Prepositions: to, at, from, for, in, on...

Prepositions are little words that you need to know to understand a message.

Here is a list of the most useful prepositions in English. How many do you know?

1. about
2. above
3. abroad
4. across
5. after
6. against
7. along
8. among
9. around
10. as
11. at
12. before
13. behind
14. below
15. beside
16. besides
17. between
18. beyond
19. but
20. by
21. despite
22. down
23. during
24. except
25. for
26. from
27. in
28. inside
29. into
30. like
31. of
32. off
33. on
34. onto
35. opposite
36. out
37. outside
38. over
39. since
40. than
41. through
42. throughout
43. to
44. toward, towards
45. under
46. underneath
47. unlike
48. until, till
49. up
50. with
51. without

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Time

To determine moments in time, we use at, on and in.


at  ......... is for a moment... and "at night"
on.......... is for a day
in ..........is for a period, morning, afternoon, week, month, year, century...