There are hundreds of prepositions. In this article kinds of prepositions are discussed according to the word(s) the preposition contains.
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Kinds of Prepositions
1. Simple Preposition
The simple prepositions are short words which are used in simple sentences.
Common Simple Prepositions: (At, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, out, over, till, to, up, upon, with, under, down, etc.)
• I am not coming with you.
• She is in the park.
• We are going to the market
• She dived into the water.
• The Pakistani players were genius from the beginning of the tournament.
2. Compound Preposition
Compound prepositions are formed by adding the preposition to front of a noun, an adjective or an adverb. When we join nouns, pronouns and phrases then we use compound prepositions.
Common Compound Prepositions: (About, across, among, beside, before, without, inside, outside, etc.)
• Ali is sitting beside Zahra and Ahmed.
• I will reach there before she leaves.
• There is something strange about him.
• There’s a bank right across the street.
• This attitude is common among the under -25s.
3. Double Preposition
Double prepositions are two (prepositional) words which are joined together to connect nouns, pronouns, and phases with other words in sentence.
Common Double Prepositions: (Outside of, out of, from behind, up to, next to, because of, according to, etc.)
• Suddenly he emerged from behind the curtain.
• The match between Pakistan and India was delayed due to rain.
• Nobody outside of this class should know about the plan.
• According to the news reporter, the weather will be cloudy today.
• Next to skiing my favorite sport is skating.
4. Participle Preposition
Participle preposition are verbs + ing that function as a preposition in a sentence is called participle preposition.
Common Participle Preposition: (Barring, considering, during, following, including, etc.)
• Barring accidents, we should arrive on time.
• He took charge of the family business following his father’s death.
• No one should talk during the class.
5. Phrase Prepositions (Prepositional Phrase)
Phrase preposition is a phrase containing a preposition and functions as a preposition in a sentence and connects nouns, pronouns, or other phrase toother words in a sentence.
Common Phrase Prepositions: (On behalf of, on account of, with regard to, in spite of, to the fact that etc.)
• I am playing in the team on behalf of captain today.
• He succeeded by means of perseverance.
• We could not win the match in spite of playing good.
• Natural honey has been used for centuries on account of their healing properties.
Important: We just talked about kinds of prepositions according to the word(s) that the preposition contains, but remember according to the function prepositions are sub divided into the following types:
- Preposition of Place
- Preposition of Time
- Preposition for Direction
- Preposition for Instrument.
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Can you explain these?
Interrogative adverb and Relative adverb
Interrogative adjective and Relative adjective
Interrogative pronoun and Relative pronoun
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Hi,
You can find the complete explanations in the links below:
1. https://www.learnesl.net/kinds-of-adverbs-in-english/
2. https://www.learnesl.net/10-kinds-of-adjective-in-english/
3. https://www.learnesl.net/10-kinds-of-pronouns-in-english/
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