PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, IN

USES

Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in

We use at to designate specific times.
The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
We use on to designate days and dates.
My brother is coming on Monday.
We're having a party on the Fourth of July.
We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
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 Place: at, on, and in

We use at for specific addresses.
Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.
Her house is on Boretz Road.
And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and
continents).
She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.

USE OF A, AN, THE, NO ARTICLE

There are two types of articles indefinite 'a' and 'an' or definite 'the'. You also need to
know when not to use an article.
Indefinite articles - a and an (determiners)

A and an are the indefinite articles. They refer to something not specifically known to
the person you are communicating with.
A and an are used before nouns that introduce something or someone you have not
mentioned before:For
"I saw an elephant this morning."
example: "I ate a banana for lunch."
A and an are also used when talking about your profession:For
"I am an English teacher."
example: "I am a builder."
You use the when you know that the listener knows or can work out what
particular person/thing you are talking about.
For
"The apple you ate was rotten."
example: "Did you lock the car?"
You should also use the when you have already mentioned the thing you are talking
about.
For
"She's got two children; a girl and a boy. The girl's eight and the
example: boy's fourteen."
We use the to talk about geographical points on the globe.
For
the North Pole, the equator
example:
We use the to talk about rivers, oceans and seas
For
the Nile, the Pacific, the English channel
example:
We also use the before certain nouns when we know there is only one of a particular
thing.

For
the rain, the sun, the wind, the world, the earth, the White
example: House etc..
However if you want to describe a particular instance of these you should use a/an.
"I could hear the wind." / "There's a cold wind blowing."
For
example: "What are your plans for the future?" / "She has a promising future ahead of
her."
The is also used to say that a particular person or thing being mentioned is the best,
most famous, etc. In this use, 'the' is usually given strong pronunciation:
For
example:

"Harry's Bar is the place to go."

"You don't mean you met the Tony Blair, do you?"

!Note - The doesn't mean all:-

For
example:

"The books are expensive." = (Not all books are expensive, just the ones I'm
talking about.)
"Books are expensive." = (All books are expensive.)

No article

We usually use no article to talk about things in general:Inflation is rising.

People are worried about rising crime. (Note! People generally, so no article)
You do not use an article when talking about sports.
For
example:

My son plays football.

Tennis is expensive.

You do not use an article before uncountable nouns when talking about them generally.
For
example:

Information is important to any organisation.

Coffee is bad for you.

You do not use an article before the names of countries except where they indicate
multiple areas or contain the words (state(s), kindom, republic, union). Kingdom, state,
republic and union are nouns, so they need an article.
No article - Italy, Mexico, Bolivia, England
For
Use the - the UK (United Kingdom), the USA (United States of America),
example: the Irish Republic
Multiple areas! the Netherlands, the Philippines, the British Isles

Subject and Object Pronouns

We use subject pronouns as subjects of sentences and object pronouns as objects.
Subject Pronouns
1st person

I kicked the ball

2nd person

you You like to study.

Singu
He eats green
3rd person (male) he
lar
cheese.
3rd person
(female)

she She likes ice cream.

Object Pronouns
me

John kicked the ball

to me.

you

John wants to talk

to you.

him

Mary doesn't like

him.

her John kissed her.

3rd person (nonit

person)

It bit John.

it

John smashed it.

1st person

we

We enjoy going to
the movies.

us

The politician lied

to us.

you

You are the best

students.

you

I wouldn't lie to
you.

Plural 2nd person

3rd person

the
They are not happy.
y

the Mary didn't invite

m them.

1 - I saw ____.
her
she
Q2 - Give it to ____.
they
them
Q3 - She kissed ____.
he
him
Q4 - He took ____.
it
them
Either could be used here.
Q5 - Did anyone see ____?
us
we
Either could be used here.
Q6 - _____ arrived on time.

Them
They
Either could be used here.
Q7 - What did ____ say?
her
she
Either could be used here.
Q8 - She's faster than ____ am.
me
I
Q9 - I saw you and ____ there.
she
her
Q10 - Between you and ____, I really didn't like it.
me
I

Q11 - My brother and ____ went there.

I
we
me
Q12 - He gave it to me and ____.
she
her