50 Prepositions List and Example Sentences

50 Prepositions List and Example Sentences

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Prepositions

They are used with prepositions, pronouns, and noun phrases to show directions, places, times or to introduce an object. These prepositions, which take place in all kinds of sentences that you can see in daily life, bring together different sentences and connect them to a certain idea.

Although prepositions are generally short words, it is not possible to generalize as they are quite common in the English language and there are about one hundred and fifty.

Here are most common Prepositions List.

Types of Prepositions

It is possible to examine prepositions under two different sub-headings, according to places and time.

1.behind

2.as

3.away

4.about

5.through

6.ago

7.outside

8.across

9.according to

10.toward

11.in to

12.out from

13.till

14.inside

15.in lieu of

16.on

17.of

18.up

19.beyond

20.from

21.off

22.despite

23.via

24.with

25.hence

26.on account of

27.opposite

28.per

29.beneath

30.aside

31.amongst

32.under

33.after

34.than

35.in case of

36.times

37.owing to

38.along

39.by

40.on behalf of

41.between

42.upon

43.barring

44.worth

45.in spite of

46.following

47.circa

48.besides

49.at

50.unlike