Prepositions

 

Prepositions

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

It shows the relation of the noun or pronoun with some other word in the sentence.

There are a number of prepositions in English. some of them are given below : at, by, for, in, of, on, up, to, about, above, across, after, before, betwen, down, form, near, into, over, till, through, under, with, within, without, etc.

Functions of Prepositions :

1. A preposition relates a noun to another noun of pronoun :

Example:-

•      The man on the horse (preposition "on" shows the relation of "man" to "horse" [noun])

•      The ball is under the table. (preposition "under" shows the relation of "ball" to "table" [noun])

•      I bought a book for you. (preposition "for" relates "book" to "you" [pronoun])

•      There is no information about him. (preposition "about" relates "information" to "him" [pronoun])

2. A preposition relates a noun to a verb :

Example:-

•      He studies in London. (preposition "in" relates "London" to "studied" [verb])

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

There are some prepositional phrases too. Some of them are given here :

infront of, at the back of, in the middle of, at the top, at the bottom of, by the side of, etc.

Functions of the Prepositional phrases :

Prepositional phrases do the same functions of the prepositions, i.c., relating a noun to another noun, or a pronoun or a verb.

Example:-

•      There is a boy in front of the door. (preposition phrase relates "boy" to "door" [noun])

•      Look at the girl by the side of him. (preposition phrase relates "girl" to "him" [pronoun])

•      An oldman is standing at the bottom of a tree. (preposition phrase relates "tree" to "standing" [verb])

Exercise

Find out the prepositions in the following sentences :

1.    Put the ball into the table.

2.    Can you write without a pen?

3.    He will come after tow days.

4.    I have heard about you.

5.    David is running along the road before me.

6.    Please come to our house on Sunday.

7.    There is a dog near the tree.

8.    We are sitting under a tree in the park.

9.    Do not go to the river for a swim.

10.  I threw the ball through the window.

11.  Kamal is swimming across the river.

 

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