What does the underlined preposition indicate?
The doctor is in the office.
We shall go for a holiday in December.
Indicates purpose and time
Indicates purpose and motion
Indicates place and time
Indicates reason and place
‘In’ indicates where the doctor is. ‘In’ also indicates when we will go for the holiday.
The barricade was placed over the road.
Use these scissors for cutting.
The family emigrated from Cuba in 1991.
The frog jumped into the pond.