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PREPOSITIONS: AT, IN, ON

28/08/2011 18:36

A utilização correta das preposições em inglês sempre gera muitas dúvidas naqueles que estão aprendendo o idioma. Não é de se admirar, pois várias preposições são usadas na língua inglesa e seus significados variam bastante e podem até mesmo mudar todo o sentido de uma frase. Nesse primeiro momento abordarei as preposições que, em geral, provocam mais dúvidas sobre a sua correta utilização. São elas, AT, IN, e ON. Explicações e exemplos de uso seguem abaixo:

AT: preposição usada para indicar tempo (horas) e locais (públicos ou privados), endereços que incluam o número do local como também para indicar que estamos próximo de alguma coisa, como de um quadro-negro, janela, porta (NEXT TO ou BESIDE) ou quando estamos sentados à mesa, etc.

** Obs: A preposição AT também é usada antes de nomes de cidades ou lugares quando nos referimos somente a uma parada ou escala durante uma viagem. Exemplos:

1 - Does this train stop AT Phoenix?

2 - Our flight to Los Angeles made one stopover AT Denver and yet another one AT Phoenix.

Exemplos:

The bell rang AT 10 o´clock.
Space Shuttle Atlantis landed AT Cape Canaveral AT 9:20 a.m.
Jack lives AT 723 W. Fith Street, Los Angeles.
Bill was not AT home when his father arrived.
We noticed that there were some men AT work on the road when we were reaching the ranch in south Texas.
The party will take place AT John´s country house in Southern California.
AT the crossroads.
AT the end of the road.
AT the subway station
AT the airport
AT the train station
AT the shopping center
AT the movie theater
Jack is AT his desk studying.
There is a woman AT the window of the store.
There were about 20 people already seated AT the dinner table when we arrived AT John´s house.
AT the / a party
AT a press conference
AT a meeting
AT the corner of the street
AT the end of the corridor / hallway
AT the back of the room
AT a traffic light
AT low / high tide
AT sunset
AT sunrise
AT dawn
AT Easter
AT Christmas

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IN: A preposição IN indica que alguma coisa esta inclusa ou inserida em outra. IN também é utilizada para indicar o mês, ano, etc. Exemplos:

We will swim IN the lake later today.
IN the morning
IN the afternoon
IN the evening (Obs: usamos a expressão AT night e não IN the night)
IN the summer.
IN summertime.
IN the 21st century
written IN pencil / ink.
IN jail.
IN luck.
IN a hurry.
IN reply.
IN the nude // to swim IN the nude (to skinny-dip).
IN a box / an envelope / the refrigerator.
Mike went to New York for the first time IN 1996.
My English course will begin late IN June.

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ON: A preposição ON é usada para indicar contato físico entre dois objetos. Também é utilizada para indicar datas completas (datas que incluam o dia do mês). Alguns exemplos seguem abaixo:

There were several cardboard boxes ON the dinner table.
I realized that I had no money ON me when I got to the gas station.
Mike´s got a lot of science books ON his bookshelves.
He jumped ON his horse and left in a hurry.
Shadows ON the wall scared us when we entered the living room.
ON the right / left were the mountains. ( AS PREPOSIÇÕES AT E TO PODEM SUBSTITUIR ON NESSE CONTEXTO)
The boys went ON the train in a hurry.
We sometimes go biking ON weekends. ( ON é utilizado no inglês americano e AT no inglês britânico)
ON the train.
ON the ship.
ON the boat.
ON the bus
I cut my thumb ON a tin can.
ON 2nd Street
On Broadway
ON fire.
To set ON fire.
ON a committee
ON tour.
To have something ON good authority.
10 cents ON the dollar.
I bought a book ON cooking the other day.
ON Monday, Tuesday, etc
ON the weekend.
Jane was born ON March 25, 2011
The computer science training will begin ON the 24th of August.
ON the morning / afternoon / evening / night of March 22, 2009.
ON the last day of summer.
ON Monday afternoons

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PREPOSITIONS: AT, IN, ON

AT: preposição usada para indicar tempo (horas) e locais (públicos ou privados), endereços que incluam o número do local como também para indicar que estamos próximo de alguma coisa, como de um quadro-negro, janela, porta (NEXT TO ou BESIDE) ou quando estamos sentados à mesa, etc.

** Obs: A preposição AT também é usada antes de nomes de cidades ou lugares quando nos referimos somente a uma parada ou escala durante uma viagem. Exemplos:

1 - Does this train stop AT Phoenix?

2 - Our flight to Los Angeles made one stopover AT Denver and yet another one AT Phoenix.

Exemplos:

The bell rang AT 10 o´clock.

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed AT Cape Canaveral AT 9:20 a.m.

Jack lives AT 723 W. Fith Street, Los Angeles.

Bill was not AT home when his father arrived.

We noticed that there were some men AT work on the road when we were reaching the ranch in south Texas.

The party will take place AT John´s country house in Southern California.

AT the crossroads.

AT the end of the road.

AT the subway station

AT the airport

AT the train station

AT the shopping center

AT the movie theater

Jack is AT his desk studying.

There is a woman AT the window of the store.

There were about 20 people already seated AT the dinner table when we arrived AT John´s house.

AT the / a party

AT a press conference

AT a meeting

AT the corner of the street

AT the end of the corridor / hallway

AT the back of the room

AT a traffic light

AT low / high tide

AT sunset

AT sunrise

AT dawn

AT Easter

AT Christmas

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IN: A preposição IN indica que alguma coisa esta inclusa ou inserida em outra. IN também é utilizada para indicar o mês, ano, etc. Exemplos:

We will swim IN the lake later today.

IN the morning

IN the afternoon

IN the evening (Obs: usamos a expressão AT night e não IN the night)

IN the summer.

IN summertime.

IN the 21st century

written IN pencil / ink.

IN jail.

IN luck.

IN a hurry.

IN reply.

IN the nude // to swim IN the nude (to skinny-dip).

IN a box / an envelope / the refrigerator.

Mike went to New York for the first time IN 1996.

My English course will begin late IN June.

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ON: A preposição ON é usada para indicar contato físico entre dois objetos. Também é utilizada para indicar datas completas (datas que incluam o dia do mês). Alguns exemplos seguem abaixo:

There were several cardboard boxes ON the dinner table.

I realized that I had no money ON me when I got to the gas station.

Mike´s got a lot of science books ON his bookshelves.

He jumped ON his horse and left in a hurry.

Shadows ON the wall scared us when we entered the living room.

ON the right / left were the mountains. ( AS PREPOSIÇÕES AT E TO PODEM SUBSTITUIR ON NESSE CONTEXTO)

The boys went ON the train in a hurry.

We sometimes go biking ON weekends. ( ON é utilizado no inglês americano e AT no inglês britânico)

ON the train.

ON the ship.

ON the boat.

ON the bus

I cut my thumb ON a tin can.

ON 2nd Street

On Broadway

ON fire.

To set ON fire.

ON a committee

ON tour.

To have something ON good authority.

10 cents ON the dollar.

I bought a book ON cooking the other day.

ON Monday, Tuesday, etc

ON the weekend.

Jane was born ON March 25, 2011