Category: Basic Foundations

Prepositions

Learn prepositions - words that show relationships between nouns in terms of time, place, and direction.

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What are Prepositions?

Prepositions are small words that show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words. They tell us about time, place, direction, or manner.

Prepositions of Place

Preposition	Meaning	Example
in	inside	The cat is in the box.
on	on a surface	The book is on the table.
at	specific point	I am at school.
under	below	The dog is under the table.
above/over	higher than	The lamp is above the bed.
between	in the middle	Sit between Ram and Shyam.
behind	at the back	The garden is behind the house.
in front of	facing	The car is in front of the house.
next to/beside	at the side	Sit next to me.

Prepositions of Time

Preposition	Use For	Example
at	specific time	at 5 o'clock, at noon
on	days/dates	on Monday, on January 1st
in	months/years/seasons	in January, in 2024, in summer
before	earlier than	before lunch
after	later than	after school
during	throughout	during the movie
for	duration	for two hours
since	starting point	since 2020

Prepositions of Direction

to - I go to school.
from - I come from India.
into - She walked into the room.
out of - He ran out of the house.
towards - Walk towards me.
through - Go through the tunnel.
across - Walk across the street.

Remember: In, On, At

IN = inside/larger areas (in the room, in India, in January)
ON = surfaces/days (on the table, on Monday)
AT = specific points (at home, at 5pm, at the corner)

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