What is Preposition?
Preposition – word that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. It shows relationships between separate things, including location, direction, cause, and possession.
Examples:
- She ran across the road.
- The dog jumped over the fence.
Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that includes a preposition and a noun or pronoun.
The noun or pronoun generally found after a preposition is called the object of the preposition.
Here's an example:
- She went out before the storm.
- [before] as the preposition and [the storm] as the object of the preposition.
- You can download a printable worksheet of Prepositional Phrases below.
Prepositions Study Guide
A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence.
It shows relationships between separate things, including location, direction, cause, and possession.
Frequently used prepositions
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about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
around
at
before
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behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
despite
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down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
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off
on
onto
opposite
out
outside
over
past
since
through
throughout
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till
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
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Compound prepositions
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according to
ahead of
apart from
aside from
as of
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because of
by means of
in addition to
in back of
in front of
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in place of
in regard to
in spite of
instead of
in view of
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next to
on account of
out of
owing to
prior to
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