:
She found his wallet under the bed.
UP – indica movimento para ou em uma posição mais elevada:
Stand up and say your name.