PREPOSITIONS

                               PREPOSITIONS

1)     Preposition of place (position)

in, on, between among, within, inside, below, in front of etc.

1)                The one sitting in the tree.

2)                My mother is in the kitchen.

3)                People  jammed into 15.5 sq.km.

4)                The bird is sitting arrogantly on a perch high in pine tree.

5)                Settle on a roof top.

6)                They had been many months at sea.

7)                Students made a glass case for its display at school.

8)                Each year a small group arrive at  st vincent place.

9)                In a two hectare park.

10)            Birds had not seen in the district.

11)            He is in Mumbai right now.

12)            People met in the park.

2)     Preposition of time (Point of time)

in, on, at, for, within, about, almost, nearly, before, after since etc.

1)                Then at 12 o’clock carter’s phone rang.

2)                He came after a business trip in October 1975.

3)                Programmes promised a flyover by Sam at 3.00 pm.

4)                Each year a small group arrive at 6 am.

5)                In Oct. 1976 sum was involved in a minor scandal.

6)                He went down to the park at six that morning.

3)     Preposition of Time Duration

across, into, towards, from, to, away, from, at, beyond etc.

1)                In less than four years.

2)                We have had it there for four days.

3)                From the day of the bird’s arrival.

4)                Once he disappeared for four days.

5)                Less than three weeks before the anniversary of his arrival.

6)                Two years after setting in south Melbourne.

4)     Preposition of Direction

1)                Children rushed to St. Vincent.

2)                The gardener pointed out of the window at St. Vincent Place.

3)                Families started coming from all over Melbourne.

4)                He would fly through the trees.

5)                He carried it high in the air.

6)                He went down to the park.

7)                He station received 600 phone calls from around the country.

Preposition Poem

The Summer Inside the school house Towards the window, she stares. After the bell rings Among her schoolmates she runs, Through the hallways, Past the Classrooms. Outside the warm fresh air, Behind her are long days of fun. Without a thing to worry about Under the warm she lies. Near her a butterfly flies, Across the sky a rainbow spreads. With her friends she goes to the beach. About the waves she dreams, Beyond the praises she runs. Inside the house she never steps On the hills of grass she rolls Into another lazy day she goes Since summer came around.

Prepositions and their use

Preposition	How it is used	Example
Showing Time	exact time	at 5 pm
At	meal time	at lunch
	parts of the day	at lunch
	age	at dawn at age 20
By	a limit in time	by sundown
	in the sense of at the latest	by the due date
In	season months years	in the summer
	durations	in December
	after a certain period of time	in 1992 in the same year in an hour
On	days of the week	on Monday
	parts of the day where the day is	on Friday night
	names and dates	on December 15th
Ago	a certain time in the past	5 years ago
After	a point in time that follows another	after the games;
	point in time	after the accident.
Before	a point in time that precedes another	before leaving;
	point in time	before breakfast; before 2004
During	Something that happened / will happen	during the night;
	in a specific period of time	during war during holidays
For	Over a certain period in the past	for 12 years, for ten days
Past	telling the time	ten past eight (8:10)
Since	from a certain period of time	Since 1990;
	(point of time)	Since independence
throughout	Something that happened / will happen	throughout the year;
	continuously in a specific period of time	throughout the ordeal
To	telling time from an earlier time to a	ten to five
	later time	1 PM to 3 PM

 

Preposition	How it is used	Example
up (to)	from an earlier point to a later point	up (to) now
Showing place	an object’s method position or position	at the airport;
At	after it has moved	at the ceremony
	meeting place or location point of	at home;
	direction a target	at the desk turning at the intersection throwing the snowball aim at the target
By	close to alongside of	by the school by the window
In	in an enclosed space	in the garage, in an envelope
	in a geographic location	in Europe; in Texas
	in a print medium	in a book; in a magazine
On	for a certain side	on the left
	for river / lake	London lies on the Thames
	for a floor in a house	on the floor
	for television, radio	on the air, on TV
About	around or outside of at but not	about city
	exactly on	about five feet tall
	related to	about my father’s business
Above	Suspended higher than something else	above the door
	superior to	above me in rank
After	in pursuit	chasing after the robbers
	a point further from an earlier poin	the corner after the big house
Against	learning on	against the door
	opposite to or facing	against the wall
Along	tracing the length of, without emphasis	along the hallway;
	in the ends	along the road
Among	in the company of (three or more)	among friends
	in a crowd	among the masses
	the end of a long list	among other things

Preposition		How it is used		Example
Around		Location of something		drive around the block
		explaining a period of time		around 4 o’clock
Before		in the front in terms of space	e	before the emperor; before God
Behind		on the back side of a point i	n space	behind the car; behind her smile
Below		something lower than or un	der Neath	below the stairs;
		something else		below expectations
From		in the sense of where from		a flower from the garden
Into		enter a room / building		go into the kitchen / house
Onto		movement to the top of so	mething	jump onto the table
Over		covered by something else	“more than”	put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age
		“getting to the other side’		walk over the bridge
		overcoming an obstacle		climb over the wall
Through		something with limits on to and the sides	p, bottom	drive through the tunnel
Towards		movement in the direction	of something	go 5 steps towards the
		(but not directly to it)		house
	Other Importa	nt Prepositions
About		For topic, meaning what ab	out	we were talking about you
At		For age		she learned computer at 65
Beside		By the side of		beside temple, beside school
Besides		In addition to		besides his business
till		up to a certain point in time (in colloquial English)		waited for her till 10 o’clock
Until		up to a certain point in time		until the end;
		how long something is going	to last	until sunrise
By		Who made it		a book by Charles Dickens
		rise or fall of something		prices have risen by 10 percent
		travelling (other than walking horse riding)	or	by car,  by bus
Preposition		How it is used		Example
From		who gave it		a present from uncle
		to experience pain / a disease		suffering from fever
In		entering a car / taxi		get in the car
Of		Who / what did it belong to		a page of the book
		What does it show		the picture of a place.
Off		Leaving a public transport vehicle		get off the train
On		Walking or riding on horseback		on foot, on horseback
Out of		leaving a car / taxi		get out of the taxi
On		for a certain side for		on the left
		a river / lake		London lies on the Themes
		for a floor in a house		on the floor in
to		In preference		I prefer coffee to tea.
		Listening		Listening to music.

SENTENCES APPEARED IN THE BOARD EXAMINATION :-

1.                Most children remain …. school …. the ages of six and sixteen. (Feb. 2008) (Rewrite using the appropriate prepositions)

2.                He sailed across the sea and landed on the shore. (Oct. 2008)

(Point out what the underlined prepositions suggest  - time / place / movement)

3.                We completed the work …. thirty minutes and then left …. the station. (Feb. 2009) (Use suitable prepositions)

4.                The main drawback … the area is its distance ….. the railway station. (Oct.2009) (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions)

5.                We have a break … tea. We start again ….. 3.30 p.m. (Feb. 2010) (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions)

6.                The boy was looking … the hoarding which was just ….. his school building.

     (Insert suitable  prepositions)                (Feb. 2011 A, B)

7.                Every man is conditioned … the age … which he lives.

        (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.)                (Oct. 2011)

8.                A massive non- co-operation movement was … full swing all …. the country. (Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions)

9.                He wanted to look … the beautiful girl … the platform.

        (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions) (Feb. 2013)

10.            I was … my regular walk through the forest  … 9 a.m.

        (Fill in the blanks with proper ‘prepositions’)             (Feb. 2014)

11.            The lady took the girls … a hall where they met a few more girls who were waiting …

her instructions.

(Fill in the blanks with proper ‘prepositions’)              (Oct. 2014)

12.            The police … Monday arrested five men  … cheating city businessman.

(Fill in the blanks with proper ‘prepositions’)

13.            In a meeting, the physical teacher decided to spend two hours … the playground …

warm-up.

(Fill in the blanks with proper ‘prepositions’)              (Oct. 2015)

14.            One of the things that distinguishes man … other animals is the power … speech.

	(Rewrite the sentence using the appropriate ‘prepositions’)	(Feb. 2016)
15.	Meet me … 10:30 a.m. … Monday.
	(Fill in the blanks with suitable ‘prepositions’)	(Oct. 2016)
16.	They stood … silence as a mark … honour to her.
	(Fill in the blanks with suitable ‘prepositions’)	(Feb. 2017)
17.	I cut the apple … a knife and gave it … my sister.
	(Fill in the blanks with proper ‘prepositions’)	(July 2017)
18.	She was able to talk … the group … her experience.
	(Fill in the blanks with suitable  ‘prepositions’)	(Feb. 2018)

19.      In fact every experience … an international character gives us on opportunity …

develop.

	(Fill in the blanks with appropriate ‘prepositions’)	(July 2018)
20.	I spent my holiday …. some friends … a wooden house. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate ‘prepositions’)	(Feb. 2019)
21.	He dived ….. the river and swam …. an hour.	(July 2019)

(Rewrite the sentence using appropriate ‘prepositions’)

22.         Nashik city recorded 52.7 mm rain … the four hours …. 3.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Friday.

(Fill in the blanks with suitable  ‘prepositions’) (Feb. 2020) 

SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE :-

1.                My mother is ….  the kitchen.

2.                I am always …. home …. Sunday morning.

3.                It appears, I have not been to the theatre …. ages.

4.                He was in the hospital …. January …. March.

5.                Can you distinguish …. these two words ?

6.                We have been living …. Mumbai …. 1996.

7.                He sat …. the chair to write a letter.

8.                I am tired …. walking, I need some rest.

9.                I put my books …. the table.

10.            He swam …. the river.

11.            He is …. a cheerful mood.

12.            The examination will be held …. 11:00.am. …. 2:00 pm.

13.            He was the Chief Minister …. the state …. 1999 to 2002.

14.            I want to be active …. the last breath …. my life.

15.            The school is far …. the house and it is difficult …. this little child to go there daily

….foot.

USE OF PREPOSITIONS :-

   

b)                It came on the seventh day.

c)                 For his motivational talks across the world.

Do you know what the underlined prepositions indicate in these sentences ?

Yes, you notice that ‘in’, ‘on’ and ‘across’ indicate place, time and direction respectively.

Q.      Now improve the following sentences inserting in, on, at, across, to, into, wherever necessary.

1.                The film finishes at 10 o’clock the evening.

2.                She usually visits me Saturday afternoon.

3.                I usually go bed midnight Sunday.

4.                She met me the Prize Distribution Ceremony a hotel.

5.                They sailed the sea and took rest the seashore.

6.                Indians celebrate Republic Day the 26th January.

7.                Ambulances rushed the injured the hospital.

Activity :- Make sentences of your own using the following propositions.

in, into, inside	to, towards, down
on, onto, above	below, under, beneath
over, beside, besides	underneath,  between
for, from, since	among, amongst