Prepositions and its uses in English

The word that shows the relation of nouns and pronouns with other part of a sentence is called as “Preposition”.

Preposition is divided in three categories- Simple preposition, Compound Preposition and Phrase preposition.

A) Simple Preposition: The words like at, in, on, far, near, to from etc. fall under this category. Based          on the usage simple preposition can be subcategorised to

     Ø  Preposition of time

     Ø  Preposition of place

     Ø  Preposition of direction 

1) Prepositionof Time: It shows time.

Examples: at, in on, after, before etc.

2) Prepositionof Place: It shows the place where something or somebody is.

Examples: on, at, in, under, above, beside etc.

3) Prepositionof Direction: It is used to give directions.

Examples: across, through, next to , between, near , etc.

B) Compound & Phrase Preposition: These are the group of words which are used as one preposition.

Examples:  in between, Because of, In front of, on behalf of, In the mid­dle of, According to, By means of, In addi­tion to ‚in spite of, instead of etc. 

Placement of Preposition in a sentence:
In a sentence, the prepositions usually come before the noun. 

Words used without Preposition:
The prepositions are not used before the words like next, last this, one, every, each, some, any, all, today, tomorrow etc.

For example

I will see you next Monday                    : Correct

I will see you on next Monday               : Incorrect.

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