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Prepositions

Prepositions and Phrases

A preposition is a word that relates words in a sentence to each other.

Example-The puppy scampered down the street.

The preposition down relates the noun “street” to the verb “scampered”.

The whole construction “down the street” is a prepositional phrase.

The 50 Most Commonly Used Prepositions

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
as
at

before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except

for
from
in
in front of
inside
instead of
into
like
near
next to
of

off
on
out
out of
over
past
since
through
throughout
till
to

toward
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
up to
upon
with
within
without