Topics

Present

Past

Past to Present

Future

Abilities - Responsibilities

Asking Questions

Choosing the Right Phrase

Combining Verbs

Explaining Ideas

Describing Your World

Complex Ideas

Relating Ideas, People, Objects

Speaking about Objects

Wondering about Situations

Between Things

Prepositions of Place

In

Use 'in' in a spatial sense:

Example:

I'm leaving these bookmarks with my url printed on them in random library books.

I left my bluetooth headset in the drawer.

Into

Use 'into' when you move from one space into another space.

Example:

I clicked my way from solvency into debt as I browsed Amazon.

The run-time documents were stuffed into a trash can.

On

Use 'on' with one object is 'on' another object such as various surfaces:

Example:

That iPad with a fast broadband connection is on that table.

I right clicked the banner ad on the screen.

Onto

Use 'onto' to indicate movement when taking something from some place and putting it onto an object such as a table, countertop, etc.

Example:

I moved the bootable drive onto the desk.

I placed the business cards with my URL onto the display table.

Near

Use 'near' when an object is close to another object

Example:

The scroll bar is near the edge of the screen.

The computer that uses an open source browser is near the windows machine with IE.

In Front Of

Use 'in front of' when an object is placed ahead of another object.

Example:

The window with the search engine is in front of the window for the word document.

The cursor is in front of the desktop image.

Between

Use 'between' when one object is in the middle of two other objects.

Example:

The multi-seat computing network is between the first and the seventh floor of the office building.

Our primary server is between the inactive mainframe computer and the new power Mac.