PREPOSITONS

PLACE/POSITION
At, about, above, across,
against, among, before,
behind, below, between,
by, down, in ,inside, near,
of, on, over, under, upon,
with, within

PLACE/POSITION
AT- at the window, at the
office
About- A chain about his
neck
Above-Above the sky
Across - Lying across the
path

PLACE/POSITION

Before-Stood before him

Behind-Behind the door
Below-Below the table
Between-Between you and
them, between the two rows
By-Stand by me, Sitting by the
woman

PLACE/POSITION
Down- Down the river
In/inside-In/inside the room
Near-Near the corner of the
street
On- On the top of the hill
Under-Under the tree
With-With his friends

Time:
At, after, before, by, during, from, for,
in, on, since, Till, Until, within,
throughout
At 10 a.m. at dawn, at noon, at night,
at an early age
After 3 oclock, after his arrival
Before his arrival
Before the 4th June

Time:
By 3pm, by sunrise, by night,
during live years, during the whole
day/whole season,
from 1st April, for a week,
For a month/week/year
In June, in 1290, in the Sunday,
since he came,
within three months,
Throughout the year.

Direction/Movement:
At, away, from, across, down, for,
into, off, over, out of, round, to,
towards, up

Threw the stones at the dogs

Away from Bangladesh
Ran across the field
Went down the hill

Direction/Movement:

Start for England

Fled from home
Jumped into the well
Fell off the train
Flew over my head
Came out of the room
Turn around/around the wall
Go to school, turn to the left, walk to the
window

Agency/ Instrument:
by , with, through
Killed by a man with a gun.
By post, by poison, by land, by
train, by accident, by tuition, by my
watch, taller by two inches.
With courage, with cage, with
difficulty, cut it with a blade,
through a friend,

Reason/purpose:

From, for, of, to, with

For the well being of country, took
medicine for cold
Died from fatigue , suffering from cold
Died of cancer, read to learn more
Trembles with fear, shivers with fear
Lost his book through negligence

Possession/ Relationship:

Of , with

the relative of my mother

the girl with black eye, I
have no money with me
a friend of mine

Standard/ Rate/ Value/ Speed:

At, by
Bank charges interest at 10%
rate
Cloth is sold by meter(standard)
The train is running at 80km per
hour.
Rice is sold at Rs-8/- per kg.

Some general Rules:

Usually preposition are used

before nouns /pronouns:
Shuvo is a friend of mine.
We climbed up the hill.

 Use verb+ing (gerund)

after a preposition.

She stopped me from

going there

# But when there is an

infinitive you may use
base form of verb.
I wanted to go Sylhet last
year.

 Use object form of pronoun

after preposition:
I looked at him.
He was yelling at me.

 After relative/interrogative
pronoun place the preposition
after the verb.
She is the person whom I spoke of.
What are you looking for?

 After these words think, prevent,

assist, addict, insist, abstain,
confident, capable, excuse,
negligent, proud, succeeded+
prepositions +verb + ing
Are thinking of joining the team?

Do not use Prepositions if-

There are these words

before noun- last, next,
that, this
I returned home this week.
He will go to Chittagong
next week.

Do not use Prepositions if-

There is every/ all before

nounHe goes to theatre every Friday.
Hena stayed at home all day.

Do not use Prepositions downstairs,

downtown, uptown, downward, upward-

Before these words-

He is going downstairs.
We are going home.
# but remember if you are not indicating
movement use prepositionsTony stayed at home.

Do not use Prepositions if-

There is here/there after verb-

Torun comes here twice a

month.
Yow went there last Monday.

Do not use Prepositions After these verbs-resemble,

recommend, investigate, resign,
sign, discuss, reach, enter, order,
violate

Do not enter the class if you

are late.
The son resembles his father.