Prepositions

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PREPOSITIONS

WHAT IS PREPOSITION
EXPRESSES THE RELATION BETWEEN NOUN OR PRONOUN TO OTHER
WORDS OF THE SENTENCE
EG; "in," "at," "on," "of,“ "to.“etc.
Used to describe position ,time,way in which a process is done.
TYPES OF PREPOSITIONS
Simple preposition
Compound preposition
Phrase preposition
Preposition of time
Preposition of place
Preposition of direction
Preposition of agent
SIMPLE
COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITIONS
Perposition consist of one word Formed by prefixing a preposition to
noun or an adjective or an adverb
eg;
at,by,for,from,in,of,off,on,out,till,too Eg;
about ,above,along,amidst,before ,behin
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the paper is on my desk
aishwarya is sitting by the tree This article is about computer
The troops are lined up along the track
PHRASE PREPOSITION
Group of words used with force of single preposition
Eg according to, along with,in place of etc…
Kumar was arrested along with his friends
PREPOSITION OF TIME |
PREPOSITION OF PLACE
At what point of time the event occur Used to show where something is
located
At –specific time
At-specific place
On-for days \dates
On –referring to area
In –for long duration
In –a place with boundary
For –duration
Above-much higher place

It often snows in december

The stars are above the sky


PREPOSITION OF DIRECTION |
PREPOSITION OF AGENT
Indicates the direction where something Used for a thing which is cause of
is headed another thing in a sentence
Eg towards,into,across,up,around By-how something has been done

He swam across the river He is respected by everyone


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