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PREPOSITION What is Preposition? A word that is used before a Noun and shows its relation with another word of the sentence. RULE OF PREPOSITION: Examples: 1. The cat ran under the car. 2. My friend sits beside me in class. 3. He told the joke without laughing. 4. We drove the car to the lush green fields. 5. The book is about where the dinosaurs laid their eggs. RULE OF PREPOSITION To + 1st form of verb (infinitive) To + Noun (preposition) Examples: • He locked the door to keep everyone out. • My brother gave 500 rupees to me to go to the store. Types OF PREPOSITION Location Direction Time Verb Spatial Relation In In In At Around,Within On Into On For Along, Off It On At With Against ,Out of Onto Within Of Across, Through To Toward By About Above, Over For Under ,Beneath During Behind, Beside preposition NOUN NOUN PRONOUN PHRASE GERUND CLAUSE eprepare.org
TIME Point Extended IN ON AT During By From — till Within For Since IN Parts of the day____ in the morning Months___________ in December Seasons/years____in summer/ in 2018 Decades___________ in the 2nd decade Centuries__________ in the 20th century ON Days of the week____ on Monday Dates___________ on the 3rd of June Particular Days______on my birthday AT night__________ at night Clock____at 5 O’ clock/at 5.30 p.m. Holidays______ at Christmas at the weekend Since For From___to/till By From a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now. Used to show an amount of time. Used to show the time when something starts. By Not later than; at or before. eprepare.org