Preposition of Usage Example

Place

In to talk about the point itself Ram is working in his cabin

At to talk about general vicinity We are waiting at the reception.

On to talk about the surface The laptop is on the table

Above higher than something else, but not The tree is 6 meters above the
directly over it ground.

Over covered by something else The umbrella is over her head

In front of In the same direction They are standing in front of his

house

Opposite Opposite direction They sat opposite one another

Along Moving in a constant direction Cars were parked along the road

Across Getting to the other side She walked across the bridge

Under Lower than something else (or The bag is under the table
covered by something else)

Through Something with limits on top, Drive through the tunnel

bottom or sides

To Movement to person/place/country/ Go to the cinema/ Go to work

situation

Beside Next to She is sitting beside her friend

Besides Apart from I understand Hindi besides English

(Conjunction)

Preposition of Usage Example

Time

On Weekdays| Dates On Monday | On 25th Dec 2000

In Months| seasons| year In May| In Winter| In 1950

At Exact time At 5pm, At Night, At half past 3

For Over a certain period of time For 2 years

(seconds, minutes, hours, days,
months, years)
 Since With a specific starting point (Till Since 1980
now)

During With an event in the noun form Ashley explained the concepts
during the presentation.

While To explain the event in the verb Ashley explained the concepts
form while he presented.

By Up to a certain time By 5pm| By Friday | By EOD

Till/ Until In the sense of how long something

is going to last