Part of Speech: Preposition :: āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝā§
Part of Speech: Preposition :: āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝā§
Definition: A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun, or phrase to other words in a sentence. It shows the relationship between the object of the preposition and another word, indicating direction, place, time, cause, manner, or means.
āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Preposition (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦā§āϝā§) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āύāĻžāĻŽ (noun), āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun) āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻ āĻāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§—āϝā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϏāĻŽā§, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ, āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽāĨ¤
Common Types of Prepositions :: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝā§ā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Prepositions of Place / Location :: āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž Preposition
Meaning: Show where something is. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻ’āϤ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :
- The book is on the table. āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻāύ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
- She lives in New York. āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
2. Prepositions of Direction / Movement :: āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž Preposition
Meaning: Show movement from one place to another. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāύ āĻ āĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϝā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :
- He went to the store. āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύāϞ⧠āĻ’āϞāĨ¤
- The cat jumped onto the couch. āĻŽā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĢāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
3. Prepositions of Time :: āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž Preposition
Meaning: Show when something happens. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :
- We will meet at 5 PM. āĻāĻŽāĻŋ ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āϞāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
- He was born on Monday. āϤā§āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāύā§āĻŽ āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
4. Prepositions of Cause / Reason / Purpose :: āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž Preposition
Meaning: Explain why something happens. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŋā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻšā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :
- She succeeded because of her hard work. āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖā§ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻš’āϞāĨ¤
- He was punished for being late. āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
5. Prepositions of Manner, Instrument, or Agent :: āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§°ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž Preposition
Meaning: Show how or by what means something is done. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :
- They traveled by car. āϤā§āĻāĻāϞā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
- The task was completed with great care. āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āϝāϤā§āύā§ā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āϞāĨ¤
Prepositional Phrase
Definition: A preposition always comes with an object to form a prepositional phrase. āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Preposition āϏāĻĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻž object (āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ) āϞ⧠āĻāĻšā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ prepositional phrase āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Structure / āĻāĻ āύ: Preposition + Object (noun/pronoun)
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : The kids are playing in the park. āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Rules for using Prepositions :: Preposition āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ
Rule 1: A preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun, not a verb.
Correct: She is good at swimming. Incorrect: She is good at swim.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Prepositionā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ verb āύāĻšā§, noun āĻŦāĻž pronoun āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Rule 2: In formal writing, do not end a sentence with a preposition.
Formal: This is the house in which I live.
Informal: This is the house I live in.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āϞā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻļā§āώāϤ preposition āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Rule 3: Some verbs always take specific prepositions.
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : He depends on his friends. āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Recap / āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻļ
- Preposition shows relationship
- It connects words in a sentence
- It forms prepositional phrases
- It is followed by noun/pronoun