It was rainy day so put on my yellow rain coat and ran across the floor to
the door. I went to the park and went under the slide. I like to stay dry.
Prepositions are words that we use before noun or pronoun.There are prepositions of directions,time, place and
position
PREPOSITIONOf
direction
up
down
through
over
alongfrom
to
into
across
around
PREPOSITION
OF TIME
In
at
duringon
for
since
PREPOSITION OFPLACE
On
under
above
between
besideNext to
against
among
In
near
Sentences to show direction
Daud is walking up the stairs.
Adrian is running down the stairs.
The lady past in through the ring.
The cat jumped over the box.
She walked along the road.
She has returned from town.
The children are walking to school.
She poured the juice into the glass.
The dog ran across the road.
They are running round the tree.
Prepositons of time
In the morningIn June
In the eveningIn 1999
In the afternoonIn the 19th
century
At nightAt christmas
At twelveAt 6 ‘o clock
On Saturday On 20th March
On weekdays
We will meet my father at night.
Jalil was born in 1986.
He goes swimming on Tuesday.
We will visit our grandfather during the holidays.
The football team trained for a month.
He has been studying in Australia since 2002.
PLACE PREPOSITIONS
The boy is standing under the tree.
The cat is sleeping on the chair.
The cat is between the two girls.
The fan is above the boy.
The cat is beside the bag.
The walking stick is against the wall.
There is a kitten in the box.
• A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. • Location (on, under, in)• Timing (before, after, during)• Direction (from, toward, to)
Here are some more prepositions.
before behind from beneath
across below down throughout with
past among near above during under
outside toward upon over after through
The cat is _____ the armchair.in
The armchair is __________________of the table.
on the right
The picture is _______ the wall.on
The picture is ___________ the armchair.behind
The mirror is _______ the wall.on
The mirror is __________ the vase and the birdcage.
between
The bird is _________ the cage.in
The children are _______________the birdcage..
in front of
The television is _________ the table.on
The television is _________ the vase and the lamp.
between
The rose is ________ the vase.in
The books are ____________ the vase.in front of
The keys are ______________ the lamp.in front of
The dog is __________ the table.under
The ball is _______________ of the dog.on the left
Sanny was sitting ___ a tree.
School starts ____ nine o’clock.
I visited my grandparents ___ the summer.
I’ll do my homework ___ dinner.
I have a friend who lives ____ America.
I made this bookmark ___ Mom.
Mix the flour ___ water.
1. A cat was sitting _______the roof of my car. (place)2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time)3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction)4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time)5. She put the book ____her bag. (place)6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place)7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place)8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time)9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened. (direction)