Prepositions
Preposições
Preposições
• Ligam dois termos
• Explicam ou completam o sentido
Preposições
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About = sobre, a respeito de
Above = acima (de)
Across = através (de), por, pelo
After = depois (de)
Against = contra
Among = entre, no meio de (vários)
Around = ao redor de
Before = antes (de)
Behind = atrás
Below = abaixo (de)
Beside = ao lado de
Between = entre (dois)
By = de, por, até
During = durante
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For = para, durente, por
From = de (origem)
In front of = em frente de
Inside = dentro, do lado de dentro
Instead of = ao invés de
Near (next to) = perto de
Outside = fora, do lado de fora
Over = acima (de)
Since = desde
Through = através de, por, durante
Under = embaixo (de), sob
Until (till) = até (tempo)
Up = para cima
With = com
In
• Indicar tempo – meses, anos, séculos,
estações do ano, alguns períodos do dia
It happened in 1998.
She goes to school in the morning.
In
• Indicar lugar – rua, bairro, cidade, estado,
país, continente
I want to live in Paris.
New York is in the United States.
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• In – lugar como uma ÁREA
I've been teaching at a college in london.
• In – DENTRO de algo ou algum lugar
The bread is in the oven.
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• He's in the kitchen.
• There is a shark in the water!
• It was written in the newspaper.
• Chile is a country in South America.
On
• Indicar tempo – dias do mês, dias da semana,
datas específicas com a palavra day
They play tennis on Sundays.
It’ll be sunny on Christmas day.
On
• Indicar lugar – nomes de rua, avenidas, praças
The Mall is on Madison Avenue.
The Hospital is on Sherman Street.
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• On – lugar como uma SUPERFÍCIE
I sat down on the sofa.
• On – GRUDADO ou ENCOSTADO em algo
The man is on the tree.
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The book is on the table.
There is a mirror on the wall.
There is a stain on his shirt.
He likes riding on his horse.
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• Indicar tempo – horas, datas específicas sem
a palavra day
He gets up at 6 o’clock.
They visited their parents at Easter.
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• Indicar lugar – rua com o número, locais
específicos
They live at 89 Sherman Street.
They will be at home tomorrow.
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• At – lugar como um PONTO
She waited at the bus stop for twenty minutes.
• At – refere-se a POSIÇÃO ou LOCALIZAÇÃO
I’m at Hogwarts.
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• He is at the restaurant.
• They met at a party.
• He is sitting at the corner.
• He was standing at the window.
Expressões
Adverbial Inversion
Inversão Adverbial
Inversão Adverbial
• Usada para enfatizar
• Usada em linguagem formal e literária
Inversão Adverbial
Advérbio + verbo + sujeito + complemento
*necessita de auxiliar após o advérbio na
inversão
He never plays football on Sundays.
Never does he play football on Sundays.
Inversão Adverbial
Advérbio + verbo + sujeito + complemento
*necessita de auxiliar após o advérbio na
inversão
I have never challenged you.
Never have I challenged you.
Inversão Adverbial
• Mais usados – never, seldom, not until, not
only, when, no sooner, only then
I would never recognize her.
Never would I recognize her.
Prepositions
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Adverbial Inversion
1) He seldom writes to his family.
Seldom does he write to his family.
2) He has rarely visited us.
Rarely has he visited us.
Adverbial Inversion
3) They made the law effective only in this way.
Only in this way did they make the law
effective.
4) I could hardly believe it.
Hardly could I believe it.