PREPOSITIONS

For Examples:-

PREPOSITIONS RELATED TO TIME:-

Prepositions	Usage	Example
On	To denote days of the week	on Friday
in	To denote months / seasons	in january / in winter
	To denote time of day	in the morning
	To denote year	in 2009
	After a certain period of time (when?)	in a week
at	for night	at night
	for weekend	at the weekend
	a certain point of time (when?)	at 15 minutes past six
since	(past till now) from a certain point of time	since 1994
for	(past till now) over a certain period of time	for 20 years
ago	a certain time in the past	5 years ago
before	earlier than a certain or fixed point of time	before 2009
to	telling the time	ten to seven (6:50)
past	telling the time	ten past nine (9:10)
to / till / until	to mark the beginning and end of a period of time	from tuesday to/till Friday
till / until	in the sense of how long is something going to last	He is on holiday until fifteen.
by	in the sense of at the latest	I will be back by 9 o’clock.
by	up to a certain time	By 10 o’clock, I had read 8 pages.

PREPOSITION RELATED TO PLACE / POSITION / DIRECTION

Prepositions	Usage	Example
in	town, country, room, building, street,	in the dinning room, in Delhi
	paper, book, etc.	in the book
	taxi, car.	in the car, in a taxi
	world, picture.	in the picture, in the world
at	with next to, by an object	at the door, at the station
	with table	at the table
	with events	at a concert, at the party
	place where you are to do something special or typical (watch a film, study, work)	at the cinema, at school, at work
on	attached	the picture on the wall
	a place with a river	Varanasi lies on the Ganga.
	being on a surface	on the table
	for a certain/fixed side (left, right)	on the left
	with a floor in a house	on the first floor
	with public transport	on the bus, on a plane
	with television, radio	on TV, on the radio
by, next to, beside	left or right of something or somebody	Jaya is standing by / next to / beside the car.
under	with on the ground, lower than something else (or covered by)	the baby is under the cot.
below	lower than something else but above the ground	the swimmers are below the surface
over	covered by something	put a jacket over your top.
	meaning more than a certain number	over 21 years of age
	getting to the other side or across	over the bridge
	for overcoming an obstacle	over the wall
above	higher than something, but not directly over it.	a road above the lake
across	getting to the other side or over	across the bridge
across	getting to the other side	across the lake
through	something with limits on bottom, top, and the sides	through the tunnel
to	movement to person or a building	go to the cinema hall
	movement to a place or country	go to Mumbai/ Madras
	for bed	go to bed
into	enter a room / a building	go into the bedroom / the president house.
towards	movement in the direction of something but not directly to it	80 steps towards the home.
onto	movement to the top of something	jump onto the cot.
from	in the sense of where from	a pen from the shop

Other Prepositions

Prepositions	Usage	Example
from	with who gave it	a present from Radha
of	who or what does it belong to	a book of the Library
of	with what does it show	the snapshot of a town
by	who made it	a book by Kalidas
on	walking or riding horse	on foot, on horseback
on	entering into a public transport vehicle	get on the bus
in	entering a car or Taxi	get in the car
off	leaving a public transport or vehicle	get off the meteo
out of	leaving a car or Taxi	get out of the car/taxi
by	rise or fall of thing	prices have risen by 200 percent
by	travelling (other than walking or horseriding)	by car, by bus
at	for age	she learned Sanskrit at 5
about	for topics, meaning what about	we were talking about him

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PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS RELATED TO TIME:-

PREPOSITION RELATED TO PLACE / POSITION / DIRECTION

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