[C-C+] Prepositions of Time and Place

LET'S READ! 📖

Direction: Read the passage below then answer the questions being asked.

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JK Rowling is famous for creating the character of Harry Potter. Books by Rowling include Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The stories are about a young boy with magical powers. The author originally wrote under the name Joanne Rowling. Her publisher thought that boys would not be keen on reading a book by a female author. So she called herself JK Rowling. She has said that the character Hermione from the Harry Potter stories is similar to herself at the age of 11. She says writing is the perfect job for her as she is happy by herself in a room ‘making things up’. The idea for Harry Potter came to her when she was on the way home on a train, but she did not complete the first book for several years. She was at first disappointed with the reaction from the publishers — twelve publishers were not interested in the first Harry Potter book. When she wrote the first book, she had little money. She was a single mother, bringing up her child on her own, but the Harry Potter books turned her into a multi-millionaire. Many parents say that thanks to the Harry Potter books, their children now enjoy reading again.

QUESTIONS

1. Why did she end up using JK Rowling as her pen name?

2. Where did she get the idea for the character Harry Potter?

LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚

Prepositions

🔺 These are words used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence.

🔺 They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a sentence.

🔺 They are normally placed directly in front of nouns.

TYPES OF PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions of Place

🔺 Other common prepositions of place

above	behind	outside
opposite	between	over
among	by/near	under
around/round	in front of	below

Example:

The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies.
He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys.
He pointed at a wooden chair opposite him.

Grammar Notes 💡

📌 We can use beneath / underneath instead of under. Under is more commonly used.
📌We can use around and round to mean "surrounding" or "in many different places".

Example:

The movie "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" is popular around/round the world.

Prepositions of Time

Prepositions of time (1)

🔺 Other common prepositions of time

after	during
by	for
from .. to / until	until
before	within

❌ Do not use prepositions before the expressions:

this	last	tomorrow
that	next	the day after tomorrow
some	later	yesterday
each	today	the day before yesterday
every	tonight

LET'S PRACTICE! 📝

A. Direction: Talk about your employment history using the prepositions of time and place.

Example:

I started my first job right after graduating from college. I worked as an intern at a marketing agency for six months. Following that, I spend two years as a junior marketing associate at a multinational corporation. During my time there, I gained valuable skills about the industry. Three years later, I decided to pursue a different career and worked at a project coordinator for a technology startup for more than a year. Before I worked in my current job, I joined an ESL company where I worked as a teacher. I worked there from January of this year until September. Currently, I am running my own flower shop.

Now, it's your turn.

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