BASIC GRAMMAR- 2.PREPOSITIONS

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Prepositions:

The following are the common prepositions in English.

About	Beneath	In front of	Since
Above	Beside	Into	till
Across	Besides	Near	Through
After	Between	Next to	To
Against	Beyond	Of	Towards
Along	Down	off	Under
Among	by	On	Underneath
Around	During	Onto	Until
At	Except	Opposite	Up
Before	For	Out of	Upon
Behind	From	Over	With
Below	In	Past	Without

However we remember the prepositions it’s purely dependent on the context or the situation. Now we’ll explore the usage of prepositions at various contexts.

Prepositions of place:

Follow two simple rules, that’s it:

We use at and in to say where something or somebody is.

Rule 1: at is used when we talk about a position or point.

Rule 2: in is used to talk about something big enough to be all around a person.

Example:

1.       We arrived in Bombay. (=in the city).

2.       We arrived at Bombay airport. (A particular position/point).

Prepositions of Time:

Again follow simple rules:

1.      On is used for days and dates.

Ex: Mary announced her arrival on coming Sunday. (Day)

2.   . In is used for months, seasons and years.

Ex: This year Diwali comes in October. (Month)

3.       In is also used for parts of the day.

Ex: I used to exercise in the morning. (Part of the day)

4.     At is used for points of time, mainly for (a) hours of the day (b) holiday periods.

Ex: Be here at six o ‘clock sharp. (Hour)

5.       By a point of time/in a period of time.

Ex: We must be there by three o’ clock. (Not later than that time).

6.       Since is used with a point of time.

Ex: He has been working here since 1988. (Year)

7.    For is used with a period of time, i.e. Length of time till now.

Ex: He has been working here for five years. (Period of time).

Prepositions of travel and movement:

 We use by + noun (without the or a/an) to talk about means of travel.

    Example:

1.       We get on/onto a bicycle/horse/camel.

2.       We get into a train/bus/car.

3.       We get off a train/car/bus.

                   

   Note: This article doesn't covers the full scope of the above dealt prepositions. It is better  recommended for a basic understanding only. To expertise, a lot to be practiced on those areas.

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BASIC GRAMMAR - 1.PARTS OF SPEECH

It is always appreciated to speak the language knowing and using its syntax and semantics. Yes, it's nothing but GRAMMAR.. doesn't feel sick when hearing the word GRAMMAR.Anything is easy when we know it. Okay... let's start the day with Parts of Speech.

English words belong to eight parts of speech:

1. Noun

2. Pronoun

3. Adjective

4. Verb

5. Adverb

6. Preposition

7. Conjunction

8. Interjection

1. NOUN

A Noun is a word which is the name of a person, thing, place or quality.

 Example: pen, city, honesty etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1. Singapore is called “the fine city”.-Name of a place.

                 2.  Ram is a sincere student - Name of a person and quality.

            

2. PRONOUN

A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

Example: He, She, Him, His, Her, It, You, Himself, Myself, mine etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1. Pritham painted a picture. He gave it to Varun.

When referring to a person and speaking about him, every time it is not necessary  to  use the noun ie the name of the person .For instance quoting the above example, we won’t use  ‘Pritham’ every time instead we can use ‘He’/’His’/’Himself’ appropriate to the context.

3. ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun and shows the quality, quantity, and number etc., of a noun.

Example: Clever,beautiful,honest,pure,sincere,good,young,large,mere,thousands etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1.She has a smiling face.

               2. Don’t waste much money.

               3. The guys ate little food.

4. VERB

A verb is a word which shows the action done by the subject. Verb tells us not only about an action but also about existence and possession.

Example: eat, run, give, dance, listen, suffer, enjoy, pray , write etc.

                                                                                                     

How to use it?

      1. He is dancing.

            2. Priya paints well.

5. ADVERB

An adverb is a word which qualifies a verb or adjective or another adverb.

 Example: sweetly, quickly, very, slowly etc.

How to use it?

      1. She sang sweetly.

2.He ran very slowly.

6. PREPOSITON

Preposition is a word  placed before a noun or pronoun to shoe its relation to some other word in the sentence

Example: for, of, about, with, at etc.

How to use it?

1. I acted with him.

2. Bread is good for your health.

7. CONJUCTION

A conjunction is a word which combines two words or two clauses.

Example: and, but, yet, though so etc.

How to use it?

          1.       Sri and Pri are my friends.

          2.       Though he ate well, he fell sick.

 8.  INTERJECTION

An interjection is a word which expresses a sudden feeling.

Example: Hurray! , Oh! , Good Heavens! , Phew! , Alas! Etc.

How to use it?

         1.       Hurray! We won the world cup.

         2.       Japan was hurt badly by the Earthquake. Alas!

 Note: This article doesn’t covers the full scope of the above dealt parts of speech. It is better  recommended for a basic understanding only. To expertise, a lot to be practiced on those areas.And PREPOSITIONS plays a very important role in English grammar thus it is briefly discussed in next article.

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Source : Wren and Martins'  English Grammar and Composition.

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