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By
Pabitra Kumar Ganguli
B. A (Eng Hons), M. A, B.Ed, D. El. Ed.
Teacher in a Government School.
PREPOSITION
(i)Simple preposition.(ii)Complex preposition. (iii)Compound preposition.
☞The road is under the car.
☞The river is below the car.
☞The birds are flying over the car.
☞The road runs in front of and behind the car.
☞There are clouds above the car.
☞A luggage is there on top of the car.
☞They are standing by the car.
#Parts of the day
☞in the morning/evening/afternoon
#Months
☞in March/January
#Seasons
☞in (the) summer/Winter
#Years
☞in 1564/1616
#Decades
☞in the 60's
#Centuries
☞in the 19th Century
#After a specified length of time
☞in a few minutes/hours/days/months
/years
in three weeks
#Dates
☞on 1st May
#Days of the week
☞on Tuesday/Friday
#Specific days Immediately after something
☞on Good Friday/the next day
on a sunny day/on New Year's Day /on your birthday /on my arrival
#'On time' means 'at the planned time' punctually.
☞As a methodical man he wants everything to happen on time.
#'In time' means 'with enough time to spare/before being late'.
☞They took him to hospital in time.
#Clock time
☞at 5p.m.
#Parts of the day
☞at night /at dawn /at noon
#Particular age
☞ at 28
# Holiday
☞at Christmas /at the weekend
Prepositional Phrases
According to
Along with
Apart from
As for
At variance with
because of
by dint of
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