Prepared By: - Nityanandesh Narayan TripathiPGT EnglishJawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

“ Preposition is a word used before Noun or Pronoun to show its relation with other Noun or pronoun of the sentence.”

For example

The Bird is on the tree.

In this sentence we have two nouns – ‘Bird’ and ‘Tree’

The relation of bird with tree is shown by preposition ‘On’. It means that Bird is sitting on Tree

Now you find the relation between the nouns of the given sentences: -

1. Mohan lives at Shahadra.2. He was sitting in the room.3. The dog ran on the road.4. I am tired of talking.

Up Down Over

I walked up the stairs. I walked down the stairs.Cat jumped over the box.

Away Toward Past

The bus moved away from the bus

station.

I moved towards the house.

The express train moved past the

station.

Into Out of Around

Students moved into the class

Room

After the class the teacher came out of

class.

Earth is moving around the sun.

Onto Off Across

I put the books onto the table.

The film Hero jumped off the tall building.

I ran my car across the bridge.

Through Under

On the way to Shimla the train passed through many

long tunnels.

The river flows under the bridge.

Behind In Front of In

Rabbit is hiding behind the box.

Rabbit is sitting in front of box.

The Rabbit is in the box.

By Between OverRabbit is sitting by

the side of box.Rabbit is sitting

between the blue and red boxes.

The Rabbit is above the box.

Under On

Rabbit is sitting under the table.

The Rabbit is sitting on the table.

In

At

I take lunch in Afternoon.

I get up in the Morning.

I go home in the Evening.

I go to bed at Night.

In

In

On

On

In August we are going to

Delhi.

On Sunday we take rest.

On 15th August we celebrate Independence

day.

In the year 2009 we saw

the solar eclipse.

At

In

In our school morning assembly starts at 7:00 O’clock in the

morning.

I will reach to my school in 1 hour.

1. Busy with – I was busy with my work. 2. Compare with – You can not compare me with my brother.3. Confident of – He is confident of his success. 4. Congratulate on – I congratulate you on your success.5. Depend on – Children always depend on their parents.6. Die of – My sister died of Malaria.7. Different from – English is different from Hindi.8. Due to – he got success due to hard work.9. Famous for – Amitabh is famous for his excellent acting skills.10. Fond of – Children are fond of sweets.11. Full of – The glass is full of Milk.12. Good at – he is good at Mathematics.13. Honest in – He is honest in his dealings.14. Hope for – Lencho hoped for a good rain shower.15. Injurious to – Smoking is injurious to health.16. Interest in – I am interested in my studies17. Junior, senior, superior to – I am junior to my friend in office.

18. Laugh at – you should not laugh at the poor people.19. Listen to – you listen to your teacher when he teaches you.20. Married to – Lord Rama was married to Sita.21. Popular among– The teacher is popular among students. 22. Prefer to – I will prefer to take coffee.23. Prepare for – I have to prepare for debate competition.24. Proud of – I am proud of you.25. Quarrel with – Don’t quarrel with your neighbours.26. Related to – He is discussing the issues related with his family. 27. Search for – police is searching for the robbers.28. Sorry for – I am sorry for my mistakes.29. Surprised at – They are surprised at your behaviour.30. Talk to – You should be very polite when you talk to your elders.31. Thankful to – I will be thankful to you for your support.32. Useful for – You are not useful for my organization.33. Wish for – I always wish for your good health.34. Wonder at – I wondered at the sight of marvelous Tajmahal.

1. The dog ran _________the road.

2. The river flows _______ the bridge.

3. The morning assembly in our school starts ____ 10 o'clock ____

morning.

4. The ceiling fan hangs ____________ over my head.

5. I am proud _________ my country and its people.