Mladen Marinac Department of Agriculture Polytechnic of Rijeka

Mladen Marinac Department of Agriculture Polytechnic of Rijeka

Why bother? . . . and it is a part of the exam, too!

Word Classes Match a word class with its appropriate translation: • • PRONOUN VERB ARTICLE ADJECTIVE NOUN PREPOSITION ADVERB ___ PRIDJEV ___IMENICA ___PRIJEDLOG ___PRILOG ___GLAGOL ___ČLAN ___ZAMJENICA

PREPOSITIONS PLACE and POSITION TIME DIRECTION and MOTION

What type of prepositions are these?

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE and POSITION AT – at home at work at dinner at a big hotel at the university at Viškovo (smaller places) at the airport How would you translate the above-mentioned prepositions in Croatian? - in Croatian: kod, na, za, u, …….

Match the prepositions (OFF/ IN/ ON /ACROSS) with the examples below: 1) _______ the house _______ the USA (countries) _______ London (towns, bigger places) 2) ______ the table There is a label _______ the bottle. You’ll find details _______ page seven. 3) She fell ____ the wall. The school is ______ the main street. 4) She lives _______ the street. Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him. The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.

Answer key: 1) IN ____the house _______ the USA (countries) _______ London (towns, bigger places) 2) ON ______the table There is a label _______ the bottle. You’ll find details _______ page seven. 3) OFF She fell ____ the wall. The school is ______ the main street. 4) ACROSS She lives _______ the street. Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him. The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.

AROUND - The knights were sitting around the round table. - The doctor put the bandage around her arm. BETWEEN - X is sitting between Y and Z. AMONG - I couldn’t see her among all those people. BETWEEN vs AMONG - use AMONG when talking about 3 or more people or things. For 2 people or things, use BETWEEN.

OVER = ABOVE - The kite was above us in the sky. UNDER /UNDERNEATH (directly below something, and sometimes touching or covered by it) - What’s under(neath) your desk? - under the law - under normal circumstances - under pressure - under control BELOW (lower or less than something) - The temperature is below zero.

IN FRONT OF - In front of the house there is a garden. NEAR BEHIND - - The house is near the road. The bicycle is behind the car. ALONG - We walked along the road. The trees are planted along the street. AGAINST - Don’t lean against the fence! The bookcase is against the wall.

PREPOSITIONS OF DIRECTION AND MOTION TO FROM He always walks to school from his house. Opatija is about 15 kilometres from Rijeka.

INTO OUT OF He ran into the house quickly. After a few minutes he ran out of the house with an umbrella under his arm.

TOWARD(S) AWAY FROM The Pilgrims sailed toward(s) the New World. They moved away from their old neighbourhood.

PREPOSITIONS – exercises

1) Insert the missing preposition (in some sentences more than one option is possible): a) They arrived ____ the United States last year. b) He put a piece of cheese ____ two pieces of bread. c) Please, put your books here ____ the table. d) They are ____ Rome now. I believe they are staying ____ the Laguna Hotel. e) He got ____ his car and drove ____ the street. f) It would not be safe to let the lion ____ of his cage. g) Jane was not ____ class yesterday. I think she was sick. h) Please, stand ____. Come ____ me, so I can see you. i) The boys left their bikes leaning ____ the wall.

Translate into English: 1) Pas je stajao ispred kuce i lajao na sve ljude. 2) Sjedila je pokraj mene. 3) Biljke su rasle duž ulice. 4) Naći ćeš novine iza vratiju. 5) Banka se nalazi između hotela i bolnice. 6) Stavi novine na policu ispod knjiga.