prepositions

PREPOSITION
Prepositions are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. Most often they come before a noun. They never change their form, regardless of the case, gender etc. of the word they are referring to.

about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but
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by despite down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto out

outside over past since through throughout till to toward under underneath until up upon with within without.

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Prepositions usually come before a noun, for example: * after class * at home * before Tuesday * in London * on fire * with pleasure A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. For example: The book is on the table. The book is beside the table. She read the book during class. In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.

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Prepositions are classified as simple or compound. Simple prepositions Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above. For example: The book is on the table. Compound prepositions Compound prepositions are more than 1 word. " in between " and " because of " are prepositions made up of two words. "in front of" , "on behalf of" are prepositions made up of 3 words. For example: The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings. The book is in front of the clock.

The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English:

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PREPOSITION OF TIME

on

days of the week months / seasons time of day

on Monday, on Tuesday in August, in January / in winter in the morning, in the afternoon in 2006, in 2009 in an hour, in three minutes, in thirty seconds at night at the weekend at half past nine

in year after a certain period of time (when?) for night at for weekend time

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since

from a certain point of time (past till now) over a certain period of time (past till now) a certain time in the past

since 1980

for

for 2 years

ago

2 years ago

before

earlier than a certain point of time

before 2004

to

telling the time

ten to six (5:50)

past

telling the time marking the beginning and the end of a period of time in the sense of how long something is going to last

ten past six (6:10)

to / till / until

from Monday to/till Friday

till / until

He is on holiday until Friday.

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Preposition of Place
room, building, street, town, country in book, newspaper car, taxi, aeroplane etc. picture, world meaning next to , by an object for table at for events place where you are to do something in the kitchen in Kuala Lumpur in Japan in the book in the car in an aeroplane in the picture in the world at the door at the station at the table at a concert at the party at the cinema, at school, at work

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Preposition of Place
attached for a place with a river being on a surface on for a certain side for a floor in a building for public transport for television or radio by next to left or right of somebody or something left or right of somebody or something the picture on the wall Sibu lies on the Rajang river on the table on the left on the right on the first floor on the bus on the plane on TV on the radio Melissa is standing by the car. Melissa is standing next to the car.

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Preposition of Place
beside left or right of somebody or something on the ground but lower than something else covered by something below lower than another level or surface covered by something else meaning more than over getting to the other side overcoming an obstacle above higher than something else, but not directly over it Walk over the bridge. Climb over the wall. A path above the lake. Melissa is standing beside the car. The bag is under the table. Jason is hiding under the blanket. The plane is flying below the clouds. The fish are below the surface. Put a jacket over your shirt. The students are over 16 years of age.

under

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Preposition of Place ( note: there's an indistinct action taking place ) across through getting to the other side something with limits on top, bottom and the sides movement to person or building to movement to a place or country for bed into towards onto from enter a room / building movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) movement to the top of something in the sense of where from Swim across the lake. Drive through the tunnel. Go to the cinema. Go to Paris. Go to bed, now! Go into the kitchen. Go five steps towards the house. Jump onto the table. A flower from the garden.

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