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
- About
- After
- Ago
- Around
- At
- Before
- By
- Circa
- During
- Following
- For
- From
- Gone
- In
- On
- Past
- Prior to
- Since
- Until/till
- Up to
- Up until
Prepositions of place
- Aboard
- Above
- Across
- Against
- Alongside
- Amid
- Among
- Apart from
- Astride
- At
- Atop
- Behind
- Below
- Beneath
- Beside
- Between
- Beyond
- By
- Close to
- Far
- Far from
- Forward of
- From
- In
- In between
- In front of
- Inside
- Into
- Minus
- Near
- Near to
- Next to
- Of
- Off
- On
- On board
- On top of
- Onto
- Upon
- Opposite
- Out
- Out of
- Outside
- Outside of
- Over
- Round
- Through
- Throughout
- To
- Together with
- Toward/towards
- Whether this word ends with an -s depends on what region’s English is being used.
- Under
- Underneath
- Up against
- With
- Within
- Without
Prepositions of movement
- Above
- Across
- Against
- Ahead
- Along
- Along with
- Amid
- Around
- Away
- Away from
- Behind
- Below
- Beneath
- By means of
- Down
- Further to
- In between
- Into
- Off
- Off of
- On
- Onto
- Over
- Out of
- Past
- Round
- Through
- Toward/towards
- Under
- Up
- Via
Prepositions of manner
- About
- According to
- Anti
- As
- As for
- As per
- As to
- As well as
- Aside from
- Bar
- Barring
- Because of
- Besides
- But for
- By
- But
- Concerning
- Considering
- Contrary to
- Counting
- Cum
- Depending on
- Despite
- Due to
- Except
- Except for
- Excepting
- Excluding
- Given
- In addition to
- in case of
- In face of
- In favor of/in favour of
- In light of
- In spite of
- In view of
- Including
- Instead of
- Less
- Like
- Notwithstanding
- Of
- On account of
- On behalf of
- Other than
- Owing to
- Pending
- Per
- Plus
- Preparatory to
- Pro
- Re
- Regarding
- Regardless of
- Save
- Save for
- Saving
- Than
- Thanks to
- Unlike
- Versus
- With
- With reference to
- With regard to
- 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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