This document provides examples and definitions of different types of prepositions including prepositions of direction, time, and place. It lists common prepositional words and provides sentence examples to demonstrate their uses relating to location, timing, and movement. Prepositions are defined as words that show relationships between other words or parts of a sentence.

2. It was rainy day so put on my yellow rain coat
and ran across the floor to the door. I went to the
park and went under the slide. I like to stay dry.

3. Prepositions are words that we use before
noun or pronoun.
There are prepositions of directions,time,
place and position

4. PREPOSITION
Of direction
up
down
through
over
along
from
to
into
across
around

5. PREPOSITION
OF TIME
In
at
during
on
for
since

6. PREPOSITION
OF
PLACE
On
under
above
between
beside
Next to
against
among
In
near

7. Sentences to show direction
Daud is walking up the stairs.
Adrian is running down the stairs.
The lady past in through the ring.

8. The cat jumped over the
box.
She walked along the road.
She has returned from town.

9. The children are walking to school.
She poured the juice into the glass.
The dog ran across the road.
They are running round the tree.

11. In the morning
In June
In the evening
In 1999
In the afternoon
In the 19th
century
At night
At christmas
At twelve
At 6 ‘o clock
On Saturday
On 20th
March
On weekdays

12. We will meet my father at night.
Jalil was born in 1986.
He goes swimming on Tuesday.
We will visit our grandfather during the holidays.
The football team trained for a month.
He has been studying in Australia since 2002.

13. PLACE
PREPOSITIONS
The boy is standing under the tree.
The cat is sleeping on the chair.
The cat is between the two girls.

14. The fan is above the boy.
The cat is beside the bag.
The walking stick is against the wall.
There is a kitten in the box.

16. • A preposition is a part of speech that shows a
relationship between two things.
• Location (on, under, in)
• Timing (before, after, during)
• Direction (from, toward, to)

17. Here are some more prepositions.
before behind from beneath
across below down throughout with
past among near above during under
outside toward upon over after through

18. The cat is _____ the armchair.in

19. The armchair is __________________
of the table.
on the right

20. The picture is _______ the wall.on

21. The picture is ___________ the armchair.behind

22. The mirror is _______ the wall.on

23. The mirror is __________ the vase and the birdcage.between

24. The bird is _________ the cage.in

25. The children are _______________
the birdcage..
in front of

26. The television is _________ the table.on

27. The television is _________ the vase and the lamp.between

28. The rose is ________ the vase.in

29. The books are ____________ the vase.in front of

30. The keys are ______________ the lamp.in front of

31. The dog is __________ the table.under

32. The ball is _______________ of the dog.on the left

33. Sanny was sitting ___ a tree.
School starts ____ nine o’clock.
I visited my grandparents ___ the summer.
I’ll do my homework ___ dinner.
I have a friend who lives ____ America.
I made this bookmark ___ Mom.
Mix the flour ___ water.

34. 1. A cat was sitting _______the roof of my car. (place)
2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time)
3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction)
4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time)
5. She put the book ____her bag. (place)
6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place)
7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place)
8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time)
9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened.
(direction)