A preposition is a small
word that shows the relationship between nouns in sentence.
Example:
The book is on the table.
In the above sentence,
the preposition 'on' is showing the relationship between the nouns 'the book'
and 'the table.'
I am sure you are only
conversant with adverbs of place and that is why in today's English tutorial we are going to look
at some prepositions of place that are common in English.
Let’s have a look at what they mean and how to use them.
Prepositions of place are prepositions that are used to refer to
the location of someone or something. Some of these prepositions are:
in front of - facing, ahead of
or close to the front part of someone or something.
• Hannah was in front of
me in the queue.
behind - “behind” is the
opposite of “in front of” and means at the back part of someone or something or
in or to a position further back than someone or something.
• Charles sits behind me
in English class. He disturbs a lot!
between - refers to an
object which is in the middle of two objects or places.
• When you park your car
you must park between the yellow lines.
across from - also means
opposite, it means that something is in front of someone or something but
normally that they are separated by something in the middle, like a road or
table.
• At the meeting
yesterday the boss sat across from me and he kept looking at me the whole time!
next to / beside - “beside” and
“next to” have the same meaning and refer to a thing or a person which is on
the side of something else.
• Please can I sit next
to you during the movie?
near / close to - “near” and “close
to” have the same meaning. They mean that something is not very far away.
• The Kiosk is near my
house, only a two minute walk.
on - means something
is touching another thing normally on top covering or attached.
• I sat on my brother’s
phone and broke his screen.
above / over - above and over
have the same meaning, it means that something is higher than another thing or
over the top of.
• Can you see the plane
flying above us?
under / below - below and under
have the same meaning and they mean something is at a lower level than
something else or that something is above it.
• Whenever we have dinner
the dog sits under the table and waits for us to give him a treat.