What are prepositions in English Grammar?

 Definition of Preposition

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show the location, time, direction, or to introduce an object in the clause or sentence.

Simply, the word preposition itself describes its concept that a preposition comes before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. There are some different concepts of preposition according to the different sources.

Preposition in English Grammar

It is said that there are more than 100 prepositions in the English grammar. The preposition might be a single word or the combination of more than one words.

Some commonly used prepositions are: about, to, above, between, among, towards, beyond, off, of, under, by, against, down, up, around, out, during, at, for, from, in, inside, into, on, onto, with, within, since, for, and many more.

Types of Prepositions

Prepositions show direction, time, location, and spatial relationships, as well as other abstract types of relationships. The following are some types of prepositions in English.

Time	He has been teaching English since 1999.
Direction	More to the left and you’ll reach at your destination.
location	We played the football in this ground.
Space	He was lying under the tree.

 

Example Sentences of Single-Word Prepositions

It was the coldest day since 2016.

We’ll arrange a meeting about the business in this month.

He met her in the cafe opposite the hospital.

Example Sentences of Multi-Word Prepositions

John is also a brilliant sports man in addition to studies.

They were unable to catch the train due to the traffic jam in the city.

The experts say that there will be up to the mark strength of people in this world cup.

After learning the grammar from “English Torrent”, he is able to speak in front of a huge audience.

Tom will be playing in the team in place of me.