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Preposition - English Grammar - Examples & Deep and details description.

Prepositions
A preposition links nouns, pronoun and phrases to other words in a sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.

Preposition
of time
Usage
Example
On
days of the week, dates

Occasions of festivals
On Monday,
on fourth of Baisakh, on 17 February, 2013.
On Christmas day/on new year's
eve/ on independent day
In
months / seasons
time (part) of day year
in + time period decade
centuries and long period
in August / in Winter
in the morning / afternoon/ evening
in 2000
in five minutes/ hours/ year etc
in the 1900s
in the next century / in the medieval age/ in the past.
at
time (part) of day
for weekend
a certain point of time
before an age
time of the clock
at night/ midnight/ noon/ sunrise
sunset/ dusk/ dawn/ dinnertime/ bedtime/ daybreak
at the weekend
at half past nine
at the age of 20
at 8 o'clock/ at 5:00pm
since
from a certain
point of time
since 1980, since I was born, since 2 o'clock
For
over a certain
period of time
for 2 years, for 2 hour
ago
a certain time in the past
2 years ago
before
earlier than a certain point of time
before 2004
to
telling the time
ten to six (5:50)
past
telling the time
ten past six (6:10)
to/till/until
in the sense of
how long
something is
going to last
From Monday to/till Friday
till/until
in the sense of how long
something is going to last
he is on holiday until Friday.
by
in the sense of at the latest
up to certain time/not later than
I will be back by 6 o'clock

by 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.



Preposition
of place
Usage
Example
IN
Enclosed space

additional- dress, colour
in the kitchen, in London
in the book, in the garden
in the car, in a taxi
in the picture, in the world
in sari/ suit, in black/ red
at
For a point

for events
at the door/ station/ table/ top of the page/ entrance/ crossroad/ corner
at the cinema, at school, at work, at bus park
at a concert, at the party
On
attached

for a place with a river

being on a surface
for a certain side (left, right)
for a floor in a house.
broadcasting inventions
the picture on the wall, ring on her finger.
London lies on the Thames.
on the table/ bed
on the left
on the first floor.
on TV, on the radio, on the FM.

by, next to, beside
left or right of somebody or something.
Jane is standing by/ next to/ beside the car.
under
lower than ( or covered by )
something else.
the bag in under the table
below
lower than
something else
but above ground
the fish are below the surface of water
over
covered by something else
meaning more than getting to the other side
directly over than something else.
put a jacket over your shirt
over 16 years of age
walk over the bridge/ climb over the wall
a plane flew over our house.
above
higher than something else
but not directly over it
the board is above the students.
a path above the lake.
across
getting to the other side
walk across the bridge
swim across the lake
through
one end to another
driven through the tunnel
to
movement towards certain direction, place etc.
go to the cinema
go to London / Ireland
go to bed
into
enter a room/ a building
go into the kitchen/ the house
towards
movement in the direction of something ( but not directly to it)
go 5 steps towards the house.
onto
movement to the
top of something
jump onto the table
from
in the sense of where from or something starts from.
a flower from the garden

He read English language from June.
between
between two objects
He is between George and Jim.
Among
between more than two objects.
He is among his friends.
by
near/ beside
The matches are over there by the cigarettes.
opposite
facing opposite to each other
The temple is opposite the Palace.
against
taking support to
put the ladder against the wall.
Along
Moving forward in a line
I went along the street.

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