Prepositions Of Place English Grammar Rules
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Prepositions of Place
English Grammar Rules
SENTENCES
In front of
• A band plays their music in front of an audience.
• The teacher stands in front of the students.
• The man standing in the line in front of me smells bad.
• Teenagers normally squeeze their zits in front of a mirror.
Behind
Behind is the opposite of In front of. It means at the back (part) of something.
• When the teacher writes on the whiteboard, the students are behind him (or her).
• Who is that person behind the mask?
• I slowly down because there was a police car behind me.
Between
Between normally refers to something in the middle of two objects or things (or places).
• There are mountains between Chile and Argentina.
• The number 5 is between the number 4 and 6.
• There is a sea (The English Channel) between England and France.
Across From / Opposite
Across from and Opposite mean the same thing. It usually refers to something being in front of something else BUT there is normally something between them like a street or table. It is similar to saying that someone (or a place) is on the other side of something.
• I live across from a supermarket (= it is on the other side of the road)
• The chess players sat opposite each other before they began their game.
(= They are in front of each other and there is a table between them)
Next to / Beside
Next to and Beside mean the same thing. It usually refers to a thing (or person) that is at the side of another thing.
• At a wedding, the bride stands next to the groom.
• Guards stand next to the entrance of the bank.
• He walked beside me as we went down the street.
• In this part of town there isn't a footpath beside the road so you have to be careful.
Near / Close to
Near and Close to mean the same thing. It is similar to next to / beside but there is more of a distance
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