Prepositions of Agent or Instrument

• Indicate that an action conducted on a noun is

caused by another noun.
• Include: by & with.
 Prepositions of Agent or Instrument
By With
-Usually used to show a doing by - Usually used to show a doing by
a person a thing / done with something

1. The motorcycle was driven by 1. He caught the butterfly with a

a tiny bald man. net.
2. This poem was written by 2. She is writing with her pen.
Milton. 3. The label on the box says,
"Handle with care."
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english
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Prepositions of Agent or Instrument
DEFINITION EXAMPLES

Indicate that an action 1. This poem was written by

conducted on a noun is caused Milton.
by another noun. 2. I opened my closet with a
These include: by, with. key.
3. She is writing with her blue
pen.