It was rainy day so put on my yellow rain coat and ran across the floor to

the door. I went to the park and went under the slide. I like to stay dry.

Prepositions are words that we use before noun or pronoun.There are prepositions of directions,time, place and

position

PREPOSITIONOf

direction

up

down

through

over

alongfrom

to

into

across

around

PREPOSITION

OF TIME

In

at

duringon

for

since

PREPOSITION OFPLACE

On

under

above

between

besideNext to

against

among

In

near

Sentences to show direction

Daud is walking up the stairs.

Adrian is running down the stairs.

The lady past in through the ring.

The cat jumped over the box.

She walked along the road.

She has returned from town.

The children are walking to school.

She poured the juice into the glass.

The dog ran across the road.

They are running round the tree.

Prepositons of time

In the morningIn June

In the eveningIn 1999

In the afternoonIn the 19th

century

At nightAt christmas

At twelveAt 6 ‘o clock

On Saturday On 20th March

On weekdays

We will meet my father at night.

Jalil was born in 1986.

He goes swimming on Tuesday.

We will visit our grandfather during the holidays.

The football team trained for a month.

He has been studying in Australia since 2002.

PLACE PREPOSITIONS

The boy is standing under the tree.

The cat is sleeping on the chair.

The cat is between the two girls.

The fan is above the boy.

The cat is beside the bag.

The walking stick is against the wall.

There is a kitten in the box.

• A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. • Location (on, under, in)• Timing (before, after, during)• Direction (from, toward, to)

Here are some more prepositions.

before behind from beneath

across below down throughout with

past among near above during under

outside toward upon over after through

The cat is _____ the armchair.in

The armchair is __________________of the table.

on the right

The picture is _______ the wall.on

The picture is ___________ the armchair.behind

The mirror is _______ the wall.on

The mirror is __________ the vase and the birdcage.

between

The bird is _________ the cage.in

The children are _______________the birdcage..

in front of

The television is _________ the table.on

The television is _________ the vase and the lamp.

between

The rose is ________ the vase.in

The books are ____________ the vase.in front of

The keys are ______________ the lamp.in front of

The dog is __________ the table.under

The ball is _______________ of the dog.on the left

Sanny was sitting ___ a tree.

School starts ____ nine o’clock.

I visited my grandparents ___ the summer.

I’ll do my homework ___ dinner.

I have a friend who lives ____ America.

I made this bookmark ___ Mom.

Mix the flour ___ water.

1. A cat was sitting _______the roof of my car. (place)2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time)3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction)4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time)5. She put the book ____her bag. (place)6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place)7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place)8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time)9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened. (direction)