What is a preposition in English?

Preposition: also called preposition. In English, it has the strongest collocation ability. But it cannot be used as a sentence component alone. It must be combined with a noun or pronoun (or other parts of speech, phrases and clauses equivalent to nouns) to form a prepositional phrase in order to function as a component in a sentence.

Types of prepositions:

(1) Simple prepositions: about, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beside, but, by, down, during, for, from, in, of, on, over, near, round, since, to, under, up, with, etc.

(2) Compound prepositions: inside, into, outside, throughout, upon, without, within

(3) Phrase prepositions: according to, along with, apart from, because of , in front of, in spite of, instead of, owing to, up to, with reguard to

(4) Participle preposition: considering, reguarding, including, concerning

Prepositional phrase ：

Construct example sentences

Preposition + noun We go to school from Monday to Saturday.

Preposition + pronoun Could you look for it instead of me?

Preposition + pronoun Could you look for it instead of me?

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Preposition + gerund He insisted on staying home.

Preposition + connecting pronoun/adverb I was thinking of how we could get there.

Preposition + infinitive/ The clause He gives us some advice on how to finish it.

Usage of prepositions:

1. Common uses of preposition to

1. Verb + to < /p>

a) Verb + to

adjust to adapt,

attend to handle; take care of,

agree to agree,

amount to add up to,

belong to,

come to,

drink to cheers for,

< p>get to arrive,

happen to happen to someone,

hold to hold tightly,

lead to,

< p>listen to listen,

occur to think of,

object to object,

point to point,

respond to answer,

refer to reference; refer to...; involve,

reply to answer,

see to be responsible,

stick to persist ,

turn to ask for help,

write to write to someone.

b) Verb (+sth.)+to+sb.

announce to inform someone, describe to describe to someone, explain to explain to someone, express to express someone, mention to mention, nod to nod to someone, report to report, say to inform, shout to shout to someone, suggest to make suggestions to someone, speak to talk to someone, talk to talk to someone people talk, whisper to whisper to someone.

c) Verb +sth./sb.+ to +sth./sb.

add to increase, compare to, carry to, devote to, introduce to, invite to, join to, leave to, reduce to, sentence to, take to.

2. be + adjective/past participle + to

be alive to be aware of; know,

be attentive to pay attention; pay attention,

< p>be awake to know,

be blind to lack of vision,

be close to,

be common to someone Ordinary,

be contrary to violate; oppose,

be devoted to dedication,

be deaf to unwilling to listen,

be equal to have the power of,

be exposed to; suffer,

be fair to,

be familiar to someone familiar,

be grateful to be grateful to someone,

be good to,

be harmful to, < /p>

be important to,

be kind to,

be known to,

be married to to,

be moved to,

be near to,

be necessary to,

be opposite to on the opposite side,

be opposed to oppose,

be pleasant to be in line with someone's wishes,

be proper to exclusive,

< p>be polite to treat others politely,

be rude to treat others roughly,

be relative to,

be strange to be unaccustomed to,

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be similar to,

be suitable to,

be true to be faithful,

be thankful to be thankful,

be useful to,

be used to.

3. Phrases formed by to+nouns

To a degree, to date, to one's feet, to one's mind... it seems, to one's surprise, to one's taste, to oneself, to order, to the letter, to the point

2. Common uses of at There are many phrases, so you need to distinguish them carefully.

1. Verb + at

arrive at, call at to visit a place, catch at (it) catch on the spot, come at attack, fire at, glance at glance at, glare at, grieve at, knock at, laugh at, look at, pull at, rejoice at, smile at, shoot at, stare at ,thrust at thrust, tear at tear, tremble at tremble, wonder at surprise, work at work.

2. be + adjective/past participle + at

be angry at, be alarmed at, be astonished at, be astonished at, be bad at. , be clever at something, be delighted at, be disgusted at, be disappointed at, be good at, be impatient at, be mad at, be pleased at …feel happy, be present at, be satisfied at, be surprised at, be shocked at, be terrified at, be quick at.

3. A phrase composed of at + noun

at a distance at a certain distance, at a loss at a loss, at a time once, at all not at all, at any cost At all costs, at best, at first, at hand, at heart, at home; free, at last, at least, at most, at once, at present .

3. Common uses of the preposition on

The use of on is more important. This article introduces some of its common uses:

1. Verb + on

a) Verb + on should carefully distinguish the following phrases

act on has an effect on..., bring on to promote; cause, call on to visit someone, count on dependence, carry on execution, depend on depends, feed on, figure on, infer, go on, have on, insist on, keep on, lean on, live on, pull on, put on. put on, switch on, take to like; develop; learn easily, turn on, work on, wait on.

b) Verb +sb.(sth.)+ on +sb.(sth.)

base on, congratulate on, fix on, have mercy on pity, have pity on pity, keep watch on surveillance, spend on spend time and energy on something.

2. The phrase be + adjective + on

be dependent on, be hard on, be impressed on, be keen on desire, be strict on is strict about...

3. Phrases formed by on + noun

on board (car, plane), on call, on duty, on earth, on fire, on foot , on guard, on hire, on holiday

4. Common uses of preposition in

1. Verb + in

a) Verb + in

believe in, break in, bring in, bring about, call in, fill in, get in, hand in, involve in, lie in, result in lead, share in ***share, succeed in success, take in roll up; subscribe, turn in return to authority.

b) Verb + sb./time/money+ in

help sb. in to help someone do something, spare time/money in to spare time or money to do something, spend time/money in spend time or money doing something, waste time/money in waste time or money doing something.

2. be + adjective + in

be active in, be absorbed in, be busy in, be born in, be concerned in, be clothed in, be disappointed in, be diligent in, be experienced in, be employed in, be engaged in busy, be expert in, be excellent in, be interested in, be lacking in, be rich in, be slow in, be successful in, be skilled in, be strict in, be weak in.

3. in + noun

in advance, in all, in balance, in a word, in bed, in body, in brief, in case one, in charge, in danger, in debt, in despair, in force; effectively, in full, in flower, in general, in itself, in love, in order, in person, in public, in progress, in practice, in rags, in research, in return, in ruins, in short, in theory, in trouble, in tears, in time, in turn, in vain, in view.

5. Common uses of the preposition from

The usage of from cannot be underestimated. You may not know the meaning of the following phrases.

1. Verb + from

a) Verb + from

come from, date from trace, depart from disobey, die from die, escape from escape, fall from, hang from, hear from, learn from, return from, rise from, result from, suffer from.

b) Verb + sth./sb. +from + sth./ sb. /a place

borrow from, choose from, excuse from, keep from prevent from doing, prevent from not allowed to do, protect from, receive from receive, remove from move; remove, save from preservation; rescue, separate from separate from, stop from prevent.

2. be + adjective + from

be absent from absence, be different from being different, be far from let alone, be hidden from hiding, be made from... made of, be tired from being tired from.

3.from…to…

from bad to worse, from beginning to end, from cover to cover, from China to Peru, from day to day Day by day, from door to door, from end to end, from first to last, from hand to mouth, barely making ends meet, from head to foot, from mouth to mouth, spread widely, from sun to sun from sunrise to sunset, from start to finish, from top to toe, from time to time, from top to bottom thoroughly.

6. Common uses of the preposition for

1. Verb + for

a) Verb + for

account for explanation; explanation , answer for be responsible for, apply for apply for; request, apologize for apologize for, beg for request, call for demand, care for care, enter for sign up for, fight for fight for, hope for hope, inquire for inquire; seek an audience, leave for leaving one place to another, look for, long for hope, mistake for, plan for planning to do something, prepare for, provide for, reach for Go and get, run for campaign, stand for symbol, search for search, send for sending someone to invite, speak for stating opinions and wishes, take for as, wish for hope, wait for wait.

b) Verb +sb.+ for +sth.

ask for, blame for, excuse for forgiveness, forgive for understanding, pardon for, pay for Spend money to buy, praise for praise, punish for, push for, reward for, thank for.

2. be + adjective + for

be anxious for eager to do, be eager for desire, be bad for harmful, be convenient for convenient, be good for beneficial, be famous for is famous for, be fit for, be grateful for, be impatient for, be late for, be necessary for, be ready for, be sorry for …and regret, be responsible for, be suitable for, be unfit for, be useful for.

3. Phrases formed by for + noun

for all, for a song very cheaply, for certain exactly, for company, for ever, for example, for fear, for fair, for free, for fun, for good forever, for instance, for luck, for life, for long, for nothing, for once , for oneself, for pleasure, for reason, for sale, for shame, for short, for sport, for sure.

4. Phrases composed of verb + adverb/noun + for

be in for, make up for make up for, go in for, look out for, take sth . for granted take... for granted, have an ear for a good sense of sound, have a gift for a certain talent.

Preposition formula:

Usage of prepositions

In morning, noon and evening, use in, at dawn, midnight, o'clock and minutes.

Year, month, year, season, week, sunshine, lamp, shadow, clothing, exposure.

The future tense in... in the future, small at big at.

Tangible with intangible by, language, unit, material in.

Characteristics, aspects and methods, idiomatic mood idioms in.

The prepositions at and to express direction, attack, position, evil and good.

Day, date, year, month, day, week plus morning, noon and evening,

Radio, farm, duty on, about, basic, rely on, treatise.

Written, struck, sold, stolen, public, fake, intentional, paid, contrary, accurate.

For a specific time and "as soon as...", on is often followed by a gerund.

Year, month, and day are added to morning, noon, and evening, and on is replaced by in before of.

Use in for walking, donkey, horse, joking on, cab, and carriage.

At the foot of the mountain, at the door, in the present, speed, temperature, sunset, price, core.

Tool, and, with, have, independence, reason.

Just... let’s talk about guest translator, right, you, square shape, table subdivision.

Sea, land, air, car, even, quilt by, singular, human know to man.

This, that, tomorrow, yesterday, next, last, one.

It is customary to omit prepositions after year, month, season, week, and week.

Over and under are up and down, but above and below are not.

If used with quantifiers, it has nothing to do with mixed use. ‘

Beyond means beyond, nothing, unable, against, against and against.

besides, except inside and outside, among and along.

To compare similar, except, add for to remember the difference.

In the original state because of,, owing to, due to predicative adjective

under is followed by xiu, jianzhong, of, from, huafen.

Before and after represent a point, ago and later represent a period.

Before can take the perfect tense, and ago is extremely limited.

Since means "during the time", the tense of "since" often changes.

Compared with besides, except last but one.

It cannot be defined as for, looking for, price, original, right, giving, paragraph, going, for, doing, and praising.

Come to, right, towardwards, work, school, army, city, north, up, south.

but for is used as a negative, and the compound preposition is used later.

The ing type is due to Jian, except for exclusion and inclusion.

After, about, in..., all relevant prepositions must be memorized.

In the internal and external position, mountains, water, and national boundaries are in front.

If you have a general grasp of the above-mentioned calling instructions, you will be less likely to make mistakes.