3 Types of Preposition PDF | List of Prepositions

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Types of Preposition PDF

What is a preposition? A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun, or gerund to other words. Here you will learn basic types of prepositions with their use, examples, and PDF.

They can have a variety of meanings:

Direction

Adam is going to the shop.

Location

The charger is in the box.

Time

Adam left after the lesson had finished.

Possession

The Government of United States.

Here, is the preposition list along with pdf.

List of Prepositions

preposition list pdf

Basic Types of Preposition

There are three basic types of prepositions here all these types of prepositions are described briefly and you can download PDF at the end of this lesson.

3 types of preposition

What are complex prepositions? Some prepositional phrases can function like single-word prepositions; next to, in front of, etc., called complex prepositions. Here is the list of preposition with

1. Preposition of Time

At is used:

(a) with a definite point of time

e.g. I usually get up at 5 0’clock.

Hamina leaves her house every day at 9 a.m.

(b) With festivals

e.g. Christopher will come in the new year.

In is used:

(a) with the parts of -the- day, (with noon, use at), months, seasons and years. e.g.

He takes a walk in the afternoon.

In summer the weather is warm.

(b) with the future tense referring to the period in which action may take place e.g.

You must be careful in the future.

On is used with days and dates:

e.g. My brother will arrive on Monday.

My birthday is on the first of June.

By refers to the latest time at which an action will be over:

e.g. The examination will be over by 5 p.m.

For is used with perfect continuous tense showing the duration of action: I have been here for three years.

Since is used with the point of time When the action begins and continues:

e.g. He has been ill since last Tuesday.

Since 1980, Saira has lived in Dubai.

From refers to the starting point of action:

e.g. This water came from a spring.

She came from USA.

2. Prepositions of Position

Here is the list of preposition of position.

At refers to an exact point:

e.g. The tourist stayed at the Tourist Hotel.

He studied at Oxford.

He is waiting at the door.

In refers to larger areas

He lives in New York.

Between is used for two persons or two things:

e.g. Share these sweets between him and me.

It is a secret between you and me.

Among is used with more than two persons or things but before the word which starts with a consonant letter:

Divide the sweets among the three boys.

Amongst is also used with more than two persons or things but before the word which starts with a vowel letter: e.g.

Divide the sweets amongst us.

Above is used for higher than:

e.g. The sun rose above the horizon, We were flying above the clouds.

Under is used for vertically below:

e.g. It is shady under the trees,

Below is used for lower than:

e.g. When the sun sets it goes below the horizon.

Your work is below average.

Over is used for vertically above:

e.g. There is an aircraft coming over.

The bathroom is over the kitchen.

Beneath means’ a lower position:

e.g. The ground was slippery beneath her.

3. Prepositions of Direction

Here is the list of all preposition of direction

To is used to express motion from one place to another:

e.g. They walked to the river and back.

Towards refers to direction:

e.g. She saw me running towards him.

He glanced towards the mirror.

Into denotes motion towards the inside of something:

e.g. He fell into a ditch.

For denotes direction:

e.g. I will leave for Karachi today. The Minister left for the U. K,

At refers to aim:

e.g. She aimed at the bird.

Against shows pressure:

e.g. She cleaned the edge of her knife against the plate. He leaned against a tree.

Off refers to separation:

He was wiping sweat off his face.

Kim fell off his chair in a swoon.

From refers to the point of departure:

e.g. The man parted from his friends.

We scrambled from our trucks and ran after them.

About shows nearness:

e.g. I was about to go to bed when there was a knock at the door.

His father is about to retire.

After refers to sequence:

e.g. She came after me.

Soon after, Fayyaz began his researches into electricity.

Across means from one side:

e.g. He blew a cloud of smoke across the table.

She ran across the field.

Along stands for in the same line:

e.g. She led them along the corridor.

The current passes along the wire here.

Before stands for in front of:

e.g. A thief was brought before the judge.

The garage is before the road.

Beyond means on the farther side of:

e.g. This is beyond his power.

Love is beyond all human control.

Behind means at the back of:

e.g. She sat down behind the hedge.

The sun went behind a cloud.

Besides means in addition to:

e.g He is guilty of five killings and more besides.

Besides being a teacher, Alia is a skilled craftsman.

Beside means by the side of:

e.g. I sat down beside my wife.

A complete list of prepositions:

Of	Toward	About
Like	Through	Aside
Ahead of	Despite	Off
Past	Amidst	Due to
Above	Besides	Into
Because of	In lieu of	Owing to
Behind	In spite of	Per
In	Out	Via
Worth
On account of	Underneath	Amongst
Than	At	In case of
Against	By means of	Notwithstanding
During	On behalf of	Unlike
Outside	Within	As far as
Except	On to	Until
Onto	Up	As
With	Beneath	Inside
Apart	For	On top of
Times	According to	Beyond
Till	Away	In front of
In to	Prior to	Among
Down	On	Under
Across	But	Next
After	By	Next to
To	Around	From
As well as	In accordance with	Out from
Over	Without	Along
Near	Throughout	Below
Towards	Before	In place of
Beside	Instead of	Since
In addition to	Out of	With a view to
Round	Abroad	Between
Unto	Ago	Close to
Hence	Opposite	Upon