Sentence Planner: How To Used Prepositions
In English grammar, a preposition plays very important role
. It connects the noun or pronoun with the other parts of a sentence to make it meaningful. There are many prepositions which are used to talk about time, place & direction of a noun or pronoun, few of them are common.
The brief description about Prepositions & its type is given below.
Preposition:
It is a word used to show relationship of a noun & pronoun with other part of a sentence to give it a meaning. It is basically used to talk about the time, place & direction of a noun or pronoun. It can be used with all the
Tenses.
Types of Preposition:
1) Preposition of Time: It is used to show the time at which any event or action happened, happen or will happen.
Example: after, around, before, between, by, during, for, past, since, until, within, in, at, on
While others can be used easily, but the usage of at, in & on is quite confusing. The difference between them is given below.
AT: It is used to talk about a particular or specific time.
Examples:
We will go to the park at 6:00 PM.
We will meet at dinner.
ON: It is used to talk about particular days & dates.
Examples:
The earth day is celebrated on 22nd April.
I will throw a party on my birthday.
IN: It is used to talk about or show the period of time like period of days, weeks, months, years, seasons etc.
Examples:
We are planning to visit Europe in summers.
He will be back in a couple of days.
Exceptions:
In English we say in the morning , in the afternoon, in the evening as these are the periods of a day but we never say in the night, rather we use at night.
2)
Preposition of Place: It is used to talk about the place of a noun or pronoun.
Examples : abroad, above, around, behind, between, IN, AT, ON etc.
The difference in the usage of in, at , on is given below.
AT : It is used to talk about a specific place
Examples:
I arrived at work early morning.
We stayed at Queens resort.
ON: It is used to show or talk about a surface as a place.
Examples :
The rug is lying on the floor.
The painting is hanged on the wall.
IN: It is used to talk about the place which is enclosed in a boundary.
Examples:
The children are playing in the park.
The toys are kept inside the cupboard.
3) Preposition of Direction: It is used to show the direction.
Examples: to, toward, through, into, next to, opposite, far, near, every
by: Walter Ashley
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