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In grammar, a preposition is a part of speech that introduces aprepositional phrase
Prepositions are words that indicate relationships between nouns,verbs, and adjectives. Most often place before noun or person.
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Preposition
Simplepreposition
Compoundpreposition
On, in,at, of,etc
In front of, on
the top, etc
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PREPOSITION
NOUN +
PREPOSITION
ADJECTIVE +
PREPOSITION
VERB +
PREPOSITION
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1. Noun + Preposition
a. interest in
ex: I had an interest in this job
b. concern for
ex : He is concern for his final test
c. Understanding ofex : You can explain your understanding of cell in
front of the class
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Noun+preposition + gerund
*Noun + preposition that also followed by gerund are :
*Example :
1. There is no reason for loving you
2. Willy has not excuse for dropping out of campus
Choice of excuse for intention of method for
Method of possibility of reason for
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2. Adjective + Preposition
a. afraid ofex : My sister is afraid of ghost
b. polite to
ex : We must be polite to our parents
c. slow at
ex : I am slow at studying english
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Adjective+Preposition+Gerund
*Noun + preposition that also followed by gerund are :
Example :
1. I am interested in sewing
2. Chandra is afraid of getting married now
Afraid of accustomed to capable of fond of
Intent on interested in succesful in tired of
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3. Verb + Preposition
a.
Accused ofex : George accused John of stealing
b. Suffer from
ex : I am suffering from malaria
c. Listen to
ex : Listen to me, please!
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Verb + preposition + gerund
*Verb + preposition that always followed by gerund are:
Example :
John gives up smoking because of his doctor advise
fres confess to stealing the jewels
Approve of be better of count on depend on
Give up insist on keep on put off
Rely on succed in think about think of
Worry about object to look forward to confess to
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Preposition
placeIn, on, under, infront of, behind,
next to, at
time for, at, in, on
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English Usage Example
on days of the week y on Monday
in
months / seasons
time of day year after a certain period of time (when?)
in August / in winter
in the morning in 2006 in an hour
at
for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)
at night at the weekend at half past nine
y si
c from a certain point of time (past till
now) since 198
for
over a certain period of time (past tillnow)
for 2 years
ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago
y before
earlier than a certain point of time before 2004
to telling the time ten to six (5:50)
past y telling the time ten past six (6:10)
to /till /until
marking the beginning and end of aperiod of time
from Monday to/till Friday
till /
until
in the sense of how long something is
going to last He is on holiday until Friday.
by in the sense of at the latest
up to a certain time
I will be back by 6 oclock.
By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.
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English Usage Example
y in
y room, building, street, town, countryy book, paper etc.
y car, taxiy picture, world
y in the kitchen, in Londony in the booky in the car, in a taxiy in the picture, in the world
y at
y meaning next to, by an objecty for tabley for eventsy place where you are to do something typical
(watch a film, study, work)
y at the door, at the stationy at the table
y at a concert, at the party
y at the cinema, at school, at work
y on
y attached
y for a place with a rivery being on a surfacey for a certain side (left, right)y for a floor in a housey for public transporty for television, radio
y the picture on the wall
y London lies on the Thames.
y on the tabley on the lefty on the first floory on the bus, on a planey on T
, on the radio
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by, next to, beside left or right of somebody or
something Jane is standing by / next to /
beside the car.
undery on the ground, lower than (or
covered by) something elsey the bag is under the table
y belowy lower than something else but
above ground the fish are below the surface
over
covered by something else
meaning more than
getting to the other side (also
across)
overcoming an obstacle
put a jacket over your shirt
over 16 years of age
walk over the bridge
climb over the wall
y abovey higher than something else, but not
directly over it a path above the lake
acrossy getting to the other side (also over)y getting to the other side
walk across the bridge
swim across the lake
through something with limits on top,
bottom and the sidesy drive through the tunnel
to
movement to person or building movement to a place or country
for bed
y go to the cinemay go to London / Ireland
y go to bed
into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house
y towards movement in the direction of
something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house
onto movement to the top of something jump onto the table
from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden
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