Slides By: Faisal Maqsood

Presented By:�

• Mehwish Nasir
• Asifa Siddique
• Zeeshan Malik
• Faiq Ijaz
• Faisal Maqsood

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Prepositions

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture we will be able to:

• Understand Prepositions
• Understand types of Prepositions
• Use Prepositions correctly

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Pre Positions

Places/

Positions

Before

Introduction:

• A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

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Examples:

• He reads in the evening.
• Alia drove to the store.
• Asim lives in the Lahore.
• The kids are hiding behind the tree.

• Common Prepositions:

Types of Prepositions:

• Prepositions of Direction
• Prepositions of Time
• Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Direction

• Prepositions of direction indicate the location/direction of a noun (a person, place, or thing) in relation to another noun.

Examples:

• John traveled toward Lahore.
• The cat jumped onto the table.
• Ali jumped into the water.

Some common prepositions of Direction:

up,down, in, out, left, right,into,onto,toward, forward, backward, or sideways.

Explanation:

• To

Can express movement in the direction of a physical place.

• Ali Hamza ran to college because he was late.
• Toward

Toward indicates movement in the direction of a general area rather than a specific destination.

• Abdullah traveled to Multan.

• Onto

Onto (on + to) is used to express movement toward a open space.

• The cat jumped onto the table.
• Into

Into (in + to) indicates movement toward the inside of an object, space, or volume

• Ayesha jumped into the water.

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• Onto and Into are also known as “Prepositions of Spatial Relationship”

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• Other Name is “Prepositions of Movement”

• Pictorial View:

Prepositions of Time

• A preposition of time can express when something happens at one point in time or when something happens over an extended period of time.
• Types:
• Prepositions Expressing One Point In Time
• Prepositions Expressing Extended Time

• Prepositions Expressing One Point In Time�

• On
• The midterm is on Tuesday.
• At
• Most animals sleep at night.
• In
• He graduated in 2008.

Prepositions Expressing Extended Time�

• Since

Expresses an action or state that was started and is still happening.

• He has been working on this project since last year.
• For

Expresses the duration of an action or event.

• Hamza was sick for a week.

• From & To/Until

Expresses the beginning and end of a period of time.

• My office hours are from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m
• During

Expresses a period of time over which an action occurs.

• Owls sleep during the day.
• Within

Used to show something will take place before a certain time.

• Fahad will be there within 30 minutes .

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• Prepositions signifying time:

Prepositions of Place

• A preposition of place is a preposition which is used to refer to a place where something or someone is located.

Examples:

• Ali lives in America
• Faizan is waiting at bus stop.
• The telephone is by the window.

• Pictorial View: