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List of Prepositions And Preposition Worksheets

1. Use a List of Prepositions

If your students memorize the list of prepositions, they will be able to recognize prepositional phrases much more easily. If they separate these phrases from long sentences, they can better understand what they're reading, writing, or editing.

This page has several sets of preposition worksheets and charts below.

Outside memorizing the list, referring to a preposition list on a chart is next best. Keep it handy for diagramming sentences.

Hint 1: Think of the meaning of pre- (before) position. The preposition comes before its object, either a noun or a pronoun

Hint 2: Many times the preposition is followed by an article: a, an, the; or an adjective. 

• on a table... 
• through an exit...
• in the box...
• with warm greetings...

Prepositions always point to an object noun which is why prepositions are not placed or left at the end of sentences, clauses, or phrases.  A preposition needs its object unless the object is understood substantively as with prepositions of place. 

When you find a preposition at the end of a sentence in your own writing, read it out loud to see if you can re-word the phrase.

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2. Printable Prepositions List & Worksheets

Learning a list of prepositions can make both reading and writing easier.

• An alphabetical preposition list can be used as a writing prompt to improve writing as well as a reference chart.
• A list of prepositions can also help students discover prepositional phrases when they are learning to diagram.
• Separating the prepositional phrases from the rest of a sentence can make it easier to name the other parts of speech and to understand the meaning of the sentence.

For example: Think of the long winded authors from the late 1800s.

• Some of their sentences are many lines long. 
• Some of their paragraphs are a full page long.
• (Remember - These authors were paid by the word. Aha moment!)

If you rewrite the sentence with no prepositional phrases, it is easier to understand the author's message.

Printable List Of Prepositions

Kids can learn to recognize prepositions with this list of common prepositions. Memorizing the list can make grammar class easier. I like to print this list on card stock and keep it in a binder. There are two sides to this printable list and there are more preposition worksheets below:

3. Preposition Worksheets

List Of Prepositions To Copy

• The first set here has larger line spacing for younger students.
• The next includes a reference chart with the same list in manuscript, yet smaller spacing for older students.
• The last is written in cursive writing.
• If you print these two up, the lines are nearly college rule, excellent for middle school and high school. Enjoy!

Manuscript

Smaller Spacing

Cursive Writing

4. Preposition Definition

What are prepositions?

A preposition is a word that has a noun or pronoun as its object and begins a phrase ending in that object that links that same object in relation to the sentence.

Prepositions are very useful. They often link other nouns to the main ideas in the sentence. They also define position or place.

Prepositions help define instructional material. They help us see the steps we should take in making a recipe or piecing a bike. Without the prepositions we might not "position" the pieces correctly.

5. Object of a Preposition

Object Of A Preposition - The object of a preposition is a noun or pronoun that is linked to the rest of the sentence by the preposition.

• The pencil is under the desk.
• Desk is the object of the preposition, or the word under.

Any noun can be an object of a preposition. 

Printable Object of a Preposition Worksheets

The prepositions in these sentences are printed in gray so that they are easy to see. Have your children practice writing these sentences to see the way we use the list of prepositions in the real world.

Manuscript Prepositions

Cursive Prepositions

6. Compound Prepositions?

I had not heard of compound prepositions until I'd seen them in one of our children's modern English books.

Personally, I think that the "compound" prepositions are sets of words (phrases?) that need to be edited. There are so many times when we could simply phrase our writing better.

For example:

• "on top of"

means "on the top of something", which makes it two prepositional phrases:

• "on the top",
• and "of something".

I'd keep an eye for this. Even though it is true that we often speak using what amounts to compound prepositions, writing gives us a chance to be more precise in our choice of words.

It is especially helpful when we're free to use an editor or word processor and read our work out loud to be able to see that we are "missing something" in our writing.

Often it is the preposition's object. :-)

The better we choose our words, the better others will understand our writing. 

7. Prepositional Phrases Enhance Stories

Normally prepositional phrases can add depth of detail to a sentence. the descriptive use of prepositional phrases really enhances a story.

On the other hand the overuse of prepositions is as boring as a run-on sentence.

They can be used to create adjective phrases describing the subjects and objects, or as adverb phrases describing verbs.

Remember the authors from the 1800s? Since they were paid according to how long their texts were, they had an incentive to be more descriptive. Your children can add adjective phrases and adverb phrases to improve descriptive text and to increase text length easily.

How Did The Great Authors Use Prepositions?

In the days of Charles Dickens writers were paid by the word. More words, more money.

Guess what? 

They stuffed their writing with prepositional phrases, both adjectival phrases and adverbial phrases. Now we know why they wrote such long descriptions!

My high school children were relieved to hear that this was the "great" authors' secret. They were also glad to hear that this is no longer the usual way to write. :-)

As a matter of fact, they were happy to learn that if a reading selection were too long or verbose, they could simply remove the prepositional phrases one at a time to make sense of the sentence. Then they could restore the phrases to understand the details.

How Do You Find Prepositions In A Sentence?

If children can recognize the preposition (hence the beauty of memorizing or nearly memorizing a list of prepositions), it's easy to find the prepositional phrases.

• Memorizing the list is the easiest way for some children to find the prepositions.
• Having a short list handy can be a helpful aid, too.

Prepositions precede articles and adjectives or the object noun of the preposition, so sometimes it is easier for children to see the articles, (a, an, the).

Another way is to work backward from the nouns (persons or things). Ask the questions, "Is there a person or thing?" "Are they linked or connected to something?" Try varying approaches to fit different learning styles.

Once you have found the phrase you can mentally separate it from the sentence to see the main sentence more easily. See how the eleven word sentence below is really a two word command.

• "Put it in the basket in the corner of the kitchen."

The prepositions "in", "in", and "of" explain where to put the basket. Remove the prepositional phrases to see that "Put it." is the simple thought in this sentence.

Objects of prepositions are different from direct objects and indirect objects even though they are all nouns or pronouns. See more definitions and practice worksheets at the links.

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Prepositions may be small words, but using the right one is essential. After all, coming to work with a box of donuts is a very different story than coming to work in a box of donuts. Once you know which words function as prepositions, and how prepositions work, you can keep yourself out of grammatical trouble — not to mention human-sized donut boxes. (Or are you donut-sized? We have so many questions.)

What Is a Preposition?

Prepositions are common words that show a noun or pronoun’s position. 

You can identify a preposition by thinking about a mouse. In each sentence below, the bolded preposition connects the mouse to the other noun in the sentence.

• The mouse ran up the table leg.
• The mouse sat on the table.
• The mouse thought through his options.
• The mouse crept to the cheese.
• The mouse hid from the screaming person.
• The mouse ran down the table leg.
• The mouse dashed under the refrigerator.
• The mouse cuddled with his cheese.

Examples of Prepositions

There are four main ways to use prepositions in a sentence:

• to show location (The book is under my bed. )
• to show time (I'll be there in five minutes.)
• to show direction (You’re heading toward a tunnel.)
• to show connections between ideas (Tell me about the game last night.)

Most prepositions function in more than one way. For example, the preposition over can be used in all three ways:

• location - Hang the poster over my desk.
• time - The hospital is over an hour away.
• direction - I’m heading over there now.
• idea - George isn’t over his ex-girlfriend yet.

List of Common Prepositions

There are several hundred prepositions in the English language, all of which are used to show a relationship between ideas. See how many you already know — and how many you haven’t used before.

If you’d like a longer list of common English prepositions, download the printable PDF below. It’s a great resource for writers, students, and English learners.

What Is a Preposition

What Is a Prepositional Phrase?

When an object follows a preposition in a sentence, they form a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases function like adjectives to modify a noun or like adverbs to modify a verb.

• The kids sat against the stone wall.
• Shana texted me during the movie.
• I am on the phone.
• Alice went through her memory.
• He's going to the store.

What Do Prepositions Do?

Prepositions describe relationships between other parts of speech. There are several ways to use different types of prepositions in a sentence — and depending on the context, a single preposition can function in many ways.

Prepositions Show Location

Many prepositions show a noun’s literal location in space (spatial relationships). Words like across, next to, and under can help a reader understand exactly where something or someone is.

Examples of prepositions that show location include:

• Try not to sit across from your brother at Thanksgiving dinner.
• Set up the chairs along the far wall, please.
• It's good to be among friends.
• He's waiting for you at the front door.
• The coffee mugs are by the water glasses.
• Please sit next to me.

Prepositions Show Time

Prepositions can also show relationships of time (temporal relationships). For example, while the word around works in the spatial phrase “around the block,” it also works in the temporal phrase “around noon.”

• Let's go out for dinner after the show.
• It will take around an hour.
• Maria got to work at 8:00.
• We’ll be there between 9:00 and 10:00.
• The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.

Prepositions Show Direction

While prepositions can’t show action (that’s a verb’s job), they can show movement by indicating a noun’s direction. 

These prepositions are often confused with adverbs, which show where an action takes place. But unlike adverbs, prepositions use objects to complete their meaning.

• The duck flew over the lake. 
• Let’s take a trip to Paris.
• The car drove into the parking garage.
• Mitchell headed toward the campsite.
• We drove around the neighborhood.
• The paper airplane sailed through the classroom.

Prepositions Show Connections Between Ideas

You’ll also find that prepositions show connections between ideas (logical relationships). They connect two nouns that aren’t literally near each other but have another logical connection. 

• I’m voting against the candidate who wants to raise taxes.
• Nora works as a librarian at the university.
• She looks just like her grandmother at that age.
• My brothers were fighting over the car.
• She lives with her husband and four cats.

Practice Your Prepositions

Once you’re comfortable with prepositions, you’ll notice (and use) them everywhere. Be prepared to use them properly by learning everything there is to know about prepositions and practicing using them.

• Review the rules for prepositions to avoid any future grammar mistakes.
• Learn the difference between in vs. on, especially when discussing time and place.
• Be sure that you’re using of vs. for correctly, while you’re at it.
• Discover the many ways to use at in a sentence, both as a preposition and as other parts of speech.
• Check out a list of idioms that begin with prepositions (you’ll know many of these).
• Practice identifying prepositions with a helpful preposition worksheet.
• Determine whether or not you can actually end a sentence with a preposition (Spoiler alert: It’s fine).

Classes of prepositions in Russian

Today we will figure out what prepositions are in Russian, what categories these parts of speech have and how to write them correctly - together or separately. Go!

What are prepositions and what are they like

Preposition is a service part of speech that expresses the syntactic dependence of some words on others in phrases and sentences.

Prepositions are placed before nouns, numerals and pronouns in different cases. At the same time, this part of speech is not used with words in the nominative case. Prepositions are divided into 3 categories: by origin, by composition and by meaning. Let's take a look at each of them.

Classes of prepositions by meaning

By meaning, the prepositions of the Russian language are divided into prepositions of time, place, reason, purpose, concession, object and mode of action. Consider them in a table with examples.

Types of prepositions according to their meaning
View	Prepositions	Example
Time	In, to, before, after, through, after, during, in continuation, in conclusion	By noon, after lunch, during pm, during weeks, etc.
Places	In, before, due to, behind, to, over, under, in front of, at, through, near, past, about etc.	In village, over mountains, over sea, through clearing, near houses, etc.
Causes	Because of, from, by, for the sake of, thanks to, due to, in view of, due to	Due to mist, due to fear, for honor, thanks to help, etc.
Targets	For, for, by, on, to, for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the purpose of	For colors, for conversation, for security, etc.
Concessions	in spite of	Despite advice, despite persuasion, etc.
Action object	oh, oh, oh, oh, about	About me, about farmstead, about field, about weather, about work
Comparisons	C, like, like, like	Animal like cats, bright like sun, etc.
Action	With, without etc.	With sadness, without embarrassment , etc.

Test yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine which category of meaning the prepositions in them belong to.
Brought from distant countries, called for a conversation, the size of a sparrow, turned away with resentment, go to the well, meet after the ball.

Types of prepositions by composition

By composition, prepositions are divided into simple, complex and compound.

Simple prepositions consist of one word: in, over, under, against , etc. - under , etc.

And the third type - compound - these are prepositions that consist of two or three words, but are written without a hyphen: during, at the expense of etc.

Test yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine what kind of composition the prepositions in them belong to.
He rose above the water, watched for a month, looked out from under the snow, disappeared into the dawn, a plant like a poppy, stopped near the gate.

Types of prepositions by origin

By origin, prepositions are usually divided into derivatives and non-derivatives.

Derived prepositions are those prepositions that come from other parts of speech.

In total, they have three subspecies: nominal, verbal and adverbial. The former were formed from nouns, the latter from gerunds, and the third, as you might guess, from adverbs. Derived prepositions are unambiguous - each of them belongs to only one type in the classification by meaning.

The examples below show that the same words can be both prepositions and other parts of speech in different sentences. It is important to distinguish between them so as not to be mistaken in morphological analysis.

Non-derivative prepositions are prepositions that have not been formed from other parts of speech.

They have always been prepositions and are not like words in other parts of speech. Non-derivative prepositions are often polysemantic, that is, they can refer to two or more types by meaning.

For convenience, we have collected everything you need to know about derivative and non-derivative prepositions in the table below. Save it and use it when you need it!

Check yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine what kind of origin the prepositions in them belong to.
In front of the house, about traveling, near the city, including residents, thanks to the advice, during autumn, around the pond.

Demo lesson in Russian

Take the test at the introductory lesson and find out what topics separate you from the "five" in Russian.

Continuous and separate spelling of prepositions

And now let's talk in more detail about the very tricks of this part of speech, which we talked about at the beginning of the article. The fact is that some of the prepositions can be written together or separately. And if you do not know the peculiarities of their spelling, this can become a problem. To figure out when prepositions should be written together, and when - separately in Russian, the table with a list of rules and examples below will help.

Test yourself

Let's see if you understand well what prepositions are and what they serve. Below you will find tasks for self-examination on this topic. Go through them to see if the material is worth repeating.

Task 1

Read the phrases below, find prepositions in them and determine which categories they belong to in all three classifications: by meaning, by composition and by origin.

Above the snow, due to illness, about the weekend, under the table, because of joy, in spite of adversity, to the station, to rest, until tomorrow, to communicate, like a bird, without fatigue.

Task 2

Read the word combinations below and identify which ones use prepositions and which ones use other parts of speech similar to prepositions. Open parenthesis.

(Not) looking at the noise, (not) looking in her direction, (in) during the evening, (in) the stream, (to) the work account, (to) the bank account, (to) opposite the house, got up (on) against, (on) meeting friends, (on) meeting a dream.

This part of speech is full of pitfalls, but if you understand it, you will never again have to puzzle over how to write: “during” or “in the flow”. If you want to forget about mistakes in prepositions, start studying additionally with a teacher. In the courses at the Skysmart online Russian language school, you will be able to understand the most difficult topics. This will help improve school grades and get more points at the OGE in the future.

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Why do Russian-speaking students often get confused in English prepositions? Difficulties arise because in English, unlike the Russian language, there are practically no cases. And prepositions here perform a very important function: they logically connect the words in a sentence with each other. With their help, you can deftly give different meanings to one verb, form the correct cases, etc.

There are a lot of prepositions in English. But gradually you can learn everything. If you know the rules for using prepositions in English and understand which group a particular option belongs to, it will not be difficult to correctly use them in sentences.

Illustrative examples of their use help to better understand the purpose of English prepositions. We propose to consider 4 groups of these important service parts of speech and cases of their use.

1. Prepositions of place in English

In this category of prepositions, the prepositions at, in, on are the best known and most frequently used. They indicate the position of someone (something) in space and usually answer the question "where?".

Preposition	How to translate	How is it used/What does	Usage example
In	in, inside	someone (something) is inside something	Mark put his toys in a box. Mark put his toys in the box.
At	at, in, at	someone is inside something with a specific purpose	My younger sister is at school now. My little sister is at school now.
On	to	someone (something) is on the surface of something	Our cat is sleeping on the sofa now. Our cat is currently sleeping on the couch.
Under	under	someone (something) is under something	He hid under the bed. He hid under the bed.
Above	over	someone (something) is above something	There's a mirror above the sink. A mirror hangs over the sink.
Between	between	someone (something) is between someone (something)	There is a break of ten minutes between classes. There is a ten minute break between classes.

2. Prepositions of direction in English

Prepositions of this category indicate the direction of movement.

Preposition	How to translate	How is it used/What does	Usage example
To	to, to, to	towards what (to whom) someone (something) is moving	Let's go to the disco tonight! Let's go to the disco tonight.
Into	to	someone (something) gets in, goes somewhere	They came into the restaurant. They entered the restaurant.
Out of	out of	someone (something) is moving from the inside out	Get out of the classroom! Get out of class!
From	from, from, from, from	someone (something) is moving away from someone (something)	They came back from Egypt yesterday morning. They returned from Egypt yesterday morning.
Through	through, through	someone (something) is moving from one side to the other	They decided to go through the mountains. They decided to go through the mountains.
Along	lengthwise, by	someone (something) is moving towards something	Should we go along this bridge? Should we walk across the bridge?
Across	through	someone (something) moves from one side of something to the other side	We are going to go across the road. We are going to cross the road.

3. Prepositions of time in English

From the name of this group of prepositions it becomes clear that they indicate the time when something is happening, has already happened or will happen in the future.

Preposition	How to translate	How is it used/What does	Usage example
In	in, through	with days, months, years, time of day, season, time intervals	Mike was born in June. Mike was born in June. We will go to the trip in a few weeks. In a few weeks we will go on a trip.
At	to	with hours, weekends, holidays, specific moments of the day	Our English class begins at 5 o'clock. Our English lesson starts at 5 o'clock. They will come back at night. They will return at night.
On	to	with dates and days of the week	We were at the Zoo on Monday. On Monday we were at the zoo. Her birthday is on the 5th of May. Her birthday is May 5th.
By	to	indicates the date by which action	I will prepare all the documents by noon. I will have all the documents ready by noon.
Before	before, before	indicates that something happens before a certain action/event	Call me before you leave. Call me before you leave.
After	after	indicates that something happened after a certain action/event	How do you feel after your first yoga class? How do you feel after your first yoga class?
Till/until	to	means that something happens up to a certain point	Give me your answer until Sunday please. Please give me an answer by Sunday.
Ago	back	shows how long ago something happened	He came back from school 2 hours ago. He returned from school 2 hours ago.
During	during	Indicates that something is happening during a given finite amount of time, usually during some other event	You're not allowed to talk during the exam. You are not allowed to talk during the exam.
Since	since	indicates that something is happening/has been happening since a certain period of time	We have been friends since childhood. We have been friends since childhood.
For	within	indicates how long the situation/action took place	I was on a business trip for a few months. I was on a business trip for 3 months.

4. Prepositions of reason in English

These prepositions are needed to say why (for what) some action (event) happened.

Preposition	How to translate	How is it used/What does	Usage example
Of	due to, from, to	points to the reason why something happened	She died of a heart attack. She died of a heart attack.
For	for, for, for	indicates that something is happening because of something or for some purpose	What are the plans for your vacation? What are your vacation plans?
Because of	because of because	helps to express that someone (something) is the cause of something	He was upset because of you. He was upset with you.
From	from, to	it can be used to tell why we think or believe something	From his behavior, I understood he was nervous. From his behavior, I understood that he was nervous.
Through	due to, thanks to	is used to say that something is happening because of something	She lost her final test through illness. She missed the last test due to illness.
Due to	due to, thanks to	is used to say that something happened because of something (usually with a negative connotation)	The match was canceled due to a bad weather. The match was canceled due to bad weather.
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