Definitions, examples, and differences of some prepositions.

1. PREPOSITION

2. PREPOSITION
A word that
shows the
relationship of a
noun or

3. Aboard Along At But (except)
About Along with Before By
Above Amid Below Down
According
to
Among Beneath During
Across Around Beside Except
After Aside from Besides For
Against As of Between
COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS

4. Examples:
The package under the tree is mine.
The package near the tree is mine.
The package next to the tree is mine.
The package in front of the tree is mine.

5. We say we are at the hospital to visit
a friend who is in the hospital.
We lie in bed but on the couch.
We watch a film at the theater
but on television

6. PREPOSITION
TIME

7. We use at to
designate
specific times.
The train is
due at 12:15
p.m.
We use on to
designate days and
dates.
My brother is
coming on Monday.
We're having a party
on the Fourth of
July.
We use in for
nonspecific times
during a day, a
month, a season,
or a year.
She likes to jog in
the morning.
It's too cold in
winter to run
outside.
He started the job
in 1971.
He's going to quit
in August.

8. I will arrive at exactly 9:45 am.
We will see each other on Friday.
Can we see each other in spring?
Shaila will arrive at exactly 8:30 in
the morning on Friday.

9. PREPOSITION
PLACE

10. We use at for
specific
addresses.
Grammar
English lives at
55 Boretz Road
in Durham.
We use on to
designate
names of
streets,
avenues, etc.
Her house is
on Boretz
Road.
We use in for the
names of land-
areas (towns,
counties, states,
countries, and
continents).
She lives in
Durham.

11. I live at Block 41 Purok 1 Area C Sapang Lamig, Bulacan.
I live in Sapang Lamig, Bulacan.
You can always see him on the Black Avenue.
Shaila lives in Bulacan while Risha resides on Green Leaf
street at Phase II Block 3 Lot 9, Rioshette Condo Building.

13. Prepositions Exercise
Please choose the correct preposition (in/of/on) for the
sentences in this exercise.
Here is a reminder of some uses of these prepositions:
in – completely or partly enclosed by something
of – belonging to something or someone; contained in
something
on – the basis for something

14. 1. All the students will work ___ a collaborative
environment.
2. They need to concentrate ___ their studies.
3. They will be placed ___ a range of community
settings.
4. We examined the scientific basis ___ dental
practice.
5. This degree appeals to students who are interested
___ working in the new fields and occupations created
by digitization

15. 6. The essay will be ___ a topic you have
studied recently.
7. These are the cultural processes ___
globalization.
8. Here is a simple analysis ___ algorithms.
9. The researchers are reliant ___ external
funding.
10. This course provides the opportunity to focus
___ your major area of interest.

16. REFERENCE:
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/prepositions.htm