PREPOSITIONS

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B.Ed(2014-15)

PREPOSITIONS
A 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 PREPOSITION

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

COMPOUND PREPOSITION
Examples:-

beside,etc.

above, across, along, before,

PHRASE PREPOSITION
Examples:-

agree with, according to, agree to,

part with etc

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INTO

IN SHOWS REST
WITH IN
Eg: A Football is in the
box.

INTO SHOWS

MOTION INWARDS

Eg: He is Swimming into the water.

BETWEEN

AMONG

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.

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UPON

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.

WITH

WITH SHOWS THE INSTRUMENT.

eg1: She is playing with the Hockey stick.

eg2: She is going with her Mother.

BESIDE

BEHIND
IT REFFERS TO THE
PLACE.

Eg: Who is standing

behind the wall.

IT REFFERS TO THE SIDE

OF.
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Eg: Leaf is laying beside the table.

OVER

ABOVE
IT MEANS HIGHER THAN

Eg: The ball is above the

table.

IT MEANS UPON THE

WHOLE SURFACE.
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Eg: Bridge is over the river.

AT

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.

SINCE
IT REFFERS TO THE
POINT OF TIME
Eg: She has been missing
you since Monday.

FOR
IT RREFFERS TO THE
PERIOD OF TIME.

Eg: She has been working in

this office for eight years.

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