📖 Preposition

Learn what prepositions are, their kinds, types, rules and real sentence examples.

✨ What is a Preposition?

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence. Prepositions commonly show place, time, direction, movement, manner, cause, possession and other relationships.

Example: The book is on the table.

Example: She arrived at school.

Example: Ali walked to the market.

📌 Definition

Prepositions of place show where a person, animal or thing is located.

Common Forms: in, on, at, under, above, below, beside, behind, between, among, near, inside, outside

📝 Examples

The keys are on the table.

The cat is under the chair.

She is waiting at the door.

Ali lives in Lahore.

The school is near my house.

📌 Definition

Prepositions of time show when an action happens.

Common Forms: at, on, in, before, after, during, since, for, until, by

📝 Examples

The class starts at 9 o’clock.

We will meet on Monday.

She was born in 1998.

I studied for two hours.

He has lived here since 2020.

📌 Definition

Prepositions of direction show the direction in which someone or something moves.

Common Forms: to, toward, into, onto, through, across, along, from

📝 Examples

She went to school.

The boy ran toward the gate.

The cat jumped into the box.

We walked through the park.

They walked across the road.

📌 Definition

Prepositions of movement describe movement from one place or position to another.

Common Forms: into, out of, through, across, over, under, around, along

📝 Examples

The dog ran into the room.

She walked out of the

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