PREPOSITIONS

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PREPOSITION- DEFINITION/ MEANING/ EXAMPLES

   👉 WHAT IS A PREPOSITION ?

From analysis of the word " Preposition" it is found that combination of Pre+Position makes Preposition.  A Preposition is a word that comes before a noun,pronoun, gerund, phrase and clause and makes relation to other words in a sentence. Other words may be the Noun, Verb or Adjective.

👉 WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF PREPOSITIONS ?

Basically Prepositions are of three kinds. They are Preposition of Time, Preposition of Place and Preposition of Direction.

Lets understand all the above kinds of Prepositions with examples-

ILLUSTRATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PREPOSITIONS AS BELOW-

👉 PREPOSITION OF TIME- in, on, at, before, after. 

Such prepositions always indicate the time when anything happens or takes place.

Examples- 

On- He is supposed to come on Sunday.( Before day)

On- He comes home on  Dusserah. ( Before Occasion)

Here ' on ' is a preposition as it links the verb- COME with SUNDAY.and tells the TIME of it.

Generally " ON " is used before DAY or OCCASION .

Example- 

In- He was born in February 2010. (Before Month)

In- He passed the exam in 2022. ( Before Year )

          Generally " IN" is used before MONTH or YEAR.in respect of indicating TIME.  

Example- 

At- The train arrives at 5.00pm. (Point of Time)

At- He left the place at night.  ( Before ' night' )

Example- 

Before- The train arrived at the station before time. 

Before- Come before evening. 

Example- 

After- The train arrived at the station after scheduled time.

After- He arrived at home after Sun set.

👉PREPOSITION OF PLACE- Under, Above, In, On, At- 

Such prepositions indicate PLACE or LOCATION of the Object written in the sentence.

common use of such Prepositions

BEFORE NOUN

1. The cat is sitting under the table.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- Under

Noun- Table

2. The duster is on the table.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- On

 Noun- Table

3. The fan is over my head.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- Over

 Noun- head

4. The ball is in the box.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- in

 Noun- box

5. He travelled by train.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- by

 Noun- train

                  common use of such Prepositions

BEFORE PRONOUN

1. Ashok sits with me in class. 

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- with(used before pronoun-'me') / in(used before noun- 'class')

 Pronoun- me / Noun- Class

2. Kanak lives at Haripur with her mother.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- at(used before noun-'Haripur')/ with(used before pronoun- 'her')

 Pronoun- her 

3. He is under our control.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- under(used before pronoun-'our')

 Pronoun- our 

4. He behaves with her politely.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- with(used before pronoun-'her')

 Pronoun- her 

5. Keep these clothes with you.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- with(used before pronoun-'you')

 Pronoun- you 

                    common use of such Prepositions

BEFORE GERUND

1. He told the joke without laughing.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- without(used before gerund-'laughing')

 gerund-  laughing 

2. He is afraid of swimming.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- of(used before gerund-'swimming')

 gerund- swimming 

3. You are excited about watching the movie.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- about(used before gerund-'watching')

 gerund- watching 

4. She is good at cooking.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- at(used before gerund-'cooking')

 gerund- cooking 

5. He is interested in painting.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- in(used before gerund-'painting')

 gerund- painting 

common use of such Prepositions

BEFORE PHRASE

The common prepositions that comes before a phrase are- to, of, about, at, before, after, by, behind, during, for, from, in, over, under and with.

1. They drove the car to the lush green fields.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- to(used before phrase-'the lush green fields')

 the phrase- the lush green fields

2. I am searching for my English book.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- for(used before phrase-'my English book')

 the phrase- my English book

3. Rajat is laughing at my boss.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- at(used before phrase-'my boss')

 the phrase- my boss

4. The kids were laughing at the joker.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- at(used before phrase-'the joker')

 the phrase- the joker

5. A girl with red hair reads in this college.

👉 Indicators-

Preposition- with(used before phrase-'red hair')

 the phrase- red hair

Preposition- in (used before phrase-' this college'

                  common use of such Prepositions

BEFORE CLAUSE

1. The book is about where the first lives were found.

👉  Indicators-

Preposition- about ( comes before the clause- 'where the first lives were found')

clause- where the first lives were found

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