Prepositions

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that sits before a noun to show its relationship to another word in a sentence. By 'noun' we mean noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group and gerund.
1. Participle Prepositions: Participles used as prepositions. Participles are verbs ending in 'ed' or 'ing.'
  1. E.g. following, concerning, assuming, provided, considered, during.
2. Compound prepositions: Two prepositions working as one however they are not joined together.
  1. E.g. Because of, ahead of, next to, prior to, far from.
3. Simple prepositions: One short or little word that is simple and easy to understand.
  1. E.g. at, on, in, under, for, down, with, of.
4. Double prepositions: Two prepositions joined to make a new preposition.
  1. E.g. outside, onto, infront, upon, throughout, within.
5. For example in the sentence: "The cat jumped over the couch." The cat (noun) jumped OVER (preposition) the couch.
6. Time: Used for the time/occurance of something in a sentence.
  1. E.g. "He was born in 1945." "She got home after MIDNIGHT."
7. Place: Used for different places/locations in a sentence.
  1. E.g. "She lives at the end of the STREET." "The books are on the TABLE."
8. Direction: Used to describe the direction of something in a sentence.
  1. E.g. "She jumped INTO the pool." "She ran TOWARD him."
9. Agent: Used for something which is the cause of something else in the sentence.
  1. E.g. "The work was completed by the boy." (The boy was the cause for the work being completed)
10. Prepositional phrase: A combination of a verb and a prepositions. It is a verb followed directly by a preposition.
  1. E.g. "He knocks at the door." "I will wait for her."

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