Usage of Prepositions of Time
Preposition | Meaning | Example |
In | often used to describe a confined region | The keys are in the car. |
At | often used to address a specific topic | They welcomed us at the door. |
On | often used to show whenever something touches anything | Put my phone on the desk. |
Above | greater in comparison to a different thing | The box is above the book. |
Over | often used to indicate that anything is above | The students in the class above us are very helpful. |
Under | beneath anything | My dog sleeps under my bed. |
Below | lesser in comparison to a different thing | He hung the keys below the frame. |
To | conveying movement in the path of | My first visit to zoo was an amazing experience. |
From | identifying the location in place where a travel, etc. begins | I am from India. |
Into | exhibiting action or activity as an outcome of | Fold the clothes and keep it into the wardrobe. |
Out Of | denoting the origin or foundation about something | This trend is now out of fashion. |
Through | showing the origin of from one location to another | The water flows through the plants. |
Across | on the opposite end of something | Their house is situated across the bridge. |
Beside | in addition to | She was sitting beside me. |
In Front Of | in a location slightly forward of or ahead of anything else. | The garden is in front of my house. |
Behind | near the rear of | The car is parked behind the house. |
Towards | as in general location of | We move towards the entry door. |
By | just next to | The supermarket is by the |
Prepositions of Place and Direction
Prepositions are brief terms some of which are frequently placed ahead of nouns to indicate the location, placement, duration, or manner of the noun or pronoun being spoken. Prepositions of place and direction indicate an individual’s or object’s location with respect to another individual or object’s location. The most common place and direction prepositions are in, at, on, above, under, from, behind, among, and so on.
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