Prepositions for beginners

A preposition is a word  such as on, from, with, in and for are used to link nouns and pronouns. The words linked to prepositions are called objects.  

Following figure shows the general use of prepositions in sentences . 

Prepositions examples

Now we shall look in to more straightforward sentences to understand the use of prepositions.

The cake with a cherry is mine

In this example, the preposition with is showing the relationship between the noun cherry and the noun cake. it tells us which cupcake is hers. Here, in this sentence we call the noun cake as the direct object and the noun cherry as the prepositional object.

We drove our car to the store

Here as above noun car is the direct object of the verb drove. "To the grocery store" is  a prepositional phrase where, noun store is the prepositional object.

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of place

The following is a presentation slide from the SlideShare which will help you to clear any doubts you have.


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