Use our list of English prepositions to better learn English - printable & free, English

prepositions are essential for ESL. Some prepositions are short, typically containing
five letters or fewer. There are, however, a significant number of multi word
prepositions. Throughout the evolution of the the English language, new prepositions
have come into use, old ones fallen out of use, and the meaning of existing
prepositions changed.

A preposition is a word governing, and usually coming in front of, a noun or

pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, as in:

• She left before breakfast.

• What did you come for? (For what did you come?)

Prepositions:
due to
aboard on to (onto)
during
about opposite
except
above out of
far from
absent outside
following
according to outside of
for
across owing to
from
after over
in
against past
in addition to
ahead of plus
in case of
along prior to
in front of
alongside regarding
in place of
amid round
in spite of
amidst save
inside
among since
inside of
around than
instead of
as through
in to (into)
as far as throughout
like
as well as till
mid
at times
minus
atop to
near
before toward
near to
behind under
next
below underneath
next to
beneath until
notwithstanding
beside up
of
between upon
off
by with
on
by means of with regards to
on account of
despite within
on behalf of
down without
on top of