September 25, 2010

Prepositions and their uses - III

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Hoje veremos outras preposições importantes e seus usos. Só para lembrar, preposição é "Palavra invariável que liga partes da oração, estabelecendo entre elas numerosas ligações", de acordo com o mini dicionário escolar Aurélio da Língua Portuguesa.


Other Important Prepositions:

OF (da, de, do) - Que ou quem pertence à.
Ex.: A page of the book.
A picture of a place.

BY (por, [autoria de]) - Algo feito por alguém, ou de autoria de alguém.
Ex.: A book by Mark Twain.
A picture by a photographer.

OFF (de, do) - Sair de um meio de transporte público.
Ex.: Get off the bus.
Get off the taxi.

OUT OF (fora do, de) - Sair de um meio transporte.
Ex.: Get out of the taxi! You have no money to pay for it!
Get out of the train! It's falling down!

BY (para, de) - Subir ou descer da algo, andar de, viajar (com exceção de "a pé" e "a cavalo").
Ex.: Prices have risen by 10 percent.
I'll travel by car.

AT (aos [idade]) - Para idades.
Ex.: She learned Russin at 65.
They studied French at 12.

ABOUT (sobre, a respeito) - Acerca de, a respeito de, em relação à.
Ex.: We were talking about you.
They are doing a homework about the World Second War.

FOR (por, para) - Quando alguém faz algo para ou por você.
Ex.: Can you carry my suitcase for me?
I got some food for you.

TO (para) - Quando vamos para algum lugar.
Ex.: This letter is going to the USA.
He sent a letter to Mary.

WITH (com) - Fazer algo com (alguém, alguma coisa).
Ex.: Sally plays with her dogs.
I'm with my umbrella.

WITHOUT (sem) - Fazer algo sem (alguma coisa).
Ex.: You can't travel without a passaport.
I can't live without you.


Exercises:

1. Choose the correct preposition:
a) Jess, there's an e-mail _____ you.
off / to / for
b) He offered a job _____ Mary.
out of / to / without
c) We have to read the episode _____ the accident.
for / about / without
d) You can't travel by car. Get _____ it!
off / out of / without
e) Dan is planning to come to the beach _____ me.
for / from / with
f) Let's go _____ the computer lab.
without / about / to
g) I'm _____ my notebook. Where is it?
without / for / from

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