Prepositions - Other Common Prepositions 1

ABOUT

(ABOUT Indicating APPROXIMATION) The house that Mr. Biswas has bought is about twenty years old. (ABOUT Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) The boys were standing about the house waiting for Rohan to come out. (ABOUT Indicating MOVEMENT) The horse is walking about the city looking for its master. (ABOUT Indicating SUBJECT/TOPIC) I overheard some people talking about Karan. The book was about India’s long struggle for independence.

ABOVE

(ABOVE Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) The painting was hung above the fireplace when I last saw it. (ABOVE Indicating MEASUREMENT) His IQ is well above the average IQ of the children belonging to his age group.

ACROSS

(ACROSS Indicating DIRECTION) The wizard jumped across the wide river with the help of his magic shoes. There is a little problem with the bridge across the river. (ACROSS Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) I saw Revathi standing near the tea shop across the road. (ACROSS Indicating EXTENT) All across the country people are celebrating India’s victory.

AFTER

(AFTER Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) On the roll number list, my name comes after Mayank’s. (AFTER Indicating TIME) Pulkit has told me to tell you that he will be home after ten. The priest ate his food some time after his cat had drunk its milk. (AFTER Indicating DIRECTION) The gardener broke his slippers running after the children.

AGAINST

(AGAINST Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) Yashika is talking on her phone, leaning against the window of her bedroom. (AGAINST Indicating OPPOSITION) Tulika will play against Manisha in the finals of the school tennis championship. Urvashi wants to shift to Kottayam. Her brother is against this idea.

ALONG

(ALONG Indicating MOVEMENT) In the torchlight, I saw my grandfather coming along the muddy path. The children ran along the road to greet their cousins.

AMONG

(AMONG Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) The cat was among the pigeons and still the birds were not scared. (AMONG Indicating a GROUP) The monkeys were fighting among themselves when the turtle came. The old man wanted to divide his property equally among his five children.

AROUND

(AROUND Indicating APPROXIMATION) The foundation for the building was laid around 1910. (AROUND Indicating POSITION/LOCATION) The children sat around the strange man and waited for him to speak. (AROUND Indicating MOVEMENT) The players were jumping around their coach in celebration of their win.