Beyond Prepositions for ESL Learners - Mastering English Prepositions for Fluency

By Thomas Celentano

Now with audio. Master English prepositions at a higher level, for intermediate and advanced English learners. The book focuses on understanding English prepositions in a wide variety of real-life English communication. There is a special Quick-Find Menu at the beginning and at the end of the book that allows students to quickly find areas of interest. Explanations are clear and easy to understand and there are many examples to help the student understand this subject. This book is for all English learners who want to improve their fluency in English: ESL and ESOL students, IELTS students, TOEIC and TOEFL students, Cambridge students, GED students and anyone wanting to improve their English proficiency by knowing how to use English prepositions correctly in every sentence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Celentano
• Release date: Sep 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393576815

Thomas Celentano

Thomas Celentano has published seven books and multiple articles about English grammar for English students worldwide. His 810-page "The Big Book of English Grammar" is a culmination of his work. He is also the novelist behind R. Cameron Bryce's "When Pigs and Horses Fly" ("Under the Giant Mimosa") and "Killing Tony, Excerpts from My Diary." He has taught English as a second language for more than 20 years and has held directorships in various ESL schools over his career. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Hawaii, at Manoa, he holds degrees in foreign language studies and anthropology. An avid surfer, sailor and adventurer, he has spent years crisscrossing the South Pacific Ocean on his 8.3 meter sailboat, Carrie Ann, capturing, on film and in audio recordings, the sights and sounds of island communities there.

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Focus on English

ESL Reference Series

Beyond Prepositions for ESL Learners Mastering English Prepositions for Fluency

by

Thomas Celentano

Copyright

© Copyright 2012  by Thomas Celentano

All rights reserved.

Third Edition 2017

Revised  2020

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

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Dedication

To my students everywhere

Forward

English prepositions are everywhere in the English language. The correct use of English prepositions in English communication can sometimes be difficult because of their unpredictable nature. This text was written as a quick reference guide, and primer, to help students quickly find and correct problem areas. The book was written for intermediate and advanced learners.

Notice to all students:  a free audio version of this book can be found at https://foebooks.com/index.php/beyond-prepositions-for-esl-learners-audio/

Introduction

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Beyond Prepositions for ESL Learners - Mastering English Prepositions for Fluency

This book goes beyond just being a guide to the correct use of English prepositions. The student can use this text to learn how to correctly use prepositions, prepositional phrases, prepositions after certain English verbs, and prepositions in situational English communication in a wide variety of English sentence contexts.  In addition to complete and clear explanations of the correct way to use prepositions, there are many examples of correct usage and self reviews throughout the book.

The student is encouraged to use this book in three ways:

- As a quick reference resource. The book layout and design make it easy for the student to quickly search for words or phrases of interest.

- As a learn-by-example text. Every step of the way there are many clear examples of usage, making it easy for the student to understand how English speakers use prepositions in everyday communication.

- As a grammar text.  This book was designed to push the student to the next level in learning English prepositions in their many different usages. The practice and review sections of the book challenge the student to generate communication based on the lesson at hand, helping the student to reinforce his or her new knowledge.

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Use Prepositions Correctly in Every English Sentence

This book is designed for English Learners who want to clearly understand the use of prepositions in many different kinds of English sentences.

Why do English speakers say:  a person gets on a bus and into a taxi, on a plane and into a car; we arrive in New York at Kennedy Airport on Wednesday at 3 p.m. in November; we sit at a desk but we sit in a chair; our hands are on the desk but our pencil is in our hand; we say we did something for him and then did something to him; I like my friend because he’s like my brother; we have been talking about school since 2 p.m. for 3 hours outside the building that is close to the bank; the book is underneath the counter, beneath the bookshelf, under the window, near the door, beside the TV, which is next to the chair that is over the box that is on the floor . . . whew!

Does some of this sound confusing to you?  Well, don’t worry!  This Focus On English lesson is about English prepositions and will help you to understand and use English prepositions correctly in every situation.

How to use this preposition book

This book was designed to be both a reference book and a classroom text book that can be quickly searched for answers about the correct use of prepositions in most English sentences. At the end of this prepositions book there is an Appendix where the student can quickly find the correct prepositions that are used after certain English verbs.

Prepositions Made Easy is broken down into three sections.

The first section provides the student with the resources to understand the functional use of prepositions in everyday English communication.  In this section, the student will find explanations and examples about how to use prepositions when talking about time, place/location, transportation/travel, giving directions, and how things get done (special uses for the prepositions with and by).

The second section is designed to help the student with the difficult area of prepositions following certain common verbs in English.  The student may quick-search this second section easily, either by verb or by preposition, using the table of contents at the beginning of this book. This will save the student time and help to get answers quickly.

The third section is designed to be a reference resource for all of the most common prepositions used in English.  This section contains a comprehensive listing of the prepositions followed by explanations and examples.  

This book was designed to be used as a classroom study text or as a quick-search resource manual.

Table of Contents

Copyright

Dedication

Forward

Introduction

How to use this preposition book

Quick-Find Menu

Section 1: Using Prepositions correctly in context

Chapter 1 - Using Prepositions to Talk About Time

Chapter 2 - Using Prepositions when Talking About Place or Location

Chapter 3 - Using Prepositions when Talking About Transportation and Traveling

Chapter 4 - Using Prepositions when Giving Directions

Chapter 5  - Using with and by to Express  How Things are Done

Section 2: Using Prepositions Correctly After Certain Common English Verbs

Chapter 1 - Prepositions Following Verbs Beginning with the Letter A

Chapter 2 - Prepositions Following Verbs Beginning with the letters B and C

Chapter 3 - Prepositions Following Verbs Beginning with the letters D and E

Chapter 4 - Prepositions following verbs beginning with the letters F, G, H,  and I

Chapter 5 - Prepositions following verbs beginning with the letters K, L, and M

Chapter 6 - Prepositions following verbs beginning with the letters N, O, P,  and Q

Chapter 7 - Prepositions following verbs beginning with the letters R  and S

Chapter 8 - Prepositions following verbs beginning with the letters T through Z

Section 3: Understanding the meanings and correct usage of all common English prepositions

Chapter 1 - English prepositions beginning with the letters A and B

Chapter 2 - English prepositions beginning with the letters C - F

Chapter 3 - English prepositions beginning with the letters I - N

Chapter 4 - English prepositions beginning  with the letter O

Chapter 5 - English prepositions beginning with the letters P - T

Chapter 6 - English prepositions beginning with the letters U - Z

Appendix; Quick-Find Menu

About the Author

Quick-Find Menu

Section 1 Understanding how to use English prepositions in everyday English

Chapter 1: Using prepositions to talk about time

- Using ahead when talking about time

- Using behind when talking about time

- Using on when talking about time

- Using at when talking about time

- Using in when talking about time

- Using within when talking about time

- Using under when talking about time

- Using over when talking about time

- Using during when talking about time

- Using since when talking about time

- Using for when talking about time

- Using from when talking about time

- Using by when talking about time

Chapter 1 Practice Session

Chapter 1 Review Session

Chapter 2: Using prepositions to talk about location

- Using above to talk about place or location

- Using across to talk about place or location

- Using after to talk about place or location

- Using beside to talk about place or location3

- Using against to talk about place