Prepositions in English: Friends, in this post we shall see some important rules of Prepositions. Rule 1 : Across Across - On teh opposite side of My Cousin lives across the river. ✔ o Across - From one side to another o o The boy swam across the river ✔ Across - both sides o o He threw the luggage across his shoulders ✔ o Come Across - means meet accidentally / suddenly When I was going to market, I came across an old friend. ✔ o I suddenly came across him o o I came across him. ✔ Rule 2 : Between o o Used for two persons / things. She is sitting between munni and sheela. ✔ o Among o o Used with more than two persons / things o The principal distributed prizes among the winners ✔ o Amid or Amidst Used for more than two persons / things (groups) o o Amid his friends ✔ o It was hard to hear amid all the cheering. ✔ Rule 3 : o During - denotes duration. During the war, many people suffered hardship. ✔ o We go to Darjeeling during summer every year. ✔ o Rule 4 : From - is used with past / future tenses. o o I stayed there from Monday to Wednesday. ✔ o I will start my preparation from Monday next. ✔ o
Rule 5 : Of - denotes origin / cause She comes of a rich family (origin) ✔ o o He died of Malaria (cause) but she died in an accident. o Off - denotes 'separation' A button has come off. ✔ o o
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o He is off duty today. ✔ Rule 6 : After a preposition, a pronoun under objective case should be used. o He depends on I. o He depends on me. ✔ Rule 7 : When two words are connected by 'and / or' etc., the prepositions should be mentioned clearly to be used with them. o He was surprised at as well as pleased with her performance. ✔ o She is conscious and engaged in her work. o She is conscious of and engaged in her work ✔ Rule 8 : No preposition should be used with the noun 'Home' except when it is followed by an adjective in the possessive case, say go to home / arrive home / reach home / get home. I went to his home / He went home. ✔ o o He decided to go to Krishna's home. ✔ Rule 9 : After transitive verbs such as 'Discuss/Describe/reach/order/tell/demand/attach/resemble/ridicule etc. no preposition is used. The verbs directly take an object. The poet describes about the beauty of nature. o The poet describes the beauty of nature. ✔ o o He ordered for two cups of tea. He ordered two cups of tea. ✔ o Rule 10 : After the verbs "Say / s uggest / propose / speak / explain / reply / co mplain / talk / listen / write" the proposition "to" should be used if any object is used. He did not reply me. o He did not reply to me. ✔ o You never wrote me. o You never wrote to me. ✔ o o He suggested her that she should eat less. o He suggested to her that she should eat less. ✔ Rule 11 : o Since - Denotes point of time For - denotes period of time. o o They should be used with present tense or the present perfect continuous tense / past perfect tense / past perfect continuous tenses. I know her since 2011. o I have known her since 2011. ✔ o He is working in the bank for the past 3 years. o He has been working in the bank for the past 3 years. ✔ o Rule 12 : After the verb "Enter" the preposition "into" should not be used except when it is used with reference to agreement or conversation. o He entered into the premises without any permission. o He entered the premises without any permission. ✔ They entered a hot discussion. o They entered into a hot discussion. ✔ o Rule 13 : Wait for - Await. o o He is awaiting for the reply. o He is awaiting the reply. ✔ o Despite - inspite of. Despite of his hard work, he failed in the examination. o o Despite his hard work he fail3ed in the examination. ✔ o This book comprises of 5 chapters. This book comprises of 5 chapters. ✔ o This book consists of 5 chapters. ✔ o Rule 14 : Dispose of - Sell away. o o He disposed off his scooter. o He disposed of his scooter. ✔
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1. Shiv RK May
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Reply 3. Anonymous May 22, 2013 at 8:53 PM Thax a lot!
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4. prasannajit bagde May
22, 2013 at 11:59 PM WOW..!!!! The Image is great. Full understanding. Thank you very much...
Reply 5. dineshpaliwalMay
23, 2013 at 5:15 PM Thnx mam.sbi associate marks out.
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saroj verma May
28, 2013 at 7:25 PM great effort.thanks allot
Reply 8. Anonymous June 17, 2013 at 9:54 PM its a awsm work...really lots of thank to the admin...
Reply 9. karthikrajaJuly
1, 2013 at 11:03 PM nice image for easy understanding
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10. Krishnaprapul manjunathaJuly
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11. Krishnaprapul manjunathaJuly
2, 2013 at 4:17 PM
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Reply 13. Anonymous September 6, 2013 at 3:01 PM Rule 15: My teacher taught me that we should use either consists of or comprises, not comprises of
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14. Anand SinghFebruary
8, 2014 at 12:07 AM Images for understanding prepositions are awesome..::-))
Reply 15. Anand SinghFebruary
8, 2014 at 12:08 AM Explanation via images are simply awesome..::-))
Reply 16. Anonymous March 4, 2014 at 1:14 PM mam plz upload vocabulary also for ssc exams
Reply 17. gayathriMarch
28, 2014 at 1:52 PM regarding the example given in rule 5 v generally used to say"she comes from a rich family" na?
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