Prepositions and its Types in english Grammar

Prepositions and its Types

Prepositions and its Types!

Definition of Preposition

A preposition shows the relation of a noun or pronoun with other.

Example:

The book is in the bag.

Preposition Examples

About	above	across	after
against	along	amid	amount
around	at	before	behind
below	beneath	besides	between
beyond	but/expect	by	down
for	from	in	into
of	off	on/upon	out of
over	since	then	though
to	towards	under	up
with	within	without

Types of Preposition

1. Preposition of Time

Prepositions that are used to show time are called prepositions of time.

At, in, on are called preposition of time. prepositions and its types

We use:

“at” before a precise time

“in” before months, tears, centuries, and long periods

“on” before days and dates Prepositions and its Types

Examples:

Precise Time	Months, Years, Centuries and Long Periods	Days and Dates
at	in	on
at 3 o’clock	in may	on Sunday
at 10:30 a.m.	in summer	on Tuesdays
at noon	in winter	on 6 march
at dinnertime	in 1990	on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtime	in the 1990s	on Christmas day
at sunrise	in the next century	on independence day
at sunset	in the ice of age	on my birthday
at the moment	in the past/in future	on new year’s eve

I have a meeting at 9 a.m.
The shop closes at midnight.
Abdullah went home at lunchtime.
In England, it often snows in December.
Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
There must be a lot of progress in the next century.
Do you work on Mondays?
Her birthday is on 20 November. preposition and its types
Where will you neon New Year’s Day?

2. Preposition of Movement and Direction

Prepositions of movement show movement in a sentence.

Some commonly used prepositions are:

Away from, up, down, off, out of, to, onto, into, towards, across, along, round, out of, through.

Examples:

She returned to her office. Prepositions and its Types
Lyon fell onto the floor.
He jumped into the pool.
He is running away from dogs.
She is taking the dish out of the oven.
They were walking towards the castle.
The boat was going down the river.
The jeep is going up the hill
The poor man just fell off his horse.

3. Preposition of Location or Position or Place

Preposition of positions shows locus. “at, in, on” are called preposition of position.

Some common prepositions of position are:

At the back of, at the bottom of, at the top of, behind, between, in the corner of, in the middle of, next to, to the left of, on the other side of, to the right of, on the side of, on the top of, the opposite.

Examples:

We met at the bus station.
The cat was sitting on the floor.
They live in New York.

4. Compound Preposition Prepositions and its Types

A preposition consisting of more than one word is called a compound preposition.

Some compound prepositions are:

According to, ahead of, apart from, aside from, as of, because of, by means of, in addition to in the back of, in the front of, in the place of, in regard to, in spite of, instead of, in view of, next to, on account of, out of, owing to, prior to.