Prepositions are little words such as of, to, from, in, and at. Most prepositions are one word. A few prepositions are two words (because of) or three words (in front of).

Module 4Prepositions

List of Common Prepositions

List of Common Prepositions

Prepositions are difficult to classify, but we will try to classify some.

Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Movement

Prepositions of Time

Some words , such as TO, are somet imes prepos i t ions and somet imes another part o f speech. Compare the two sentences :1. We went to the supermarket . 2. We wanted to buy some fru i t .

In sentence 1 , to i s a prepos i t ion. I t i s fo l lowed by a noun ( the supermarket ) . In sentence 2 , the word to i s part o f the infi ni t ive verb phrase to buy .

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