APORTA, AIREEN P.

Reporter
A preposition is a word or group of words
used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase
to show direction, time, place, location, spatial
relationships, or to introduce an object.
Some examples of prepositions are words like
"in," "at," "on," "of," and "to."
 KINDS OF
PREPOSITION
1. Prepositions of time
show the relationship of time between
the nouns to the other parts of a sentence.

On, at, in, from, to, for, since, ago,

before, till/until, by, and etc.
Example:

● He started working at 10 AM.

● The company called meeting on 25
October.
● There is a holiday in December.
● He has been ill since Monday.
2. Prepositions of place
● show the relationship of place between the
nouns to the other parts of a sentence.
● On, at, in, by, from, to, towards, up,
down, across, between, among,
through, in front of, behind, above,
over, under, below, etc.
Example:

● He is at home.
● He came from England.
● The police broke into the house.
● I live across the river.
3. Prepositions of Manner
These prepositions describe
the way anything happens or
any means by which it
happens. Few such
prepositions are by, like, in with
and on.
Examples:
● Children go to school by bus.
● We went to a movie in a taxi.
● He played football like champions.
4. Prepositions of Measure
These kinds of prepositions show the
quantity of something with someone or
something.

● Two main prepositions are by and of.

Example:
● The Shopkeeper sells the cloth by meters.
5. Preposition of Source
Preposition of source
demonstrates the source of
something or someone.
Examples:
● She was paid a scholarship by her college for
all her semesters.
● All the love the child received was straight
from his mother’s heart.
.1. Simple Prepositions
are used to denote a relation between nouns or pronouns.
These can even be used to join different parts of sentences and
clauses. Simple prepositions are one word prepositions. These are
also called Single Prepositions.
Common words used that come under the category of Simple
Prepositions are as follows:

● In, out, on, up, at, for, from, by, of, off, through, till, etc.
Examples of Simple Preposition:

● Keep your phones in your pockets.

● Staring at people is not considered a good

gesture.
2. Double Preposition
are made by putting together two Single
Prepositions.
● Onto, into, throughout, up till, up to, within, without, upon,
etc.

Example
● I am going to turn this scrap into a masterpiece.
3. Compound Preposition
are those types of preposition that are usually
formed by prefixing a preposition to nouns, adjectives or
adverbs.
● Above, about, across, along, before, behind, beside, inside,
outside, etc.
Example
● He was going about his business.
● The person beside Ali is my brother.
4. Phrasal Prepositions
are groups of words or phrases that join the noun or pronoun in a sentence,
to the remainder of the sentence. These groups of words express a single idea by
coming together as a unit.

In addition to, by means of, in spite of, according to, owing to, in favour of, etc.

Examples

● He couldn’t pass the test, owing to his lack of knowledge of English Grammar.

● She made it to the other side of the world, in spite of all the difficulties.
5. Participle Prepositions
indicating from their name, are the Present Participle forms of Verbs.
These are used without any noun or pronoun attached with them.

Concerning, considering, barring, notwithstanding, touching, pending, during,

etc.

Examples
● Notwithstanding his efforts, he was still fired from the job.

● Touching this matter, I do not have much information.

6. Disguised Preposition
are those prepositions which are not used in the
sentences directly, but we use them in a disguised way. Their
shorter forms are used. The examples of Disguised
Prepositions are ‘a’ and ‘o’.
‘a’ is shortened form of the preposition ‘on’ and
similarly ‘o’ is the shortened form of the preposition ‘of’.
Examples:

● The ceremony will be held at 5 o’ clock.

● We all went to a party.

7. Detached Prepositions
A preposition is called a detached preposition when it does not come before its
object. It is detached from its object. When the object of a preposition is an
interrogative pronoun or a relative pronoun, the preposition comes at the end of
the sentence.

Examples:

● She is the woman whom I was talking about.

● Here are the books that you asked for.

● Which of the houses were you working in?

CONJUNCTION
Conjunctions
● are words that link other words, phrases, or
clauses together.
● Example:
but, and, although, yet, since, unless or,
nor, while, where etc.
Coordinating conjunctions
● coordinate or join two or more sentences,
main clauses, words, or other parts of speech
which are of the same syntactic importance.
Also known as coordinators, coordinating
conjunctions are used to give equal emphasis to
a pair of main clauses.
INTERJECTION
An interjection is a word
that expresses strong
feeling.
An interjection at the beginning of a sentence is followed
by an exclamation mark or comma at times.
Wow! That was the best goal of the entire tournament.
Oh, I forgot to bring my book!
Interjections are also often used as addition
to words such as nouns, pronouns,
adjectives, and some other part of speech.
Good! I am thrilled to hear that
Horrors! Look at the mess!
Great! Keep up the hard work
Well! When do you intend to pay for it?
 Punctuating
interjections
If an interjection is spoken calmly, simply put a
comma after it and continue the sentence.
* Shhh, the baby is sleeping.
* Oh my, i dropped my pencil.
If an interjection is spoken with more
emotion, it is followed by an
exclamation point. The next word is
then capitalized.

Example: Ouch! I just cut

my finger.
Correlative conjunctions
To correlate means to have a relationship in which
one thing depends on another.
 The most common correlative
conjunctions pairs( they depend
on each other, and one is never
used without the other)are; either-
or, neither-nor, not only- but also,
whether-or, both-and.
Example: either-or
1. A person can be either pretty or ugly.
2. I will see you either at home or in the coffeeshop.
Example; Neither...nor
1.You are neither fat or short.
2. I want neither food nor water.

When a sentence has a singular subjects and plural subjects

1. Neither jack nor Tom is my brother.
 Example;
Not only...but also
1. He is not only my teacher but also my friend .
2. She not only cooked dinner but also washed dishes yesterday.
When a sentence has singular subjects and plural subjects.
1.Not only John but also Tom is eating.
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