Prepositions (Предлоги) time

AT (time)

at 5 o’clock at 11.45 at midnight at lunchtime at sunset

ON (days and dates)

on Friday on 12 March on Christmas day on my birthday

on Sunday night on Monday evening on Christmas day

IN (longer periods)

in October in winter in 1975 in the 1920s in the 18^th century

in the past in the future

in the morning in the afternoon in the evening at night

at the weekend at weekends

at Easter at New Year at Christmas

at the moment

at the same time

in a few minutes in ah hour in two days

this/next/last/every weekend, month, year

on time

in time

in advance

at the end of

at the beginning of

in the end

PLACE

ON

on the beach on the door (a notice) on the bottle (a lable) on the floor on the ground

IN

in the box in the bag in the city in the mouth in the country in the shop in Italy

AT

at the door at the bus stop at reception at the party at the conference at the airport at the station

Direction

TO

to the city to the country to Italy to the party to the beach

Expressions

in the street

in the sky

in the world

in the picture in the photo

on the left/ on the right

on a map

on the menu

at the front/at the back

in bed

in hospital

in prison

at work at school at university

in the south in the north in the west in the east

on a bus on a train on a plane

on a bike on a horse

in the taxi in the car

on holiday on a business trip

on TV on the radio

on the phone

in the rain in the sun in the dark in the shade in cold weather

in cash by credit card by cheque

in love

at the age of

by car by plane by train by bus on foot

NOUN + preposition

a need for

a reason for

a cause of

a rise in/ a fall in

an invitation to

an answer to

a reaction to

an attitude to

a relationship with/between

ADJECTIVE + preposition

nice/ kind/ polite/ friendly to

angry/ annoyed with smb for smth

excited/ upset/ happy about

satisfied/ disappointed with

surprised/ shocked at/by

impressed with/by

sorry for

fed up/ bored with

afraid/ scared of

fond/ jealous/ ashamed/ envious of

tired of

sure of

good/ bad/ hopeless at

similar to

different from

interested in

famous for

responsible for

VERB + preposition

to look at

to laugh/ smile at

to talk/ speak to

to listen to

to apologize to smb for smth

to talk/ tell about

to care about to care for

to wait for

to look for

to look after

to dream about to dream of

to think about to think of

to consist of

to pay for

to forgive for

to depend on

to suffer from

to congratulate on

to compliment on

to believe in

to happen to

to concentrate on

to insist on

to spend on

Modal verbs (Модальные глаголы)

Can мочь, уметь, быть способным

I can speak Spanish.

I can’t drive a car.

Can you help me?

Could 1) can в прошедшем времени

I could read when I was 5 years old. (Я умела читать в пять лет)

She couldn’t do it. (Она не могла этого сделать)

2) условное наклонение (с частицей БЫ)

He could be my husband. (Он мог БЫ быть моим мужем)

3) в вежливых просьбах

Could you do it for me? ( Вы не могли бы сделать это для меня?)

May 1) можно, разрешите

May I come in? (Можно мне войти?)

You may do it. (Ты можешь это делать)

May I use your phone? (Можно мне воспользоваться твоим телефоном?)

2) возможность, вероятность

She may be at home. (Может быть, она дома)

MIGHT 1) may в Past Simple

He told me that I might use his car as long as I wished. (Он сказал мне, что я могу (он разрешал) пользоваться его машиной сколько угодно.

2) возможность, вероятность

She might be at home. (Может быть, она дома)

Must 1) быть должным, обязанным (должен)

You must do it.

You mustn’t smoke here.

Must I do it right now?

2) возможность, вероятность

She must be crazy if she wants to marry him. (Она, должно быть, сумасшедшая, если хочет выйти за него замуж.)

Should

следует

You should give up smoking. ( Тебе следует бросить курить.)

You shouldn’t go home alone. It is very late. (Тебе не следует/ ты не должна идти домой одна.)

Have to

приходиться

have to (has to)/ don’t have to (doesn’t have to) (Present Simple)

had to/ didn’t have to (Past Simple)

will have to/ won’t have to (Future Simple)

I have to get up at 7 every day. (Мне приходится вставать в семь каждый день.)

She had to talk to him. (Ей пришлось с ним поговорить.)

We will have to meet him. (Нам придется встретиться с ним)

Needn’t

не нужно, нет необходимости

You needn’t do it. (Тебе не нужно делать это.)

You needn’t shout. I can hear you. (Тебе не нужно кричать, я хорошо тебя слышу.)