Prepositions - 49

              Correct usage of prepositions - 49                  

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What is a preposition?

A group of words used with nouns and verbs and other words to form prepositional phrase. Preposition always comes before nouns, but many writers have been writing the prepositions at the end of the sentences.. e.g. who are you waiting for?

She left New York on Sunday. (She left for New York means She is travelling to New York.)

I want to take this book home for a day.                                                     

Some other Prepositions are above, along, to, from, between, before, into, off, since etc. 

To Know more about prepositions please click Preposition

Preposition + Noun (Month, Day, Year, Time etc.)

      

On 27 April.                     On Friday morning.

On Thursday                   In winter                                               

On his  Birth day            At 12.45 p.m.                                

On Mothers day             At the end of the day/meeting.

In 1985                             At  Christmas (but on Christmas day)                                

In January/Summer      In the morning/Evening               

On 10 July                       At night

At the weekend             On Sunday night

Preposition   in Sentences

She got up at 10 O’ Clock this morning

My dad likes  getting up early in  the morning.

Where  was your family  on 26 January?

Will you be at  home this evening?

I  am going  to  office, I will be back  in an hour.

Did  you go out on Sunday ?

Did you see  my friend Clara  on Wednesday evening?

Bye  Mary, see you on Monday.

They  went to Berlin last summer. 

I can’t go  to the  meeting on  Sunday.

Sorry, Bill is not in the office at  the moment.

Do you often go out in  the evening/at the weekend .

Let’s all meet at  8 O’ clock tomorrow evening.

We often go to Sydney in  summer.

I got married in February/ in 1988

Clara’s  birthday is in  February.

They  often go away at the weekend.

I am starting my new business  on 8 January.

I will send   you the file  at the end of this month.

Do you work  on  Sundays/at the weekends.

The School was started  in 1979

I often go out at night.

My dad  always feels tired in  the evening.

She is  leaving for Texas on  Sunday

I am leaving next Monday .(No preposition)

Will you be at  home this evening?

Shall we play (game) next Sunday?.(No preposition)

What are  you doing at  the weekend? Staying indoor or…

I  phone/call Mary  every Sunday. (No Preposition)

Joe  was born in  1901                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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