preposition list

 Full List of       Prepositions in   English with Useful       Examples.  

Gd Sonu Singh azad 

Published it: august 6  2021

Prepositions are words that tell how one thing is relating to or interacting with another. For example, “The man sat on the chair.” The preposition in this sentence is on. Prepositions tell us where something is in relation to something else. The man isn’t under the chair, for example. He’s on it.

Learn a prepositions list with pictures, meaning, and example sentences.

In

Example: There is some milk in the fridge.

On

Example: He sat on the chair.

Under

Example: She was hiding under the table.

Next to

.Example: There was a little girl sitting next to him.

Between

Example: The English Channel is between France and England.

Among

Example: Mary is popular among the students.

In front of

Example: I can’t see because of the person in front of me.

Behind

Example: He put his hands behind his back.

Above

Example: The helicopter hovered above the house.

Below

Example: A small stream runs below that bridge.

Near

Example: Our house is near the supermarket.

Far from

Example: The restaurant is not far from here.

At

Example: She lost her earrings at the door.

Down

.

Example: It came down the stairs.

Up

Example: It went up the stairs.

Out of

Example: She flounced out of the house.

Into

Example: We went into the shop on the corner.

Toward

Example: He was standing with his back toward me.

Away

Example: She turned away and stared out of the window.

Past

Example: Walk past the theater on the right and the bank is on the left.

Over

.

Example: The cat jumped over the wall.

Onto

.

Example: The cat jumped onto the roof.

Off

.

Example: We get off the train at the next stop.

Around

.

Example: You must drive around the city center to reach the cinema.

Under

Example: The cat is under the table.

Along

Example: He’s walking along the path.

Across

Example: You must walk across the street at the crosswalk.

beneath

 Example:We sat beneath the tree and enjoyed the shade.

by

 Example: There is a pharmacy by the grocery store

Example: By the time we started dinner, the food was cold.

during

 Example: Somebody's phone rang during the movie.

in front of

Example: The car was parked in front of the store

next to

Example: The pizza parlor was next to the movie theater

outside

Example:

He was outside the house when the fire began

until 

example: I can't wait until summer, so we can go to the beach again

through

Example: There was a tunnel through the mountain

underneath

The child was underneath the blanket