Prepositions show the relationship between nouns, pronouns, and other words in a sentence. There are 5 main types of prepositions: time, place, direction, agent, and instruments. Prepositions of time indicate when something occurs, such as "at", "in", or "on". Prepositions of place show where something is located. Prepositions of direction specify a movement or path. Prepositions of agent indicate who performed an action. Prepositions of instruments refer to the means used to complete an action.

1. PREPOSITIONS
By
Dr. Anjaiah
MRECW

2. What is a Preposition?
• A preposition is a word or group of words
that show the relationship between a noun
and other words in the sentence. It is one
of the Parts of Speech.

3. • It also shows the relationship between a
pronoun and other words in the sentence.

4. • The name “Preposition” means “before
position”. That means these words are placed
before the noun or pronoun in the sentence.

5. • Most commonly used prepositions are:
• in, on, under, to, by, above, below, up, down,
for, with, etc.

6. • It includes various relationships like,
• Direction (Where?)
• Time (When?)
• Place (Where?)
• Location (Where?)
• Space (Where?)

7. Now, let us understand with few example sentences.

8. • The book is on the table.
• In the above example, there are two nouns.
One is “book” and the other one is “table”.
• Here, the preposition (on) is showing the
relation between two nouns by mentioning
the positions.

10. I am having a meeting at 5 pm.
• In the above example, the preposition (at) is
used between the Pronoun (I) and noun
(meeting).
• It is showing the relation for time.

12. The cat is sleeping under the tree.
• Here, the preposition (under) is used between
the nouns (cat and tree).
• So, it shows the relations with the positions.

14. The boy is hiding behind the wall.
• Here, the preposition (behind) is used to show
the relationship between the boy and the
wall.
• The location is used as a reference.

16. She is working at home.
• Here, the preposition (at) is used to refer to
the location that she is working.

17. Types of Prepositions
• Till now we have read and understood what is
a preposition (with few examples).
• Now let us classify all the Prepositions
separately according to the usage.

18. • So, there are 5 types of Prepositions. Those
are,
• Preposition of Time
• Preposition of Place
• Preposition of Direction
• Preposition of Agent
• Prepositions of Instruments

19. Preposition of Time
• These type of Prepositions (words) are used to
refer to time with various aspects.
• For example on, in, at, etc.
• In: “In” preposition is used while mentioning
the time with months or years.

20. • On: “On” preposition is used while mentioning
the particular time of a day, month or year.
• At: “At” preposition is used while mentioning
the past or future time.

22. Lets see some more examples
• I am having an interview at 9 PM.
• My birthday is on 25th May.
• I was excited on the first day of my job.
• World War 2 was started in the year 1939.
• She came to our house at night.

23. Preposition of Place
• These Prepositions (words) are used to refer
to time with various aspects.
• For example on, in, at, etc.

24. • In: “In” preposition is used when the object
(person or thing) is in the physical boundary
(place).
• On: “On” preposition is used for the objects
which are on the surface.
• At: “At” preposition is used to mention the
specific place of the object.

26. Example Sentences:
• I am working as a Software
Developer at Google.
• The children are playing in the park.
• He is living in a luxurious house.
• He is completing his homework at home.
• Her book is on the bench.

27. Preposition of Direction
• These prepositions are used to specify the
direction of the object. For example into, to,
through, towards, etc.
• Into: “Into” preposition is used when an
object (into) is present inside something
physically.
• To: “To” preposition is used to represent the
direction of movement or place of arrival.

28. • Through: “Through” preposition is used when
an object moves from one end to another.
• Towards: “Towards” preposition is used to
represent the specific direction.

30. Example Sentences:
• I am going to school.
• She went into her room to collect her car keys.
• They are sailing towards the coast of Africa.
• We need to go through many failures to get
success.
• Raju tossed a coin into the air.

31. Preposition of Agent
• The prepositions which are used for
expressing the relationship between a noun
and a verb is known as Preposition of Agent.
For example by, with etc.
• By: “By” preposition is used to mention the
action is done (doer) by the Subject.
• With: “With” preposition is used to mention
two or more things (or) people are involved in
doing something.

33. • Alex shared his work with his friend.
• He wants to do business along with his job.
• The famous series Harry Potter was
written by J.K. Rowling.
• He likes to have bread with butter in it.
• They want to earn money by selling old items.

34. Preposition of Instruments
• These type of Prepositions are used to
indicate certain technologies, machines or
devices. For example by, with, on, with the
help of, etc.
• Actually, “by” refers to the mode of
transportation, whereas “with” and “on” is
used to mention the usage of machines and
other machines.

36. Example Sentences:
• I came to college by bus.
• She likes to listen to online music with her
phone.
• Riya washed her clothes with the help of a
Washing machine.
• The guests are coming to our house by taxi.
• The thief broke the lock with the help of a
hammer.