PREPOSITION:
A Preposition is a word placed before a Noun or a Pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.
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KINDS OF PREPOSITIONS:
At
By
For
From
In
Into
Of
Off
On
Since
To
Upon
With
AT:
It is used with respect to:
Time
Villages & small towns
Locality, near by place
Afternoon & Night
Cost of the product
Example:
Our school meets at 7 a.m. (Time)
She lives at Tanku. (Villages & small towns)
She lives at Pitam Pura. (Locality)
She comes here at noon. (Afternoon & Night)
Mangoes are selling at ten rupees a kilo. (Cost of the product)
BY:
It is used with respect to:
It suggest the person or thing that did something
Express the action
Means of transport
Example:
I paid the money by instalments.
This novel was written by Umesh Raut
We will be going by train.
We leave for school by 9 o’clock every day.
Cloth is sold by the metre.
FOR:
It is used with respect to:
Exchanging the object
Expressing the countable years or time in Perfect & Perfect Continuous Tense
Example:
Ranjana has been living here for three years.
We were there for three weeks
We were waiting for the train.
He has been reading for two years.
Children were crying for help.
FROM:
It is with any form of tense (Past, Present & Future) to express:
Place
Time (With Indefinite tense)
Example:
Kritika came back from Shimla.
You must give me the progress report from day to day.
You must start doing this work from tomorrow.
She worked from morning till night.
She worked from morning till night.
IN:
It is used with respect to:
With the names of large towns and countries
With months or years.
Inside the particular place, the object is at rest.
Before a word denoting a period of time.
Example:
Asha is in America. (With the names of large towns and countries)
She will come here in November. (With months or years)
He is in the room. (Inside the particular place the object is at rest)
The farewell party shall come to a close in three hours. (Before a word denoting a period of time)
Neil Arnstrong reached the moon in 1969.
INTO:
It is used with respect to:
To translate language.
Object entering inside another object shows it is in motion.
Example:
He jumped into the river to save the drowning man.
Can you translate it into German?
She is putting the purse into her pocket.
The ballot boxes were put into bags.
I went straight into my father’s office.
OF:
It is used with respect to:
Express the relationship in respect of person, things, belonging or countries etc.
Example:
The outer wall of house was 54 centimeters thick.
This jug is filled with full of water.
One leg of this chair is broken.
Sri Lanka is to the south of India.
I have never heard of this.
OFF:
It is used with respect to:
To express the action coming from up to down.
Example:
Sit properly, otherwise you will fall off.
Switch off the fan.
My grandma fell off the chair.
He got off the motorcycle.
Be careful. Don’t fall off the cycle.
ON:
It is used with respect to:
Before the days of the week.
Before dates
To express any object's position.
Actual contact of things.
Used for things at rest.
Example:
She will come on Tuesday. (Before days of the week)
Our school will close on the 12th of May. (Before dates)
I have written a book on History. (To express any object's position)
The cat sat on a table. (Actual contact of things)
The books lie on the table. (Used for things at rest)
SINCE:
It is used with respect to:
Used in the Present Perfect Tense with definite time.
Used in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense with definite time.
Example:
Mr. Umesh has been talking to some guests since 7 a.m.
She is very naughty since childhood.
Ranjana has been playing since morning.
I have been living in this house since 1995.
I know him since he joined this school.
TO:
It is used with respect to:
Telling about the directions – going from one point to another.
Example:
The farmer tied the cow to a tree with a rope.
I go to the temple daily.
I shall stay in Mumbai while going to Delhi.
Last evening we went to the theatre.
He is strong enough to left this weight.
UPON:
It is used with respect to:
Generally, for a thing in motion.
Example:
The lion sprang upon the deer.
The dog jumped upon the table.
The lion jumped upon the prey.
We cannot depend upon his work.
The monkey jumped upon me.
WITH:
It is used with respect to:
Before any instrument with which the action is done.
Example:
I sharpened my pencil with a sharpener.
The hunter killed two birds with one shot.
She writes a letter with a pen.
Wash these vegetables with water.
These stains can be removed with soap.
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