Prepositions

Prepositions are very common words. Seven of them are in the top 20 words in English. Prepositions link a word to another part of the sentence and tell us what the relationship is, for example in space or time.

What is a Preposition?

• Preposition List
  Short list of 70 of the more common prepositions
• A Simple Rule for Prepositions
  One very simple rule about prepositions
• Preposition Rules
  Six basic rules to help you use prepositions correctly
• Prepositions of Place
  on the table, above the house, over the body, in the box
  Picture Quiz - at, in, on
• Prepositions of Time
  at Christmas, in May, on Friday
• 8 Ways to Use the Preposition “by”
  by a river, by train, by David