Prepositions- English Grammar
PREPOSITION RULE FOR SSC EXAM
English Grammar Short notes about Prepositions
Prepositions of Time / Place at, in, on.
- At for a PRECISE TIME
- In for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
- On for DAYS and Dates
| At | In | On |
| At 4:30 pm | in March | on Monday |
| At 3 o’clock | In Winter | On 6 March |
| At noon | In the summer | On 22 Dec.2012 |
| At dinnertime | In 1990 | On Christmas Day |
| At bedtime | In the next century | On your birthday |
| At the moment | In the future | On New Year’s Eve |
Other Important Prepositions: –
| Prepositions | use | Example |
| during | while in | during the film,during the war, during my stay |
| for | for two days, for an hour | |
| from / to | from Saturday to Monday, from 5 to 9 | |
| between | the time period from one to another | between 1986 and 2012, between Saturday and Monday |
| until/till | before a certain time | until/till Sunday,5 o’clock |
| by | at the least | by Tuesday, by next month, by tomorrow |
| to | movement towards | to school, to work, to the station |
| into | movement towards inside something | into the cinema, into the car |
| out of | to leave a place/a thing | out of the cinema,out of the car |
| by | near/next to/beside | LINK stand by me, by the lake |
| through | through the tunnel, through the room | |
| across | opposite ends | across the river, across the street |
| against | against the wall, against the door | |
| into | movement towards inside something | into the cinema, into the car |
| accompanied | with | anything having no life |
| accompanied | by | anything having life |
| agree | with | a person |
| agree | to | a proposal or plan |
| agree | upon | a point |
| agree | on | a course |
| adapted | to | a thing |
| adapted | for | a course, because of one’s nature |
| adapted | from | an author |
| angry | at | a thing |
| angry | with | a person |
| apply | for | a position or for something |
| apply | to | a person |
| compare | with | to bring out similar qualities |
| compare | to | without analysing |
| confer | on | meaning to give to |
| confer | with | meaning to talk to |
| correspond | to | a thing, denoting similarity |
| correspond | with | meaning to write to |
| confide | in | meaning to put faith in |
| confide | to | meaning to commit to one’s keeping |
| dependent | on | a person |
| employed | at | a certain place or salary |
| employed | for | a purpose |
| employed | in | an organisation |
| employed | by | a certain person |
| liable | for | debts |
| liable | to | authority |
| proceed | to | a place |
| proceed | with | a matter begun |
| wait | at | a place |
| wait | for | a person |
| wait | on | a customer |