preposition is one of the important part of sentence formation.

1. Preposition

2. Definition of preposition
THE WORD PREPOSITION ITSELF TELLS ITS LITERAL MEANING:
PRE+POSITION
THE WORD POSITION TELLS THE MEANING OF PREPOSITION.
SO,
THE WORDS WHICH TELLS THE POSITION OF NOUN ARE CALLED AS
PREPOSITION,
THEY TELLS THE PLACE AND TIME OF THE POSITION OF NOUN.
THEY COMES UNDER PARTS OF SPEECH.

3. Preposition of Places

4. ON
• THE PREPOSITION “ON” IS USED TO TALK ABOUT THE
POSITION OF SOMETHING ON SURFACES LIKE WALLS OR
TABLES.
Example:
1. My Phone Is On The Table.
2. You Can See A Painting On The Wall Behind Me.
3. We Live On The Fourth Floor Of The Building.
4. Can You Write It On That Piece Of Paper?
5. He’s Spilled Ice Cream On His New Jumper!

5. AT
• IT’S USED TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC PLACES OR
POINTS IN SPACE.
Example
1. Sarah’s still at school.
2. I’ll meet you at the bus stop.
3. Turn left at the traffic light.
4. We have to stop at the supermarket on the way
home.
5. There was a crazy guy at the library today.

6. IN
THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE PREPOSITION,
“IN” IS BEING WITHIN SOMETHING, INSIDE THE EDGES
OF SOMETHING.
Example
1. I’ve got the key in my pocket.
2. She left it in the top drawer.
3. There’s nothing left in my cup.
4. Can you take a seat in the waiting
room, please?
5. I’ve left my bag in your office.
6. Why don’t we have a picnic in the park?

7. BY, NEXT, BESIDE, NEAR TO
• THEY ARE USED TO MEAN NEXT TO SOMETHING OR
BESIDE OR NEAR.
• NOT FAR AWAY IN DISTANCE.
Example
1. I’m waiting by the car.
2. Put your bag by the door and sit down.
3. They live near the school.
4. They live next to the school.

8. BETWEEN
IN OR INTO THE SPACE WHICH SEPARATES TWO PLACES,
PEOPLE OR OBJECTS
Example
1. The town lies halfway between Rome and
Florence.
2. The car is parked between two trucks.
3. The man has to choose between his two sons.

9. IN FRONT OF
FURTHER FORWARD THAN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE
Example
She started talking to the man in front of her
UNDER
LOWER THAN (OR COVERED BY) SOMETHING ELSE
Example
The cat is under the chair.

10. BELOW
LOWER THAN SOMETHING ELSE.
EXAMPLE
The plane is just below the cloud
ABOVE
HIGHER THAN SOMETHING ELSE, BUT NOT DIRECTLY OVER IT
EXAMPLE
A path above the lake

11. OVER
• ABOVE OR HIGHER THAN SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETIMES SO THAT ONE
THING COVERS THE OTHER.
• MORE THAN.
• ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
• OVERCOMING AN OBSTACLE
• SHE HELD THE UMBRELLA OVER BOTH OF US.
EXAMPLE
1. Most of the carpets are over $100.
2. I walked over the bridge
3. She jumped over the gate

12. ACROSS
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER OF SOMETHING WITH CLEAR LIMITS /
GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE
EXAMPLE
She walked across the field/road.
He sailed across the Atlantic
THROUGH
FROM ONE END OR SIDE OF SOMETHING TO THE OTHER
EXAMPLE
They walked slowly through the woods.

13. INTO
TOWARDS THE INSIDE OR MIDDLE OF SOMETHING AND ABOUT TO BE
CONTAINED, SURROUNDED OR ENCLOSED BY IT
EXAMPLE
Shall we go into the garden?
TOWARDS
IN THE DIRECTION OF, OR CLOSER TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
EXAMPLE
She stood up and walked towards him.

14. Preposition of time

15. ON
• DAYS
• WEEKEND (AMERICAN ENGLISH)
EXAMPLE
1. Many shops don't open on Sundays.
2. What did you do on the weekend?
IN
• MONTHS / SEASONS / YEAR
• MORNING / EVENING / AFTERNOON
• PERIOD OF TIME
EXAMPLE
1. I visited Italy in July, in spring, in 1994
2. In the evenings, I like to relax.
3. This is the first cigarette I've had in three years.

16. AT
• NIGHT
• WEEKEND (BRITISH ENGLISH)
• USED TO SHOW AN EXACT OR A PARTICULAR TIME
EXAMPLE
1. It gets cold at night.
2. What did you do at the weekend?
3. There's a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon / at lunch time.
SINCE
FROM A PARTICULAR TIME IN THE PAST UNTIL A LATER TIME, OR UNTIL NOW
EXAMPLE
England have not won the World Cup in football since1966

17. FOR
USED TO SHOW AN AMOUNT OF TIME.
EXAMPLE
I'm just going to bed for an hour or so.
AGO
BACK IN THE PAST; BACK IN TIME FROM THE PRESENT:
EXAMPLE
The dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.
BEFORE
AT OR DURING A TIME EARLIER THAN
EXAMPLE
She's always up before dawn.