Name:

Hina waqas

Topic: Preposition
Group: Improve your English
Admins:

Miss Hina waqas,

MR saif Ulla,
Annam chaudary

What is a Preposition? - Definition,

Uses & Examples:
Prepositions are essential to sentences because they provide
additional and necessary details. In this lesson, we will explore
the definition and roles of the preposition.
Definition
There are approximately 80-100 prepositions in the English
language. Prepositions are words that introduce the following
information to the reader:
1. Where something takes place (at the store)
2. When or why something takes place (before dinner)
3. General descriptive information (the girl with the cool tattoo)

Examples of Prepositions
Here are commonly-used prepositions:
about

above

across after

against

along

behind

below beneath

beside

besides between down

during

except

for

from

off

on

onto

opposite out

outside

till

to

toward

under

underneath until

with

within

without

in

Prepositions don't stand alone. They work in groups of words

that we call prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase
begins with a preposition and ends in a noun. That noun is
called the object of the preposition.
Prepositional Phrases
Here are some examples of prepositional phrases:
under the desk during the lecture
across the yard after lunch
behind the tree'

The word in italics is the preposition, and the words that follow
the preposition make up the prepositional phrase. Think about a
mountain, for instance. A prepositional phrase is just about
anything that we can say in relation to a mountain, like: to the
mountain, over the mountain, under the mountain, toward the

mountain. This is a good way to test a group of words in order

to see if they do, indeed, fit the definition of prepositional
phrases.

Object of the Preposition

The object of the preposition is the noun that follows the
preposition. It is also the stopping point for each prepositional
phrase. For instance, we might say, 'to the store.' To is the
preposition, and stories the object of the preposition. Here's
another example, in the light. In is the preposition, and light is
the object of the preposition.

Roles of Prepositions
Now, let's go back to that list of information we saw at the
beginning of the lesson. Prepositions, in the form of
prepositional phrases, provide specific information in a
sentence for the reader. The reader would not know key and
necessary facts about a sentence without a prepositional phrase.
For instance, here is a barebones sentence:
My mom laughed.
It is a perfectly good sentence, but it doesn't tell us very much.
When we add a prepositional phrase, we better understand the
situation. Here is the sentence with a prepositional phrase:
My mom laughed at the joke.