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Some common prepositions are:

about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but

by despite down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto out

outside over past since through throughout till to toward under underneath until up upon with within without.

Prepositions typically come before a noun. For example: after class, at home, before Tuesday, in London, on fire, with pleasure.

A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. For example: The book is on the table. The book is beside the table. She read the book during class.

In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time. Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.

Simple prepositions. Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above. For example: The book is on the table.

Compound prepositions. Compound prepositions are more than one word. in between and because of are prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of three words. For example: The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings. The book is in front of the clock. Examples: The children climbed the mountain without fear.

The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English:

Prepositions of time:

ENGLISH

USAGE

EXAMPLE

  • on

  • days of the week

  • on Monday

  • in

  • months / seasons

  • time of day

  • year

  • after a certain period of time (when?)

  • in August / in winter

  • in the morning

  • in 2006

  • in an hour

  • at

  • for night

  • for weekend

  • a certain point of time (when?)

  • at night

  • at the weekend

  • at half past nine

  • since

  • from a certain point of time (past till now)

  • since 1980

  • for

  • over a certain period of time (past till now)

  • for 2 years

  • ago

  • a certain time in the past

  • 2 years ago

  • before

  • earlier than a certain point of time

  • before 2004

  • to

  • telling the time

  • ten to six (5:50)

  • past

  • telling the time

  • ten past six (6:10)

  • to/ till/ until

  • marking the beginning and end of a period of time

  • from Monday to/till Friday

  • till/ until

  • in the sense of how long something is going to last

  • He is on holiday until Friday.

  • by

  • in the sense of at the latest

  • up to a certain time

  • I will be back by 6 o’clock.

  • By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.