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Como usar as preposições:

IN, ON, AT ( Time)

IN- usado de forma mais generalizada,longo periodo de tempo.

EX: In April, In 2005, In the 21st century

ON- usado com dias um pouco mais específicos, feriados, datas.

I went to work on Monday.

AT- usado para representar horas, minutos ou um o horário muito especial.

The train will come at 10 p.m

IN, ON, AT(place)

IN- em grandes áreas tais cidades,estados, países, continentes.

ON- ruas, avenidas

AT- lugares mais específicos, endereços concretos...

Ex: Michaels lives on 12th street, in New York.]

Her office is at 250 Market Street in San Francisco

Para ficar claro e mais fácil de entender olhe a imagem abaixo, para te dar um pouco mais de
clareza sobre as preposições:

MAIS GERAL
IN

ESPECÍFICO
ON

AT
AINDA MAIS ESPECÍFICO
AT

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 PREPOSIÇOES DE LUGAR E
POSIÇÃO:

Quando nos referimos a um lugar, há

uma variedade de preposições que
podem ser usados, dependendo do
que queremos expressar:
➢ in/at/from/under/over/across

➢ O ponto de vista, quando se

trata do lugar, pode influenciar a
escolha da preposição:
I live in Rio de Janeiro.
We stopped at Rio de Janeiro on the
way to São Paulo.
Nessa situação, citamos Rio
de Janeiro como um ponto em uma
rota. Podemos considerar a posição
no espaço em relação

• A um ponto (lugar ou até mesmo

evento)at the cinema; at a party;
to/from Rio de JaneiroWe stood at the
door and waited.We went to the river.
• A uma linha (um lugar que pensamos como comprimento)across/along/down/up a
river/roadThere’s a letter box across the road.Greenwich is down the river.
• A uma superfície (lugar que pensamos como plano)across/on/off a
table/floor/wall/ceilingI stared at a fly on the wall.The paper boat floated on the river.
• A uma área ou volume (um lugar que podemos estar dentro)in/into/out
of/outside/within a room/ship/car/factory/forestWe all sat in the car.We swam in the
river.

POSIÇOES REFLETINDO MOVIMENTOS OU FALTA DE MOVIMENTO

Uma preposição pode dar a ideia de movimento (fly under) e falta de

movimento (stop under), dependendo do verbo usado.

Algumas preposições combinam ou com verbos de movimento (bring, drive, fly,

get, go, move, pull, run, take, walk) ou verbos de posição (be, live, keep, meet,
stay, stop, work).
Algumas preposições, tais como into, onto, out of, off, etc, normalmente
combinam somente com verbos de movimento:

EX: A bird flew into my bedroom this morning.

I droveout of the car park.

Outras preposições, como at, in, on, etc, geralmente combinam somente com
verbos de posição:

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Ex:The bird perched on the curtain rail.

I waited in the hotel lobby.

Verbos que descrevem uma ideia de movimento com um final, como lay, place, sit, stand,
não se combinam com preposições como into, onto ou to:
EX: She laid the letter on the table.
EX: She sat the baby on the table.

Podemos frequentemente usar o verbo BE com preposições que geralmente

combinam com verbos de movimento para dar a ideia de ter chegado a um destino, seja
ele real ou metafórico:At last we were out of the forest.At last we were over our difficultie

1) MARQUE A OPÇÃO CORRETA:

05 Fill in the blanks with IN, ON or AT to complete
John lives ______ a farm; we live _____ the sentences below:
São Paulo and my parents live _____ a
small village near Campinas. a.My mother’s ______ the kitchen.
b.Her purse’s _____ the table.
(A)at – at – at c.She was waiting ______ the airport.
(B)on – at – on d.The bottle of beer is ______ the fridge.
(C)in – at – at e.The little boy sat ______ the floor.
(D)in – in – in f.Tom is not ______ work today – he’s
(E)on – in – at ______ home.
g.My shirt is ______ the shelf ______ the
02 If you insist ______ going there, try at wardrobe.
least to take some advantage ______ going h.They live ______ Rio de Janeiro.
there. i.All of them were ______ the bus.
(A)on – on j.Get _____ the car right now!
(B)on – in
(C)in – in 06- Complete the sentences using IN, ON, AT:
(D)about – of
(E)of – of a.He was born ________ November 1969.
b.Jimmy is going to come here ______ Sunday
03 A alternativa abaixo que preenche a lacuna de morning.
“Buses here never arrive ______ time” dando a c.She always waters the plants _______ the
ideia de pontualidade é: morning.
(A)on d.Kevin stays with his family ________ Christmas.
(B)at e.They met _______ the summer and they got
(C)in married _______ July.
(D)by f.We are having lunch tomorrow ______ noon.
(E)up g.My classes start _______ 7.30 a.m. and finish
right before lunch time.
04 I seem to spend all my money ______ books. h.I still don’t know where I’m going _______ New
Year’s Eve.
(A)about i.Brazil became independent from Portugal
(B)on _______ September 7th.
(C)with j.My mother doesn’t let me play video games
(D)for _______ night.
(E)in
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07- Select the correct preposition for each achieving their roles are the foremost consumers.
sentence: Advertising sets out to make people identify
__________ characters __________
a.They walked across – opposite the street. advertisements, to make them jealous
b.He put the ladder against – up the wall. __________ the person they would become if
c.The earthworm moved quietly across – through they bought the product.
the ground.
d.The cat walked slowly along – on top of the wall. Check the item that contains the missing
e.A strange man pushed a short letter below – prepositions that complete the text above:
under the door.
f.The bird flew between – through the door. (A)with–to–in–of
g.I rode my bike above – over the bridge. (B)with – with – of – of
h.We kissed down – under a tree. (C)with – through – of – at
i.They ran in front of – past the school gate. (D)about – with – in – of
j.I love you so much! You are among – between (E)about – with – on – at
my favourite people!
11- __________ Christmas people usually sing
08- The not-for-credit series of 13 interdisciplinary __________.
lectures focuses on the creation of myths and (A)On–pop music
explores parallels to Eva Perón and the Virgin (B)On–musics
Mary, __________ others. (C)In – lyrics
(D)About – lullabies
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente (E)At – carols
a lacuna do texto:
12- “They may find a house to live in for the
(A)between winter”. A partícula IN, usada na frase, emprega-
(B)among se de modo INCORRETO, no seguinte exemplo:
(C)above
(D)under (A)There are three girls in the group.
(E)across (B)They walked home in the rain.
(C)In her mind, he is guilty.
09- Choose the RIGHT alternative to complete (D)He began his new job in Monday.
the spaces:
13- The boys and girls ran __________ the street.
I.I stayed in New York __________ two months.
II.The film didn’t begin __________ nine o’clock. (A)above
III.I go there __________ an hour. (B)with
IV.They’ve been mending the road __________ (C)at
last Monday. (D)down
V.I’ll be working in a bank __________ three (E)back
years.
14- The prepositions in and on are correctly used
(A)by – in – since – for – until in all alternatives BUT:
(B)for – until – in – since – for
(C)by–until–in–before–for (A)On September I’ll be in vacation.
(D)since–by–before–until–by (B)He’ll go on a leave in the summer.
(E)until – since – by – for – since (C)She’s always in a bad mood on Mondays.
(D)In two months you can be on the road.
10- Advertising is capitalism’s soft sell. Girls (E)In the evenings I see her on TV.
growing up and housewives worried __________

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15- Assinale a alternativa que preenche
corretamente a lacuna da frase apresentada:
There are some barriers that prevent senior
citizens __________ taking part in an online
market.
(C)I. unless; II. When; III. until; IV. after; V. before
(D)I. at; II. Although; III. before; IV. when; V.
unless
(E)I. before; II. Until; III. although; IV. unless; V.
when

(A)of 19 -Complete the sentence below with the best

(B)to alternative: Tolkien wrote much __________ his
(C)for trilogy __________ World War II, but denied that
(D)from his stories were analogous __________ that great
(E)on battle.

16- The preposition into is used INCORRECTLY (A)of–during–to

in: (B)of–at–with
(C)about–during–into
(A)He stood into the room, hands in his pockets. (D)for–in–to
(B)The wicked witch turned the prince into a frog. (E)of – in – into
(C)His texts have been translated into many
languages.
(D)He then went into the details of his dream.
(E)They ran into each other at the corner of the
street.

17- Mark the sentence which must be

completed with on and in, respectively:

(A)I was talking __________ the phone when I

heard a knock __________the door.
(B)The boy got a bike __________ his birthday,
and is now keeping it __________ his parents’
garage. (C)The Smith family lives __________ the
countryside, __________ a very cozy farm house.
(D)John was invited to speak __________ the
conference __________ behalf of the company’s
president.
(E)Several workers decided to go __________
strike _______ the same day their boss
announced bankruptcy,

18- Fill in the blanks of the following sentences

with the appropriate option: I.They deliver the mail
__________ ten o’clock. II.__________ it was
raining, we went for a walk. III.Don’t eat so much
__________ you go bathing. IV.He ran away
__________ he saw the policeman. V.You won’t
win __________ you try hard.

(A)I. after; II. While; III. unless; IV. before; V. until

(B)I. until; II. Before; III. after; IV. while; V.
although

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