PREPOSITION

                Preposition is a word used before a noun or a pronoun to show place, position, time or method, as:

About, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at, before, behind, beside, between, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, outside, over, past, round, since, through, till, to, towards, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, without.

Above: The clock is above the board.

Across & towards: The children are walking across the road towards their school.

Along and past: The old man is walking along the road past the cinema.

At: The people are waiting at the bus stop.

Behind: The boy is standing behind his father.

Below: The board is below the clock.

Between: The child is between her mother and father.

Down: The boy is running down the library steps.

In: The books are in the cupboard.

In front of: The school is in front of a park.

Into: The boy is dropping the bottle into the bin.

Near: The car is near the zebra crossing.

Next to/beside: The café is next to/beside the hospital.

Off: The children are getting off the bus.

On: The old man is getting on the bus.

Opposite: The post office is opposite the shopping mall.

Out of: The lady is coming out of the bank.

Outside: The boy making a noise is outside the class.

Through: The children are looking through the windows.

To: I am going to the library.

Under: The boy is standing under the shade.

Up: The woodcutter is climbing up the tree.