Kinds of Prepositions | Prepositions Prepositions A Comprehensive Guide

Prepositions A Comprehensive Guide

               Preposition: - Pre means before

                                        Position means state

          A preposition is a word, which is placed before a noun or pronoun and it shows the relation between the noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.

Prepositions A Comprehensive Guide

               List of important prepositions: -

                By, at, in, of, on, to, up, for, off, out, from, with, in to, down, over, up on, about, before, behind, along, between among, across, beside, out, upon, since, under, into etc.

For Example:

1.    The book is on the table,

2.    Someone is knocking at the door

3.    I have been living in Rajampet since 1989

Kinds of Prepositions 

1. Simple Prepositions

2. Compound Prepositions

3. Double Preposition

4. Particle Preposition

5. Phrase Preposition

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Simple Prepositions

For Example:

at, out, by, off, to, till, of, up, with.

I am at the Railway station.

I went to the market.

Please come with me.

Compound Prepositions

Formed by Prefix + noun/adjective/adverb

For Example:

around, amongst,  along, upon, amidst, inside, outside.

My sister walked along the road.

Please wait outside.

Double Prepositions

Formed by two prepositions

For Example:

into, upon, onto, throughout, without, According to, up to, within.

He went into the room.

The cat jumped upon the wall.

He cannot go without his friend.

I completed the work according to the rules.

Particle Prepositions                                                                                                       

For Example:

Baring, during, considering, including. 

Phrase Prepositions

For Example:

on behalf of, in spite of, in course of, in order, by virtue of, because of, 

In spite of hard work, she did not get a good job.

He worked hard in order to get a good job.

Robert attended the meeting on behalf of his friend.

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