What is
preposition?
Prepositions
are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other
word or element in the rest of the sentence.
For
example:
The
ice-cream with chocolate is mine.
Preposition
or adverb.
Sometimes
some words from preposition list aren’t used in prepositional phrases. They
aren’t prepositions.
For
example:
A. The
cat ran down the tree.
B. Put
the ice-cream down.
How do
you think which one is preposition? Yes, the answer is A. Because, in sentence
A, “down” is in the prepositional phrase “down the tree”. But in sentence B,
down is in the end of the sentence and related to the verb “put” (put the
ice-cream where? down), it is adverb.
There are
so many different prepositions in English language and as rest of its grammar
prepositions also have exceptions. Here are some of the most useful prepositions:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The most
used prepositions are “in”, “on” and “at” which mostly used with time
expressions. Here is where we can use them:
1. Time expressions
with at:
a.
specific times - at three o’clock / at 5:13pm
b. points
of the day - at noon / at midday / at night / at midnight
c. points
of the day when things happen - at breakfast / at dinner / at lunchtime
d.
festivals and special days - at Easter, at Eid
e.
weekend - at the weekend
2. Time
expressions with on:
a.
specific dates - on 3rd May / on 13th October
b.
specific days - on Christmas Day / on New Year's Eve
c. days
of the week - on Monday / on Mondays
3. Time
expressions with in:
a. parts
of the day - in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening
b.
seasons - in spring / in summer / in autumn / in winter
Comments
Post a Comment