Examples Of Prepositions

Every language is built around words that form specific parts of a sentence. That is also what we have in our English Language. There are eight parts of speech in English Language. These include noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction preposition and interjection. Each part of speech performs a specific function. For example verbs show action in a sentence whereas adjective specifies quality of a noun in a sentence. Here we wish to throw some light on preposition. In this article we provide answers to questions like what are prepositions. What are its types and what are its few examples.

A preposition is a part of speech. A preposition can define as word that shows relationship between a noun and a pronoun. The prepositions are the words that help us to show connectivity between other words in a sentence. Prepositions can be called complex prepositions if they are a group of words such as ‘in front of'. Prepositions along with noun phrases are called phrase prepositions. Some of the prepositions are by, to, as, on, at, or, for, etc. Prepositions are sometimes called joining words. The prepositions are generally placed before pronouns and nouns. They indicate location of something in respect of something else or they may indicate how a thing is related to another. Some of the examples of prepositions are as follows:

• This is an article about prepositions.
• Who will enter the conference room after him
• He enjoys music besides reading
• He kept the book on the shelf.
• She left for the airport around nine in the morning.
• I demonstrated the method in front him
• It was prepared along the lines of its previous versions.
• Among his close friends Sheila is the brightest child.
• It is beyond the dignity of a man to abuse a woman in public.
• The police promised to look into the matter.
• There was o one inside the room.
• Throughout the day he was sleeping.
• All through the night he was chatting over the phone.
• The students are under pressure of board examinations.

These were few examples of prepositions. The underlining or identifying of the prepositions in the above mentioned examples is left for the reader as an exercise. Most of the prepositions used in the examples above have already been mentioned in the beginning of the article.