Use of Preposition
Category : 5th Class
Nouns Followed by Prepositions
Read the following sentences carefully and note the use of prepositions:
Adjectives and Participles followed by Prepositions
Read the following sentences carefully and note the use of prepositions
Verbs followed by Prepositions
Read the following sentences carefully and note the use of prepositions
Look at the following examples:
1. The vegetables are in the basket.
2. Bunty writes with a pen.
3. The postman is at the door.
4. The book has been written by me.
5. The tie is for Joginder.
6. The book is on the table.
7. The table is made o/wood.
8. The girl is going to market.
In the sentences given in last page the words 'in', 'with', 'at', 'by', 'for', 'on', 'of', and 'to' have been placed before a noun or pronoun and are showing their relation to other words (nouns) in the sentences. These words are prepositions.
List of some commonly used Prepositions
About Until
Across Up
Around Upon
Above From
After In
Against Into
Along Near
Among of
At Towards
Away On
Before Out
Beside over
Between Since
By To
Down under
For With
Without Through
Look at the following examples of preposition of time, manner, place and direction:
1. Time (A) I wake up at 6 o'clock.
(B) She has been reading for two hours.
(C) He has been in Delhi since 1992.
2. Manner (A) He earns money by Boxing
(B) She played with care.
(C) He walks with a stick.
3. Place (A) Accident took place near the temple.
(B) A car ran over a dog.
(C) Stars shine in the sky.
4. Direction (A) The rat ran towards the hole.
(B) She went around the Church.
(C) A saint came from the east.
Use of 'in'
1. Robin lives in New Delhi.
2. We have great faith in God.
3. The chair is in the room.
4. Alisa came in the room after Sarina.
Use of some other prepositions.
5. The man looks after his parents.
6. Rahul lives near the Church.
7. Look at the blackboard.
8. Distribute the sweets among the boys.
9. Sky is above us.
10. The boy complained against the monitor.
11. I know nothing about the boy.
12. This book is written by Dr. Raman.
13. There is a pond behind the Church.
14. He gets up before sunrise.
15. The king ruled over a vast empire.
16. Gourav is fond of music.
17. The snake ran across the road.
18. The boy is afraid of his teacher.
19. My grandmother died of cholera.
20. The old man died from overeating.
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