Preposition:- A preposition is a word which is placed before a noun or pronoun to show the relation of that noun or pronoun with some other words ( noun/pronoun/adjective/adverb) in a sentence.
Preposition establishes a relation of a noun or pronoun with some other.......
1) Noun or pronoun
2) Adjective
3) Adverb
-: Position of Preposition:-
1) Preposition is used before a noun or pronoun
2) After Preposition, Objective Case is used.
3) After Preposition Gerund is used.
4). A preposition can be used anywhere in a sentence, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end.
Examples:
-: Types of Preposition :-
There are three main types of Preposition:
They are.....
(1) Preposition of Time
(2) Preposition of Place
(3) Preposition of Movement / Direction
(1) Preposition of Time :-
A preposition which shows the various aspects of time is called a preposition of time.
List of Preposition of Time :
( At, on, in, after, later, ago, before, by, until, during, while, from, to, till, past, for, since, as soon as, & as long as.)
(2) Preposition of Place:-
-: Use of Preposition of Time :-
(i) Use of 'at'
'At' is used to denote a specific time, location, position and activities.
# At : Denoting point of time
Ex. * I got up at 5 AM this morning.( a point of time)
* I will meet you at 8 PM.( Time - when will I meet you?)
* The appointment is at 8:30 PM.( Time - when is the appointment?
# At : Denoting place
* Nagma is waiting at home.( Location - where is Nagma waiting?)
* She was sitting at her desk.
* How many people are working at the school?/ at Microsoft?
* Salma is at the library.
* The fisherman waited near his nets at the side of the quay.( Position as a point)
* I can not meet you at four. I will be at the hairdresser's until five. ( Public places)
# At : Denoting an address
* I lived at Purnea.
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# At : Denoting activities
'At' is used to refer to activities which involve a group of people.
* I didn't know anyone at the party.
* There was a demonstration at the opening of the exhibition.
***' At' is used to talk about things that we do well or badly.( Adjective + at )
* He was never very good at sports.
* I was always brilliant at drawing.
* He was terrible at keeping his account in order.
# At : Denoting Directions
At is used after a verb to talk about directing something towards another person or thing.(Smile at, shout at, wave at, throw at)
* He was waving at the crowd.
* She threw the ball at the wall.
* She smiled at him.
He shouted at Ram.
'At' is used to denote a person's age.
* He died at the age of 90.
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