Prepositions English Grammar. Dr. Omer Bushara Ahmed. Faculty of Education, University of Dongola, Sudan د. عمر بشارة احمد بشارة كلية التربية -جامعة دنقلا

1. PREPOSITIONS
Dr. Omer Bushara Ahmed
Faculty of Education
University of Dongola, Sudan

2. Prepositions
Prepositions are used to indicate
position (in time or space) of one
thing with respect to another:
I put the book on the table.
She arrived before the others.
He came toward me.

3. There are many prepositions. Here is
a partial list, with examples:
•to -- He gave the book to his friend.
•at -- They arrived at his house at 5
o'clock.
•of -- It was the third day of the
month.
•from -- That young women comes
from Thailand.
on -- She put the plate on the table

4. under -- The cat crawled under the bed.
over -- The boy threw the rock over the
tree.
before -- (time) She arrived before the
movie started.
after -- He called his mother after he
finished shopping.
in front of -- His mother parked her car in
front of his apartment.
behind -- The dog ran behind the house.

5. for -- He went to the store for more milk.
toward -- The criminal walked toward him with a
gun.
against -- Everyone was against that idea.
around -- The athletes ran around the track six
times.
close to -- He placed the food close to the
squirrel.
far from -- He placed the food far from the lion.
next to -- He was hot, so he sat down next to the
air