Preposition Definition: 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.

Some common prepositions are:

about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but 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.

Prepositions typically 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.

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 one word - in between and because of- are prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf ofare prepositions made up of three 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.

Examples:

The children climbed the mountain without fear. There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated. The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

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

Prepositions of Time:
English

Usage

Example

on

days of the week months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) from a certain point of time (past till now) over a certain period of time (past till now) a certain time in the past earlier than a certain point of time telling the time telling the time marking the beginning and end of a period of time in the sense of how long something is going to last in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time

on Monday in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at night at the weekend at half past nine since 1980 for 2 years 2 years ago before 2004 ten to six (5:50) ten past six (6:10) from Monday to/till Friday He is on holiday until Friday. I will be back by 6 oclock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

in

at

since for ago before to past to / till / until till / until

by

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Prepositions of Place:
English

Usage room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio left or right of somebody or something on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else lower than something else but above ground covered by something else

Example in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi 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 the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. the bag is under the table the fish are below the surface put a jacket over your shirt

in

at

on

by, next to, beside under below over

English

Usage meaning more than getting to the other side (also across) overcoming an obstacle higher than something else, but not directly over it getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side something with limits on top, bottom and the sides movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed enter a room / a building movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) movement to the top of something in the sense of where from

Example over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall

above

a path above the lake walk across the bridge swim across the lake drive through the tunnel go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed go into the kitchen / the house go 5 steps towards the house jump onto the table a flower from the garden

across

through

to

into

towards

onto from

English Prepositions about above across after against among around as at before behind below

Preposicions catalanes sobre/a punt de per sobre de/damunt de/dalt a travs de desprs de contra entre al voltant de com a abans darrere de per sota de

English Prepositions beneath beside between beyond but by despite down during except for from sota

Preposicions catalanes

al costat de entre ms enll de per per tot i baix durant llevat per de

English Prepositions in inside into near next of on opposite out outside over per

Preposicions catalanes a/en/dins/dintre dins/dintre dins/dintre prop de proper de a/en oposat fora fora sobre per

English Prepositions plus round since than through till to toward under unlike until up ms

Preposicions catalanes

al voltant de/prop de des de que a travs de fins a cap a sota a diferncia de fins cap amunt/dalt

English Prepositions via with within without via amb dins de sense

Preposicions catalanes

according to because of close to due to except for far from inside of

segons a causa d' prop de a causa de llevat lluny de interior de

English Prepositions instead of near to next to outside of prior to

Preposicions catalanes en lloc de prop de al costat de fora de abans de

as far as as well as in addition to in front of in spite of on behalf of

pel que / fins aix com a ms de davant tot i en nom de

English Prepositions on top of sobre de

Preposicions catalanes

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