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Prepositions
Some common prepositions are:

about by outside
above despite over
across down past
after during since
against except through
along for throughout
among from till
around in to
at inside toward
before into under
behind like underneath
below near until
beneath of up
beside off upon
between on with
beyond onto within
but out without.
Prepositions typically come before a noun:
For example:
 after class
 at home
 before Tuesday
 in London
 on fire
 with pleasure
A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the
rest of the sentence.
For example:
 The book is on the table.

 The book is beside the table.
 She read the book during class.
In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or
in time.
Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.

Simple prepositions
Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above.
For example:
 The book is on the table.
Compound prepositions
Compound prepositions are more than one word. in between and because of are
prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of
three words.
For example:
 The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings.
 The book is in front of the clock.
Examples:
 The children climbed the mountain without fear.

 There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.
 The spider crawled slowly along the banister.
The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in
English:
Prepositions of Time:
English Usage Example

 on  days of the week  on Monday
 in  months / seasons  in August / in

 time of day winter
 year  in the morning
 after a certain period of  in 2006
time (when?)  in an hour
 at  for night  at night
 for weekend  at the weekend
 a certain point of  at half past nine
time(when?)
 since  from a certain point of time  since 1980

(past till now)
 for  over a certain period of time  for 2 years

(past till now)
 ago  a certain time in the past  2 years ago
 before  earlier than a certain point  before 2004

of time
 to  telling the time  ten to six (5:50)
 past  telling the time  ten past six (6:10)
 to / till /  marking the beginning and  from Monday to/till

until end of a period of time Friday
 till / until  in the sense of how long  He is on holiday

something is going to last until Friday.
 by  in the sense of at the latest  I will be back by 6

 up to a certain time o’clock.
 By 11 o'clock, I had
read five pages.
Prepositions of Place:
English Usage Example

 in  room, building, street, town,  in the kitchen, in
country London
 book, paper etc.  in the book
 car, taxi  in the car, in a taxi
 picture, world  in the picture, in the
world
 at  meaning next to, by an  at the door, at the

object station
 for table  at the table
 for events  at a concert, at the
 place where you are to do party
something typical (watch a  at the cinema, at
film, study, work) school, at work
 on  attached  the picture on the

 for a place with a river wall
 being on a surface  London lies on the
 for a certain side (left, right) Thames.
 for a floor in a house  on the table
 for public transport  on the left
 for television, radio  on the first floor
 on the bus, on a
plane
 on TV, on the radio
 by, next to,  left or right of somebody or  Jane is standing by /

beside something next to / beside the
car.
 under  on the ground, lower than  the bag is under the

(or covered by) something table
else
 below  lower than something else  the fish are below
but above ground the surface
 over  covered by something else  put a jacket over

 meaning more than your shirt
 getting to the other side  over 16 years of age
(also across)  walk over the bridge
 overcoming an obstacle  climb over the wall
 above  higher than something else,  a path above the

but not directly over it lake
 across  getting to the other side  walk across the

(also over) bridge
 getting to the other side  swim across the lake
 through  something with limits on top,  drive through the

bottom and the sides tunnel
 to  movement to person or  go to the cinema

building  go to London /
 movement to a place or Ireland
country  go to bed
 for bed
 into  enter a room / a building  go into the kitchen /

the house
 towards  movement in the direction of  go 5 steps towards

something (but not directly the house
to it)
 onto  movement to the top of  jump onto the table

something
 from  in the sense of where from  a flower from the

garden
Uncountable Nouns
For example:
 How much time did it take for you to drive to school?.

Here, time is a non-count noun, because it refers to a category that contains smaller
items (think of it as a "group" of minutes).
 How many times did you take the test before you passed?.
Here, time is a count noun, because you can count exactly how many separate
times you took the test.
 They had a death in the family.
 Death is a tragic thing.
 Supermarkets have aisles for different foods.
 The animals at the zoo wanted food.
The "much" and "many" Rule

Many is used with count nouns.
For example:
 How many papers do you have to write?

 There were too many books required for that class.
Much is used with non-count nouns.
For example:
 How much homework did you have last night?

 I had to read so much literature for my English class.
You can use "some" and "any" with uncountable nouns.

For example:
 I usually drink some milk with my meal.

 I don't usually drink while eating.
 ‘[[
You only use "much" and "little" with uncountable nouns.

For example:
 I don't usually drink much coffee.

 Little coffee is undrinkable though.
You can use "a lot of" and "no" with uncountable nouns.
For example:
 A lot of coffee is drunk in France.

 No coffee is drunk in Iran.
Countable Nouns
For example:
 How much time did it take for you to drive to school?.

Here, time is a non-count noun, because it refers to a category that contains smaller
items (think of it as a "group" of minutes).
 How many times did you take the test before you passed?.
Here, time is a count noun, because you can count exactly how many separate
times you took the test.
 They had a death in the family.
 Death is a tragic thing.
 Supermarkets have aisles for different foods.
 The animals at the zoo wanted food.
The "much" and "many" Rule

Many is used with count nouns.
For example:
 How many papers do you have to write?

 There were too many books required for that class.
Much is used with non-count nouns.
For example:
 How much homework did you have last night?

 I had to read so much literature for my English class.
You can use "some" and "any" with countable nouns.

For example:
 Some dogs can be dangerous.

 I don't use any computers at work.
You only use "many" and "few" with plural countable nouns.
For example:
 Many elephants have been hunted.

 There are few elephants in England.
You can use "a lot of" and "no" with plural countable nouns.
For example:
 No computers were bought last week.

 A lot of computers were reported broken the week before.

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Prepositions

Some common prepositions are:

Prepositions typically come before a noun:

 The book is on the table.

Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.

 The book is on the table.

 The children climbed the mountain without fear.

English Usage Example

 in  months / seasons  in August / in

 since  from a certain point of time  since 1980

 for  over a certain period of time  for 2 years

 ago  a certain time in the past  2 years ago

 before  earlier than a certain point  before 2004

 past  telling the time  ten past six (6:10)

 to / till /  marking the beginning and  from Monday to/till

 till / until  in the sense of how long  He is on holiday

 by  in the sense of at the latest  I will be back by 6

English Usage Example

 at  meaning next to, by an  at the door, at the

 on  attached  the picture on the

 by, next to,  left or right of somebody or  Jane is standing by /

 under  on the ground, lower than  the bag is under the

 over  covered by something else  put a jacket over

 above  higher than something else,  a path above the

 across  getting to the other side  walk across the

 through  something with limits on top,  drive through the

 to  movement to person or  go to the cinema

 into  enter a room / a building  go into the kitchen /

 towards  movement in the direction of  go 5 steps towards

 onto  movement to the top of  jump onto the table

 from  in the sense of where from  a flower from the

 How much time did it take for you to drive to school?.

The "much" and "many" Rule

 How many papers do you have to write?

Much is used with non-count nouns.

 How much homework did you have last night?

You can use "some" and "any" with uncountable nouns.

 I usually drink some milk with my meal.

You only use "much" and "little" with uncountable nouns.

 I don't usually drink much coffee.

 A lot of coffee is drunk in France.

 How much time did it take for you to drive to school?.

The "much" and "many" Rule

 How many papers do you have to write?

Much is used with non-count nouns.

 How much homework did you have last night?

You can use "some" and "any" with countable nouns.

 Some dogs can be dangerous.

 Many elephants have been hunted.

 No computers were bought last week.

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