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1. Prepositions of Direction
2. Prepositions of place/position:
At, in, on, above, below, over, under, between, among, amongst, amid, amidst, before, behind
1. He lives at Samstipur.
2. They are at home.
3. I live in Kolkatta.
4. The books are lying on the table.
5. There is a cap on his head.
6. The aeroplane is flying above the clouds. (level)
7. He is above thirty.
8. This work is below my dignity.
9. There is a fan over your head. (Vertical position)
10. A cat is sitting under the table.
11. Sunita is sitting between Morizan and Meera.
12. Distribute the sweets between the two children.
13. He is sitting between you and me. (between objective case)
14. He should be there between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. (between conjunction)
15. between the boys( each boy and the next) or the girls (noun plural) / between these boys
16. between them (pronoun plural)
17. between each boy / between every girl
18. There is an alliance between these three countries. (Reciprocal action or relationship- can be
used for more than two things or persons)
19. There is a treaty between these four countries.
20- There does not seem much difference between the three of them.
21. The chief Minister distributed the blankets among the poor.
22. Among the boys or amongst the boys
23. Among for consonant sound and amongst for vowel sound
Among them, among you, among his friends, among your brothers
Amongst us, amongst our friends.
24. Amid among / amidst - amongst
Raghu is sitting amid his friends but kishore is sitting amidst us.
25. Kalpana is sitting before you.
26. She was running behind her brother.
27. She hid herself behind the curtain.
3. Preposition of Time:
at, on, for, since, before, after, within, in, till, by, during, from
1. He came here at 8 o clock. (Time) at dawn, at day, at break, at sunrise, at noon, at sunset, at
night, at midnight
2. on day or date
1. You should come here on Monday.
2. He will open the shop on 22nd October.
3. on is used before morning, afternoon, evening, night on Monday evening, on the
following evening
On the evening of May the first but in is used in the morning, in the evening
4. He has liver here for a month. (Period of Time imperfect(continuous) Tense
5. They have been working in this office for two years.
6. He is reading for an hour.
7. She is sleeping for five hours.
8. He has been absent since May.
9. He has been living in America since 1998.
10. you left London after your result. (past tense point of time)
11. Jaya returned this book after a month. (period of time)
12. I will complete this work before october. (point of time)
13. He will do it after a week. (period of time)
14. She will inform me in a month. (future after in)
15. We will manage everything within a year. (future before within)
16. You are to stay in bed until / tlll next Monday. (Point of time)
17. By Sunday, I had been exhausted.
18. John will have reached America by next Tuesday. (point of time)
19. During the war, many people suffered hardship.
20. What will you do during the summer vacation?
21. My friends lived with me from September to November. (Past point of time)
22. He will start coming here from next month. (Future point of time)