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Common Prepositions

Introduction
Prepositions are small words that connect elements in a sentence. They are essential because
they provide additional details about the sentence by locating events, people and objects in a
time and place or to show movement from one place to another.

Form
Prepositions usually come before a noun phrase or pronoun.

The most commonly used prepositions are: at, by, for, from, in, on, to, with…

Example
I am at the supermarket.
You go to school by bus.
She went for a walk.
The price increased from nine euros to eleven euros.
The card is in the wallet.
The exit is on the left.
We went to the supermarket.
They paid with their card.

Use
Prepositions are small words that connect elements in a sentence.

Prepositions don not stand alone, but rather act with other elements of the sentence to create
the main sense. We use prepositions of time to locate an event in a specific moment or period,
prepositions of place to express the location of something or someone and prepositions of
movement to show movement from one place to another.

The most common prepositions are:

at (being in a specific place);

by (using the means of…);
for (with the purpose of…);
from (starting point of a movement);
in (being inside a closed 3-dimensional place);
on (being on a surface and having some contact with it);

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to (moving towards a destination);

with (in the company or presence of…).

Related
Common Prepositions come before a noun phrase or pronoun [1].

In English, for better understanding about the combination of a preposition and other elements of
the sentence, you can learn Prepositional phrases. [2]

At A2 level, you can learn more about Prepositions of time [3](locate an event in a time frame),
Prepositions of place [4](locate an event in a space frame), Prepositions of movement [5](express
movement or directions).

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[3] Prepositions of time : https://open.books4languages.com/english-a2-grammar
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[4] Prepositions of place : https://open.books4languages.com/english-a2-grammar
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[5] Prepositions of movement : https://open.books4languages.com/english-a2-grammar
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