CHUYÊN ĐỀ 11 : GIỚI TỪ (PREPOSITIONS)
A. Definition
Giới từ là từ hay cụm từ thường được dùng trước danh từ hay đại từ để chỉ mối liên hệ giữa các từ này với
các thành phần khác trong câu.
B. Kinds of prepositions
1. At
* For time: At + time
- at 9.00, at 8 p.m / sunrise / sunset / down / noon
- at night, at midnight/ breakfast / lunch / dinner / supper
- at Christmas, at Easter / at Tet hoilday / at Valentine ...
- at the moment, at present/ at the same time / at this (that time)
- at first / at last / at the beginning of / at the age of /
- at weekend
- at once
* For place: At + place ( small place)
- at home / party / meeting
- at the restaurant / desk ... , at 56 Tran Phu street.
- at the bus- stop/ the trafffic lights
- at school / college / university / work
- at the corner of the street
- at the top
- at the bottom
- at the foot of the page
- at , at the end of ( the street / the road...)
- at the shop
- at the airport, railwaystation
2. In
* For time: In + time
- ) months, years, centuries, summers
- in January, in May ..
- in 2007, in 2008...
- in the 19th century ....
- in Spring, in Summer ...
- ) time in a day
- in the morning, in the afternoon ...
- ) in + Period of time in the future: in a few minutes / in an hour /in a day /week / month..
Ex: - The train will be leaving in a few minutes
- in the end = finally / at last
- ) in time : Kịp giờ
We’ll be home in time for dinner.
* For place:
- ) Bên trong, trên