Dear Sehpaathians,

Prepositions are a very important part of English sentence formation. With exam point of view their knowledge is very very important to solve questions on cloze test, find the grammatical error etc. So here are a few prepositions examples with their correct use.

Prepositions Examples

1. At, In
   1) With reference to time,
   At is used for a point of time, In for a period of time

   At	In
   1) He came at daybreak 2) At an early hour this morning the hall was full	He was born in 1990 He will start at Five O’ Clock in the morning

   
   
   
   2) With reference to space, at is used for small and less important places, villages, small towns.
   In is used for large places, countries and large towns

   At	In
   He lives at Dev Nagar He lives at Dev Nagar in Jaipur	He lives in Jaipur He lives at Dev Nagar in Jaipur

2. By, With:
   By is used after verbs to express agent or order of action expressed by the verb. With is used with the instrument with which action is done

   By	With
   The farmer was killed by a thief with his knife	The tree was cut by a man with an axe

3. On, Upon
   On is used in speaking of things at rest. Upon is used in speaking of things in motion

   On	Upon
   I sat on the ground	The cat sprang upon the table

4. In, Into:
   In implies a state of rest or position inside anything. Into denotes motion towards of inside of anything.

   In	Into
   He is in his room	He fell into the river

5. In, Within:
   In denotes at the end of some future period, Within means ‘before the end of’

   In	Within
   He will return in a week (at close of week)	He will return within a week (in less than a week)

6. After, In:
   ‘After’ is used to denote after time is passed where as ‘In’ denotes at the end of period of time in the future.

   After	In
   She will come after a week	She will come in a week

7. Since, For:
   ‘Since’ is used to denote a point of time in the past, For can be used to demote a point of time in present, future or past

   Since	For
   They have been sleeping since morning	They have been married for 25 years

8. Since, From:
   ‘From’ can be used in present or future time.

   Since	From
   I have not met her since last week	He school begins from today

9. Before, For:
   Before is used in negative and affirmative sentences alike to denote a point of future time. For is used in Negative sentence to denote a period of future time. For is used in negative sentence to denote a period of future time

   Before	For
   I shall be there before 6 o’ clock	I shall not be there for (not before) an hour

10. Between, among. Between is used when 2 objects are there, where as among is used for more than 2 objects
    

    Between	Among
    A quarrel arose between two friends	The brave soldiers quarreled among themselves

11. Beside, Besides. beside Means by the side of; besides mean in addition to;
    

    Beside	Besides
    He sat beside me	Besides helping her, he helped her with money.

We hope these prepositions examples help you.