Prepositions
I. Prepositions of place and direction:
To, at, from, on, off, in, into, out of, inside, within, by, under, above, below, behind, in front of, over, up, down, off, between, around, among, from, away, through, across, along, throughout etc.
=> We use in when something is around all sides....
Eg: in the college, in Delhi, in a town, in the water
=> We use on for a surface....
Eg: on your door, on the wall, on the ground floor
=> We use at for a point in space...
Eg: at school, at the door, at home, at the station
We use prepositions up, down, along, across, round, through, from, to with verbs of motion to express movement.
We drove along lovely woods
around the Tank bund
through the village
from Hyderabad to Bangalore.
2. Prepositions of time
Some common prepositions of time that tell us When? are...
at, on, in, after, before, for, since, till during, by etc.
=> We use at for the point of shorter time...
Eg: at 4 p.m. , at that time, at night
The flight leaves at 3 a.m.
=> We use on for day and dates
Eg: on Tuesday, on that day, on 9th August
My daughter will come here on Sunday.
=> in for weeks, months, for parts of the day...
Eg: in January, in that week, in that month, in that year
The syllabus will be completed in February..
=> We use on time to mean at the appointed/ planned time.
Eg: The function has started on time.
=> In time is used to mean soon enough/early enough.
Eg: We reached the airport in time to catch the flight.
=> We use until to say that a situation will continue up to a certain moment.
Eg: My sister will stay here until the year end.
=> We use since to say when something has begun to happen; it is used only with the present perfect tense.
Eg: They have played since morning.
=> for to say how long something has happened.
Eg: It has rained for two hours.
=> During to say when something has happened/ will happen.
Eg: The accident must have occurred during the night.
3. Prepositions of divergent relations. We use by
i) to say something will happen at/before a certain moment.
Eg: He should leave by 9 a.m./ by Monday / by next month.
ii ) in the Passive voice.
Eg: The case was argued by an eminent lawyer.
iii) to indicate mode of action.
Eg: He has improved English by reading newspaper.
iv) to indicate mode of transport
Eg: We went to Delhi by air
v) to mean, way (in place of 'through')
Eg: The thief escaped by a small lane.
WE USE FOR
=> to indicate period of time
Eg:
for ten days;
for four years
=> to indicate reason/ cause
Eg: He was punished for his offence.
=> to indicate purpose
Eg: You should read books for gaining knowledge.
=> We use TO
i) to indicate time with from.... to
Eg: Our college timings are from 10am to 4.30pm
ii) to indicate destination
Eg: They are going to the USA
iii) to indicate purpose
Eg: We must practice yoga to keep ourselves healthy.
=> We use FROM
i) to indicate time with from.... to
Eg: Our college timings are from 10am to 4.30pm
ii) to indicate point of origin/sources
Eg: Krishna is from Tamilnadu.
=>The possessive preposition OF.
i) We use of with nouns referring to feelings
Love of animals is a good habit.
ii) We use of to say something belongs to someone/something.
He is lying on the floor of the living room.
iii) We use of with quantifiers
They make a lot of mistakes
iv) We use of to say someone/ something has a particular quality.
Sravan is a man of his word.
Shruthi is a girl of great intelligence.
v) We use of in front of a number to indicate age.
an old man of ninety nine met with an accident
vi) We use of with possessive pronouns to qualify a noun group.
She was an old friend of mine.
a student of mine
a poem of Rabindranath Tagore
Prepositions in questions.
We use prepositions at the end of questions sometimes.
What are you thinking about?
RELATIONS SHOWN BY PREPOSITION
1.PLACE:
He ran across the road
Ravi Kumar was at the foot of the tree.
Mayuri stood beside the door.
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