List of Prepositions

There are single word and multi-word prepositions and the list of prepositions will never be complete as new prepositions come into use and old ones fall out of use.

What are prepositions?
A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence and indicates a location in the physical world.

There are prepositions of place and prepositions of time

Preposition Examples

These Prepositions below show location in the physical world.

The dog is on the floor. (Place)
The book is beside the cup. (Place)
The man waits near the store. (Place)
The ring is under the bed. (Place)

Prepositions also show location in time.

At midnight I play chess with my friend. (Time)
During the game I get drunk. (Time)

Other Examples

Do you get on well with your boss?
He came across a very old painting while he was looking for a book.
I took up a hobby to keep me busy.
Get on the train quickly.

Read more about prepositions at Wikipedia

List of most used Prepositions

aboard	about	above	absent	across
after	against	along	alongside	amid
amidst	among	anti	around	as
at	atop	bar	barring	before
behind	below	beneath	beside	besides
between	beyond	but	by	circa
counting	concerning	considering	despite	down
during	except	excepting	excluding	following
for	from	given	gone	in
in front of	inside	instead of	into	less
like	mid	minus	of	off
on	on top of	onto	opposite	out of
outside	over	past	pending	per
plus	pro	regarding	regardless of	round
save	saving	since	than	through
throughout	till	times	to	toward
towards	under	underneath	unlike	until
up	upon	versus	via	with
within	without	worth

Prepositions are short words (on, in, at) that usually stand in front of nouns. Many learners find prepositions difficult because you can't translate them one to one and the translation depends on the situation.

Furthermore there are almost no clearcut rules as to when to use a particular preposition. Best is to read a lot in English, learn useful phrases and memorize the prepositions.

Prepositions of Place - AT, ON, IN

Prepositions - ( on, in, at ) in relation to time.

The book is kept on the table.
Carol leaves work at five o'clock.
I don't like going out at night.
We give each other presents at christmas.
Mr. Smith is busy at the moment/at present.
Henry left school at the age of 16.
I'm leaving town at the beginning of May.
I'll see you at lunchtime.
We arrived at the same time.

TO or FOR? Prepositions in English

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