2. 7. Preposition:
A word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun,
connecting it to another word:
The book is on the table. The cat is under the table.
He sat on the chair.
There is some milk in the fridge.
She was hiding under the table.
The cat jumped off the counter.
He drove over the bridge.
She lost her ring at the beach.
The book belongs to Anthony.
They were sitting by the tree.
3. Types of Prepositions:
There are three types of prepositions, including,
time prepositions,
place prepositions, and
direction prepositions.
4. 1.Basic Time Prepositions:
Preposition Time Categories
at
clock times, exact times of day, night, holiday periods
in
months, years, morning/afternoon/evening, seasons, centuries, eras
on
days, dates, holidays, weekends, days+morning/afternoon/evening
5.
6. 2.Functional Time Prepositions
The following time prepositions have a more functional usage and show
how two or more events relate to each other in time.
For example, Lisa jogs before dinner means Lisa jogs first and eats dinner
second.
7. Preposition Use Examples
before
earlier than Before work, Tony eats breakfast.
from... to start time... end time Tony works from 9 AM to 5 PM.
from... until/till
start time... end time Tony works from 9 AM until 5 PM.
for amount of time Tony works for eight hours.
during
within a time During the day, Tony eats a small snack
and lunch.
by
before a point of time By 5 PM, Tony is quite hungry again.
after
later than After work, Tony goes home and eats
dinner.
in
within an amount of time Tony eats four times in twelve hours.
8. Place prepositions
are used to show the position or location of one thing with another, such as, at,
in, on, Under / Below, between and Above / Over
In general we use: at for a POINT
at the corner , at the bus stop
at the door
at the top of the page
in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
on for a SURFACE
On means that something is in a position that is physically touching, covering or
attached to something.
The clock on the wall is slow.
9. Between
Between normally refers to something in the middle of two objects or things (or
places).
There is a sea between England and France,
Above / Over
Above and Over have a similar meaning. The both mean "at a higher position
than X" but above normally refers to being directly (vertically) above you.
Planes normally fly above the clouds.
Under / Below
Under and Below have a similar meaning. They mean at a lower level.
(Something is above it).
Your legs are under the table.
12. 8-Interjections
Interjections are words used to express strong feeling or sudden
emotion.
They are included in a sentence (usually at the start) to express a
sentiment such as surprise, disgust, joy, excitement, or enthusiasm.
An interjection is not grammatically related to any other part of the
sentence.
Examples of interjection:
Ahh, Eh, Wow, Hey, Well, What, Hurrah,, Oh, Oops, Ouch, Yeah,
Hush,,, Bravo, Hello, Ugh, Ah, Ha ha, Well done, Alas, Fie, Hi, Yes,,
Help, Happy Birthday, Good morning, dear,, yum, oy, etc. For example:
13. Good! Now we can celebrate the party.
Oh, what's a surprise
Hey! Get out of the building!
Yes! I can do it easily.
No! I run so long.
Well! I have a good news.
14. Types of Interjection
Interjection is divided into following types on the basis of way to express
interjections in the sentence such as greeting, joy, surprise, approval,
sorrow, attention, and calling.
Hey! Get off that floor!
Oh, that is a surprise.
Good! Now we can move on.
15. Interjections for Greeting
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to indicate the emotion of
warmth to the person meeting with such as
hey, hello, hi, etc.
For example:
Hey! Nice to see you here in the party.
Hello! I am Ali.
16. Interjections for Joy
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to indicate immediate joy
and happiness on any happy occasion occurred such as hurrah, wow,
hurray, etc.
For example:
Wow! You are looking gorgeous.
Hurray! We successfully won this football match.
17. Interjections for Approval
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to express the strong sense of
approval or agreement for something that has happened such as well done,
bravo, brilliant, etc.
For example:
Well done! You win the race.
Bravo! You have got the first position.
Interjections for Attention
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to draw attention of
someone such as look, behold, listen, hush, etc.
For example:
Look! You so arrogant.
Listen! I have never copied you.
Behold! Someone strange is there.
18. Interjections for Surprise
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to express the strong sense of
surprise about something that has happened such as ha, what, hey, ah, oh,
eh, etc. For example:
What! You failed.
Oh! Really you completed the task, I can't believe.
Ah! I got new job.
Interjections for Sorrow
This type of interjection is used in the sentence to express the emotion of
sadness about something unfortunate has happened such as alas, ouch, ah,
oh, etc. For example:
Alas! He is no more.
Ouch! It's very paining.
19. Article
An article is a word used before a noun that indicates whether or not the
reference is to a specific entity or entities or an unspecific one.
There are only three articles, a, an and the. A and an, the indefinite
articles, are used to refer to a single and unspecified entity.
A is used with nouns that start with a consonant sound, as in a battery,
while an is used with words that start with a vowel sound, as in an ink.
The, the definite article, refers to a specific entity or entities.
The single entity may also be made up of multiple individual entities, as in,
for example, the class of 1999, the Hayyatians or the IEEE (Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Articles are also considered adjectives, because they add information about
nouns.