Part of Speech: Preposition :: āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝ⧟


Part of Speech: Preposition :: āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝ⧟


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.


āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž: Preposition (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝ⧟) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāύ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ āύāĻžāĻŽ (noun), āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun) āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāĻ• āφāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
āχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§Ÿ—āϝ⧇āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ, āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĨ¤


Common Types of Prepositions :: āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝ⧟⧰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°


1. Prepositions of Place / Location :: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž Preposition


Meaning: Show where something is. āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•’āϤ āφāϛ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :



  • The book is on the table. āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻ–āύ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

  • She lives in New York. āϤāĻžāχ āύāĻŋāĻ‰ā§Ÿā§°ā§āĻ•āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


2. Prepositions of Direction / Movement :: āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž Preposition


Meaning: Show movement from one place to another. āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāϟāĻž āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāύ āĻ āĻžāχāϞ⧈ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :



  • He went to the store. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύāϞ⧈ āĻ—’āϞāĨ¤

  • The cat jumped onto the couch. āĻŽā§‡āϕ⧁⧰⧀āĻŸā§‹ āĻšā§‹āĻĢāĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϜāρāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤


3. Prepositions of Time :: āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž Preposition


Meaning: Show when something happens. āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āϘāϟāύāĻž āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϘāĻŸā§‡ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :



  • We will meet at 5 PM. āφāĻŽāĻŋ ā§Ģ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϞ⧈āϕ⧇ āϞāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‹āĨ¤

  • He was born on Monday. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āϞ⧈āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


4. Prepositions of Cause / Reason / Purpose :: āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž Preposition


Meaning: Explain why something happens. āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻŋ⧟ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻāϟāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :



  • She succeeded because of her hard work. āϤāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°āϪ⧇ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻš’āϞāĨ¤

  • He was punished for being late. āĻĻ⧇⧰⧀ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°āϪ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


5. Prepositions of Manner, Instrument, or Agent :: āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž Preposition


Meaning: Show how or by what means something is done. āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋ⧟āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ :



  • They traveled by car. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρāϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰⧇ āĻ­ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤

  • The task was completed with great care. āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ⧇⧰⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āϞāĨ¤


Prepositional Phrase


Definition: A preposition always comes with an object to form a prepositional phrase. āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž: Preposition āϏāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāϟāĻž object (āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ) āϞ⧈ āφāĻšā§‡ āφ⧰⧁ āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ prepositional phrase āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Structure / āĻ—āĻ āύ: Preposition + Object (noun/pronoun)


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : The kids are playing in the park. āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•āϤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Rules for using Prepositions :: Preposition āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āύāĻŋ⧟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§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Prepositionā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ verb āύāĻšā§Ÿ, noun āĻŦāĻž pronoun āϞāĻžāϗ⧇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§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āφāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧰ āĻļ⧇āώāϤ preposition āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Rule 3: Some verbs always take specific prepositions.


Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : He depends on his friends. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Recap / āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ



  • Preposition shows relationship

  • It connects words in a sentence

  • It forms prepositional phrases

  • It is followed by noun/pronoun