PREPOSITION
PREPOSITION
AGENTDIRECTIONPLACEINSTRUMENTPHRASETIMEPREPOSITIONPrepositionTime
NatureIn1. Month or Year.e.g. in January, in 19852. Particular time
of day or month or yeare.g. in morning, in evening, in first week
of January, in summer, in winter3. Century or specific time in past
etce.g. in 21st century, in stone age, in past, in future, in
presentOn1. Daye.g. on Monday2. Datee.g. on 5th of March, March 53.
Particular daye.g. on Independence Day, on my birthday,At1. Time of
clocke.g. at 5 Oclock, at 7:30 PM2. Short and precise timee.g. at
noon, at sunset, at lunch time, at bed time, at the moment, at the
same timePrepositions for Time. (in, on, at)
EXAMPLEEXAMPLEPREPOSITION FOR DIRECTIONA direction preposition
is a word used to show movement from one place to
anotherTOTHROUGHACROSSINTOAROUNDUPDOWNEXAMPLESPREPOSITION FOR
AGENTused for a thing which is cause of another thing in the
sentence
BYThis book is written by Shakespeare.
The room is decorated by her.WITHThe tub is filled with water.I
can write better with my own pen.
PREPOSITION FOR INSTRUMENTusually an object which is not the
doer of the action but rather something the doer uses in performing
BYShe comes by bus daily.WITHShe opened the lock with
key.PREPOSITIONAL PHRASEVERBPREPOSITIONSome verbs need particular
prepositions to be used after them in sentences having a direct
object. Such a verb with its required preposition is called a
prepositional phrase.frequently used preposition verb are,laugh at,
knock at, listen to, look at, look for, look after, wait for, agree
to, agree with, talk about, talked toEXAMPLESExercise1) What are
you going to buy Sophia ____________ her birthday?2) There was a
lot of coughing ___________ __the performance of Moniusko's 'Fairy
Tale' symphony.3) I broke my finger ___________I was playing
squash.4) I'm going to see Hania___________ France this summer.5)
He made his escape by jumping __________ a windowand jumping
_________ a waiting car.6) The police are looking ___________ a
tall, black man who was seen standing outside the bank just before
the robbery took place.7) Someone is_________________ the door.8)
The song was written __________ Madonna.9) To get to the Marketing
department, you have to go ______ those stairs and then ______ the
corridor to the end.10) The police car chased the robbers
___________the streets.Answer: (1)for (2)during (3)while (4)in
(5)out of/into (6)for (7)knocking at (8)by (9)up/along
(10)throughTHANK YOU
