Penggunaan Preposition dalam Grammar Bahasa Inggris sangatlah sering digunakan baik untuk menunjukkan waktu, tempat atau pergerakan. Selain itu Preposition juga sering dikombinasikan dengan kata lain seperti kata kerja, kata sifat atau kata benda untuk memberi arti kata baru.
Akan tetapi, kadang-kadang kita mengalami kesulitan dalam menggunakan Preposition ini, dimana sering kali kita jumpai penggunaan preposition yang sama tapi untuk penggunaan yang berbeda. Misalnya penggunaan In, On dan At.
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Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in
Kita menggunakan at untuk penyebutan waktu secara spesifik.
The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
Kita menggunakan on untuk menyebutkan Hari dan Tanggal
My brother is coming on Monday.
We're having a party on the Fourth of July.
My brother is coming on Monday.
We're having a party on the Fourth of July.
Kita menggunakan in untuk penyebutan waktu non-spesifik dalam Hari, Bulan, Musim atau Tahun. She likes to jog in the morning.
It's too cold in winter to run outside.
He started the job in 1971.
He's going to quit in August.
Prepositions of Time: for and since
It's too cold in winter to run outside.
He started the job in 1971.
He's going to quit in August.
Prepositions of Time: for and since
Kita menggunakan for ketika kita mengukur waktu (detik, menit, jam, hari, minggu, bulan, tahun dst).
He held his breath for seven minutes.
She's lived there for seven years.
The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries.
He held his breath for seven minutes.
She's lived there for seven years.
The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries.
Kita menggunakan since dengan penyebutan waktu yang spesifik (tertentu)
He's worked here since 1970.
She's been sitting in the waiting room since two-thirty.
He's worked here since 1970.
She's been sitting in the waiting room since two-thirty.
Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in
Kita menggunakan at untuk alamat yang spesifik (lengkap dengan nama jalan dan nomor)
Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
Kita menggunakan on untuk penyebutan nama jalan.
Her house is on Boretz Road.
Her house is on Boretz Road.
Dan kita menggunakan in untuk penyebutan nama-nama wilayah atau daerah misalnya Desa, Kota, Negara atau Benua.
She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.
Prepositions yang menunjukkan Lokasi : in, at, and on
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IN
(the) bed* the bedroom the car (the) class* the library* school* |
AT
class* home the library* the office school* work |
ON
the bed*
the ceiling the floor the horse the plane the train |
no PREPOSITION
downstairs downtown inside outside upstairs uptown |
* Anda mungkin kadang-kadang menggunakan preposition yang berbeda untuk lokasi-lokasi ini.
Prepositions of Movement (Pergerakan) : to
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