The most difficulties I faced when I started
learning English is usage of English preposition especially in writing section.
Using English preposition incorrectly
will make your writing unacceptable and without meaning.
I received a lot of messages from English learners,
even from English advanced learner, asking me how to use preposition correctly.
They find preposition very difficult and confusing in some cases.
The best way to master English usage of English
preposition is to read much literature books and check their meaning in dictionary
of preposition.
Prepositions are usually used to refer to place,
time and introducing objects.
list of preposition and their uses
The use of the prepositions of place and time (on , in , and at)
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place
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time
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on
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On a bus
On a train
On a plane
On a ship
on a bike (bicycle)
on a
motorbike
on a horse
on an elephant
on the radio
on the left
on the right
on the way
On the wall
On the ceiling
On the door
On the cover
On the floor
On the carpet
On the menu
On a page
On the table
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on
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On Monday evening
On Wednesday afternoon
On Sunday night
On Sunday
On 9 May
On 23 Dec. 2014
On Christmas Day
On Independent Day
On my birthday
On New Year’s eve
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in
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In a car
In a taxi
In a boat
In a helicopter
In a lift
In the newspaper
In the sky
In a row
In Oxford Street
In the
garden
In Paris
In Italy
In a
box
In my
pocket
In a
building
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in
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In an
hour
In May
In summer
In 1993
In the
1980s
In the
next century
In the
ice age
In the
past
In the
future
In the
morning
In the
mornings
In the
afternoon(s)
In the
evening(s)
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at
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At home
At work
At school
At university
At college
At the desk
At the top
At the bottom
At the side
At the reception
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at
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At 9 O’clock
At 12,30 mp
At noon
At dinnertime
At bedtime
At sunrise
At sunset
At the moment
At night
At Christmas
At the same time
At the present
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Below there is a list of the most common English
prepositions.
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus