PREPOSITIONS of ENGLISH

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In grammar, a preposition is a part of speech that introduces aprepositional phrase

Prepositions are words that indicate relationships between nouns,verbs, and adjectives. Most often place before noun or person.


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Preposition

Simplepreposition

Compoundpreposition

On, in,at, of,etc

In front of, on

the top, etc


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PREPOSITION

NOUN +

PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE +

PREPOSITION

VERB +

PREPOSITION


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1. Noun + Preposition

a. interest in

ex: I had an interest in this job

b. concern for

ex : He is concern for his final test

c. Understanding ofex : You can explain your understanding of cell in

front of the class


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Noun+preposition + gerund

*Noun + preposition that also followed by gerund are :

*Example :

1. There is no reason for loving you

2. Willy has not excuse for dropping out of campus

Choice of excuse for intention of method for

Method of possibility of reason for


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2. Adjective + Preposition

a. afraid ofex : My sister is afraid of ghost

b. polite to

ex : We must be polite to our parents

c. slow at

ex : I am slow at studying english


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Adjective+Preposition+Gerund

*Noun + preposition that also followed by gerund are :

Example :

1. I am interested in sewing

2. Chandra is afraid of getting married now

Afraid of accustomed to capable of fond of

Intent on interested in succesful in tired of


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3. Verb + Preposition

a.

Accused ofex : George accused John of stealing

b. Suffer from

ex : I am suffering from malaria

c. Listen to

ex : Listen to me, please!


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Verb + preposition + gerund

*Verb + preposition that always followed by gerund are:

Example :

John gives up smoking because of his doctor advise

fres confess to stealing the jewels

Approve of be better of count on depend on

Give up insist on keep on put off

Rely on succed in think about think of

Worry about object to look forward to confess to


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Preposition

placeIn, on, under, infront of, behind,

next to, at

time for, at, in, on


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English Usage Example

on days of the week y on Monday

in

months / seasons

time of day year after a certain period of time (when?)

in August / in winter

in the morning in 2006 in an hour

at

for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)

at night at the weekend at half past nine

y si

c from a certain point of time (past till

now) since 198

for

over a certain period of time (past tillnow)

for 2 years

ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago

y before

earlier than a certain point of time before 2004

to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

past y telling the time ten past six (6:10)

to /till /until

marking the beginning and end of aperiod of time

from Monday to/till Friday

till /

until

in the sense of how long something is

going to last He is on holiday until Friday.

by in the sense of at the latest

up to a certain time

I will be back by 6 oclock.

By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.


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English Usage Example

y in

y room, building, street, town, countryy book, paper etc.

y car, taxiy picture, world

y in the kitchen, in Londony in the booky in the car, in a taxiy in the picture, in the world

y at

y meaning next to, by an objecty for tabley for eventsy place where you are to do something typical

(watch a film, study, work)

y at the door, at the stationy at the table

y at a concert, at the party

y at the cinema, at school, at work

y on

y attached

y for a place with a rivery being on a surfacey for a certain side (left, right)y for a floor in a housey for public transporty for television, radio

y the picture on the wall

y London lies on the Thames.

y on the tabley on the lefty on the first floory on the bus, on a planey on T

, on the radio


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by, next to, beside left or right of somebody or

something Jane is standing by / next to /

beside the car.

undery on the ground, lower than (or

covered by) something elsey the bag is under the table

y belowy lower than something else but

above ground the fish are below the surface

over

covered by something else

meaning more than

getting to the other side (also

across)

overcoming an obstacle

put a jacket over your shirt

over 16 years of age

walk over the bridge

climb over the wall

y abovey higher than something else, but not

directly over it a path above the lake

acrossy getting to the other side (also over)y getting to the other side

walk across the bridge

swim across the lake

through something with limits on top,

bottom and the sidesy drive through the tunnel

to

movement to person or building movement to a place or country

for bed

y go to the cinemay go to London / Ireland

y go to bed

into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house

y towards movement in the direction of

something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house

onto movement to the top of something jump onto the table

from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden


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