1. Prepositions are little words such as
of, to, from, in, and at.
Most prepositions are one word.
A few prepositions are two words
(because of) or three words (in front
of).
Module 4
Prepositions

2. List of Common Prepositions
• About
• Above
• Across
• After
• Against
• Along
• Around
• at
• Before
• Behind
• below
• Beneath
• Beside
• Besides
• Between
• Beyond
• By
• Down
• During
• Except
• For
• From
• In
• Inside

3. List of Common Prepositions
• Into
• Like
• Near
• Of
• Off
• On
• Out
• Outside
• Over
• Since
• Through
• Throughout
• Till
• To
• Toward
• Under
• Until
• Upon
• With
• Without
• According to
• Because of
• In addition to
• In front of
• In place of
• Next to
• Out of

4. Prepositions are difficult to classify, but we
will try to classify some.
• In, On, Over, behind, Under, By, In front
of, At, between, next to.
Prepositions of place
• down, up, to, into, onto, out of, toward, away
from, through, across, under, over, along, past,
Prepositions of Movement
• At, in, on, during, after, before, until, from-to, for
Prepositions of time

5. Prepositions of Place
BEHIND
• The rabbit is behind the box.
UNDER
• The rabbit is under the table.
BY
• The rabbit stands by the box.

6. IN
• The rabbit is in the box.
ON
• The rabbit is on the table.
OVER
• The rabbit is over the box.

7. IN FRONT OF
• The rabbit is in front of the box.
BETWEEN
• The rabbit is between the blue
box and the red box.

8. DOWN
• She is walking down the stairs.
UP
• He is walking up the stairs.
Prepositions of Movement

9. INTO
• He rides into the cave.
OUT OF
• He rides out of the cave.

10. TOWARD
• He runs toward the dragon.
AWAY FROM
• He runs away from the dragon.

11. ACROSS
• He runs across the bridge.
OFF
• He jumps off the bridge.
ONTO
• The swimmer jumps onto the bridge .

12. OVER
• The plane flies over the cloud.
UNDER
• The plane flies under the cloud.
THROUGH
• The plane flies through the cloud.

13. AROUND
• The plane flies around the cloud.
PAST
• The plane flies past the cloud.

14. Prepositions of Time
IN
• He was born in 1999.
ON
• The class is on Monday.
AT
• The class is at 7 o’clock.

15. Some words, such as TO, are sometimes prepositions and
sometimes another part of speech. Compare the two
sentences:
1. We went to the supermarket.
2. We wanted to buy some fruit.
In sentence 1, to is a preposition.
It is followed by a noun ( the supermarket).
In sentence 2, the word to is part of the infinitive verb
phrase to buy.
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