The Preposition:

The Preposition is a word which is usually placed before a noun (or pronoun) for showing the relation between the noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence. A preposition is usually followed by a noun or a pronoun.

Some commonly uses prepositions are as under:

Some Rules for their correct use:

1.   usually ”To” is use for going towards an direction or any where or an place.

For example:

• He is going to school.
• They are going to office.

2.   ”Between” is use for tow things or persons while ”Among” is use more than two things or persons.

For example:

• The property was dividing between the two brothers.
• this secret is between you and me.

3.   usually ” in” is use for a movement inside a place while ”into” is for a movement from one place to another.

For Example:

• Students are sitting in the class room.
• The teacher came into the classroom.

4.    ”in” is use for big cities, ”At” for small cities while ”on” for road or way.

For example:

• Allama Iqbal was born at Sialkot.
• Quaid-e-Azam was born in Karachi.
• I met him on the way.

5.    ”After” is use where there is an object as the following examples show.

• After the match we had a rest.
• After the breakfast we went to college .

6.     ”until” refers to the latest point in a period of time. as the following examples show:

• He waited for you until 7:00 and then he went to home.
• I’ll be there until you don’t come.

7.     ”By” is use when we don’t know exactly when something happened or will happen. as the following examples show:

• I shall be there by 3:30
• I taught all day. and by 7:30 i felt tired;

8.      ”With” is usually use or place with an in alive object or thing. as the following example shows.

• I kill the centipede with a long stick.

9.     ”On” and ”In”

”On” is use with days and dates while ”in” is with weeks, months, years, morning, evening or seasons, as the following examples show..

• I went there on Saturday.
• He was born on the 2nd of March, 1984.
• They was going in abroad in June.
• I get up early in the morning.
• We eat mangoes in the summer season.
• He came to meet me in the last week of March.

In the following chart there are the most commonly use prepositions: click the next page for reading some preposition:

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