Prepositions

Simple Preposition

In On	At	In the house On the desk At school
Above	Below	Above average Below 100
Over	Under	Over the fireplace Under the table
Around	Through	Around the building Through the door
Before	After	Before Lunch After 10:00
To	From	(Go) to Banjarmasin (Come) from Barabai
About	By	A Story about dogs Written by me
With	Without	She wouldn't go with us. So we went without her.
Between	Among	Just between you and me There are no secrets among us (three)
Inside	Outside	Inside the room Outside the box
In front of	Behind	In front of the house Behind the tree
Next to	Near	Next to the bank Near the library
On top of	Underneath	On top of the file cabinet Underneath the refrigerator

Simple prepositions are words like in, on, at, about, over, under, off, of, for, to etc.

-          She sat on the sofa.

-          He is going to the market.

-          He fell off the ladder.

-          There is some water in the bottle.

-          She is about seven.

-          They sat around the table.

-          The cat was hiding under the bed.

Double prepositions

Double prepositions are words like outside of, out of, from behind, from beneath etc.

-          Suddenly he emerged from behind the curtain.

-          He walked out of the compound.

Compound prepositions

Compound prepositions are words like without, within, inside, outside, into, beneath, below, behind, between etc.

-          He fell into the river.

-          She sat between her kids.

-          He sat beside her.

-          There is nothing inside the jar.

-          The teacher stood behind the desk.

-          The boy ran across the road.

Participle prepositions
Participle prepositions are words like concerning, notwithstanding, pending, considering etc.

-          There was little chance of success, notwithstanding they decided to go ahead.

-          You did the job well, considering your age and inexperience.

Phrase prepositions
Phrase prepositions are phrases like because of, by means of, with regard to, on behalf of, instead of, on account of, in opposition to, for the sake of etc.

-          I am standing here on behalf of my friends and colleagues.

-          The match was cancelled because of the rain.

-          He succeeded by means of perseverance.