PREPOSITIONSSUBMITTED TO:

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B.Ed(2014-15)

PREPOSITIONSA PREPOSITION IS A WORD WHICH SHOWS THE RELATION BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND SOME OTHER WORDS IN A SENTENCE

Some Of The Commonly Used Prepositions Are Given Below :

On, In, Upon, Of, Off, Over, At, With, To, Etc

EXAMPLES:- 1. Hare is ON the box.2. Hare is UNDER the

box

KINDES OF PREPOSITIONS :

SIMPLE PREPOSITIONExamples:- in, on, by, from, of, off, through, etc.

COMPOUND PREPOSITION Examples:- above, across, along, before,

beside,etc.

PHRASE PREPOSITION Examples:- agree with, according to, agree

to, part with etc

COMMON USE

OF SOME

PREPOSITIONS

IN SHOWS REST WITH IN

Eg: A Football is in the box.

INTO SHOWS MOTION INWARDS

Eg: He is Swimming into the water.

IN INTO

IT IS USED FOR TWO PERSONS OR THINGS.

Eg: Rabit is between two boxes.

IT IS USED FOR MORE THAN TWO.

Eg: Distribute sweets among people.

BETWEEN

AMONG

ON REFFERS TO THINGS AT REST.

Eg: Dog is sleeping on the floor.

UPON REFFERS TO THINGS IN MOTION.

Eg: Dog is jumping upon the fence.

ON UPON

WITH SHOWS THE INSTRUMENT.

eg1: She is playing with the Hockey stick.eg2: She is going with her Mother.

WITH

IT REFFERS TO THE PLACE.

Eg: Who is standing behind the wall.

IT REFFERS TO THE SIDE OF.

.

Eg: Leaf is laying beside the table.

BEHIND BESIDE

IT MEANS HIGHER THAN

Eg: The ball is above the table.

IT MEANS UPON THE WHOLE SURFACE.

.

Eg: Bridge is over the river.

ABOVE OVER

AT IS USED WITH THE NAME OF SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND ALSO USED FOR A POINT OF TIME .

eg1: She lives at model town.eg2: Seeta gets up at 7 o’ clock.

AT

IT REFFERS TO THE POINT OF TIME

Eg: She has been missing you since Monday.

IT RREFFERS TO THE PERIOD OF TIME.

Eg: She has been working in this office for eight years.

SINCE FOR

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