Here you have the most common     PREPOSITONS OF PLACE  
 

English	Portuguese
at	em
to	para
from	de (origem /proveniência)
in	em (dentro de)
into	para dentro de
on	sobre
under	sob
up	para cima
down	para baixo
near	perto de
far from	longe de
between	entre dois
among	entre vários
along	ao longo de
across	através de
behind	atrás
in front of	em frente de,diante de
behind	atrás
before	perante,à frente de ,antes de,diante de
next to	perto de,junto a
opposite	do outro lado,em frente a
round	à volta de
around	à volta de
through	através de
on the right	à direita
on the left	à esquerda
on top of	no cimo de,sobre
at the back	atrás
at the bottom	no fundo de
at the corner	à esquina
far from	longe de

Look at SOME EXAMPLES:  
 

in	on	at
in the room	on the table	at home
in the book	on the wall	at school
in the street	on the floor	at the window

 

to	into	from
to school	into the house	from Portugal

 

Now watch the   PREPOSITIONS OF TIME  
 

 
 
 

before-antes	after-depois
at	in	on
at night	in the morning	on Sunday
at midnight	in the afternoon	on my dirthday
at midday	in the evening	on the 2nd of May
at noon	in Winter
at 5 o'clock	in December
at Christmas	in 1995
	in the 20th century

and some OTHER PREPOSITIONS  
 

for -para ,por (a favor de/em troca de)	of-de (posse)	through - através de
by -de/por meio de	about-acerca de	with-com
		without-sem
That postcard is for you.		I can't read without glasses.
I'm travelling by train.		He writes with a pen.
They're talking about the book.		They flew through the space

Give a look at SOME VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS  
 

 
 
 
 

to speak to /with	to wait for	to go down
(falar para / com)	(esperar por)	(descer)
to speak about	to get up	to look at
(falar acerca de)	(levantar-se)	(olhar para)
to listen to	to go up	to belong to
(escutar)	(subir)	(pertencer a)

 

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