PREPOSITIONS

- A preposition is a word that relates then noun or pronoun that

appears with it to another word in the sentence.
- Some prepositions are composed of more than one word, and these
are called compound prepositions.
PREPOSITIONS
Aboard
About
Above
According
to
Across
After
Against
Ahead of
Along
Alongside
Amid
Among
Apart from
Around
Aside from
As of
At
Atop
barring
Because of
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
But
By
By means of
Concerning
Considering
Despite
Down
During
Ecept
!or
!rom
"n
"n addition to
"n bac# of
"n front of
"n place of
"n regard to
"nside
"n spite of
"nstead of
"nto
"n view of
$i#e
%ear
%et to
&f
&n
&n account
of
&nto
&n top of
&pposite
&ut
&ut of
&utside
&ver
&wing to
'ast
'rior to
(egarding
(ound
Since
)hrough
)hroughout
)ill
)o
)oward
*nder
*nderneath
*ntil
*nto
*p
*pon
+ith
+ithin
+ithout
)a#e note that there are several di,erent ways that prepositions can a,ect
the
relationship between words.
$&CA)"&%- )he tree fell behind the house.
D"(EC)"&%- )he tree fell toward the shed.
CA*SE- )he tree fell on account of the wind.
'&SSESS"&%- $eaves from the tree littered the lawn in front of our house.
PREPOSITION OR ADVERB?
'(E'&S")"&%- )he ball rolled down the steps.
AD.E(B- )he child fell down.
CONFUSING PREPOSITIONS!
On-In-At as epressions of 'lace and )ime-
At is used to designate speci/c time.
E- )he meeting will start at 0-11'2.
At is also used for speci/c addresses.
3ang lives at 456 7alacgac St., .illa Estrella, "locos City.
On is used to designate days and dates.
E- )he birthday party is rescheduled on +ednesday.
)he clubbing activity will ta#e place on the 61
th
of 8uly.
On is also used to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.
Eli9abeth lives on Commonwealth Avenue.
In is used for nonspeci/c times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
E- :e goes to school in the morning.
:e started his business in 611;. :e declared ban#ruptcy in 8anuary.
In is also used for the names of land areas <towns, counties, states,
countries, and continents=.
E- )he establishment is located in 'andi, Bulacan.
PUNCTUATIONS
Commas are used to-
0. Separate parts of a series
E. >atrina 8essica ordered vanilla, caramel, and green tea sha#es.
6. "ndicate interruptions of normal word order. +ords, phrases, or clauses
that interrupt the natural ?ow of thought should be set o, by commas.
E. 2any debaters, as you #now, party hard.
5. Separate non-integral parts of a sentence.
E. 3es, she is the most famous model in the region.
@. Set o, a long phrase or clause preceding the subAect.
E. "f 8ames would ditch his appointment with (edmond, he would be
willing to go out with 2ar.
B. Separate independent clauses <a clause that can stand by itself= of a
compound sentence Aoined conAunctions li#e as, but, or, yet, for, since,
while, etc.
E. )he country eperienced an economic recession during his term, and
there were many Cualms about how he dealt with it.
Semicolons are used -
0. "n place of coordinate conAunction <such as and or but) to separate
independent clause.
E. )he organi9ation promises to allow you to eplore new opportunitiesD
it will also hone your communication s#ills as it prepares you for
management wor#.
6. "n place of a comma between two clauses Aoined by conAunctions li#e
nonetheless, nevertheless, moreover, however, therefore, thus, etc.
E. )he applicants for the position are all good spea#ersD nonetheless, "
thin# they need more seminars in enunciation.
5. "n place of the comma in an enumeration where each item is rather long,
and when there are commas in between enumerations.
E. )he course has three obAectives- to ma#e students learn the basic
rules of EnglishD to provide avenues to practice their spea#ing s#illsD and
to hone their s#ills in written communication.
:yphens are used to-
0. "ndicate an abrupt change of thought.
E. )he article doesnEt provide enough informationFby the way, did you
/nd it in the libraryG
6. Set o, interrupting ideas dramatically.
E. )he sailboat was builtFyou may /nd this hard to believeFin one
month.
5. Set o, a summary statement.
E. A good scholastic record and good political connectionsFif you have
these, you may be able to get a Aob in a congressional oHce.
@. Set o, a nonessential appositive or modi/er when it is long, when it is
already punctuated, or when you want to be dramatic.
E. )wo battlesFthe battle at Saratoga and the battle of 3or#town :eights
Fwere the subAect of his research.
B. Set o, a parenthetical epression when it is long, already punctuated, or
especially dramatic.
E. )he searing heatFit was ninety all last wee#, and on 2onday and
)uesday of this weel it was over one hundredFhas made our lawn turn
brown.