Prepositions in English

 It's really important to become familiar with prepositions in English even if you don't know how to use all of them.
A good way to start is by studying groups of prepositions. As you will see, some prepositions can have different meanings depending on if they are acting as prepositions of time, space, etc.

Prepositions of time

  1. About
  2. After
  3. Ago
  4. Around
  5. At
  6. Before
  7. By
  8. Circa
  9. During
  10. Following
  11. For
  12. From
  13. Gone
  14. In
  15. On
  16. Past
  17. Prior to
  18. Since
  19. Until/till
  20. Up to
  21. Up until

Prepositions of place

  1. Aboard
  2. Above
  3. Across
  4. Against
  5. Alongside
  6. Amid
  7. Among
  8. Apart from
  9. Astride
  10. At
  11. Atop
  12. Behind
  13. Below
  14. Beneath
  15. Beside
  16. Between
  17. Beyond
  18. By
  19. Close to
  20. Far
  21. Far from
  22. Forward of
  23. From
  24. In
  25. In between
  26. In front of
  27. Inside
  28. Into
  29. Minus
  30. Near
  31. Near to
  32. Next to
  33. Of
  34. Off
  35. On
  36. On board
  37. On top of
  38. Onto
  39. Upon
  40. Opposite
  41. Out
  42. Out of
  43. Outside
  44. Outside of
  45. Over
  46. Round
  47. Through
  48. Throughout
  49. To
  50. Together with
  51. Toward/towards
  52. Whether this word ends with an -s depends on what region’s English is being used.
  53. Under
  54. Underneath
  55. Up against
  56. With
  57. Within
  58. Without

Prepositions of movement

  1. Above
  2. Across
  3. Against
  4. Ahead
  5. Along
  6. Along with
  7. Amid
  8. Around
  9. Away
  10. Away from
  11. Behind
  12. Below
  13. Beneath
  14. By means of
  15. Down
  16. Further to
  17. In between
  18. Into
  19. Off
  20. Off of
  21. On
  22. Onto
  23. Over
  24. Out of
  25. Past
  26. Round
  27. Through
  28. Toward/towards
  29. Under
  30. Up
  31. Via

Prepositions of manner

  1. About
  2. According to
  3. Anti
  4. As
  5. As for
  6. As per
  7. As to
  8. As well as
  9. Aside from
  10. Bar
  11. Barring
  12. Because of
  13. Besides
  14. But for
  15. By
  16. But
  17. Concerning
  18. Considering
  19. Contrary to
  20. Counting
  21. Cum
  22. Depending on
  23. Despite
  24. Due to
  25. Except
  26. Except for
  27. Excepting
  28. Excluding
  29. Given
  30. In addition to
  31. in case of
  32. In face of
  33. In favor of/in favour of
  34. In light of
  35. In spite of
  36. In view of
  37. Including
  38. Instead of
  39. Less
  40. Like
  41. Notwithstanding
  42. Of
  43. On account of
  44. On behalf of
  45. Other than
  46. Owing to
  47. Pending
  48. Per
  49. Plus
  50. Preparatory to
  51. Pro
  52. Re
  53. Regarding
  54. Regardless of
  55. Save
  56. Save for
  57. Saving
  58. Than
  59. Thanks to
  60. Unlike
  61. Versus
  62. With
  63. With reference to
  64. With regard to
  65. Worth

When you have become familiar with these basic meanings, you can start to learn the use of prepositions with specific verbs or in idiomatic expressions. These are called prepositional phrases.
https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html 

For a full list of prepositions, see  https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm 

Here you can find a list and some exercises:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/preposition-exercises.html
 https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions_list.htm


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