Prepositions for all Competitive Exams ..... Part 2

Competitive English

(For all competitive exams - Central & State Government jobs)

Prepositions

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BESIDE – BESIDES

Beside  means “by the side of”

Besides  means ‘in addition to’

ü  Besides studying he is also working somewhere.

ü  There are nine students here, besides the teacher.

ü  He teaches English besides psychology.

ü  I have three other pens besides this.

ü  She paints besides writing short stories.

ü  She sat beside him at the party.

ü  He stood beside his wife.

ü  She asked me to sit beside her.

ü  My house is beside the sun school.

ü  I would like to live beside the river.

By & with

We use “BY” to show how someone does something

We use “WITH” to show the tool or object used to do something

ü  I made this cake by hand.

ü  I made this cake with the oven.

ü  I found this café by accident.

ü  I found this café with the map in my smartphone.

ü  This bread was made by hand.

ü  This bread was made with the finest organic flour available.

ü  The window was repaired by Sundaram, our best repairman.

ü  The window was repaired with wood and silicone glue.

ü  The police officer was killed by a criminal with a knife.

In & Into

“In” denotes position

“Into” shows movement and entrance

ü  The students are in the class room.

ü  The pen is in my pocket.

ü  He is in the room.

ü  He is in the office now.

ü  The jewel is in the safe.

ü  She is in the bedroom getting dressed.

ü  A moment later the ball was in the goal. 

ü  The students came into the class room.

ü  He fell into the well.

ü  Come into the house.

ü  He jumped into the river.

ü  She burst into tears.

ü  He came into my class without permission.

ü  She ran into the chamber carrying a paper.

ü  The ball rolled slowly into the goal.

On & Upon

“On” denotes position,

“Upon” denotes movement.

ü  The mobile phone is on the table.

ü  I hung a picture on the wall.

ü  If I see a picture on the screen of my laptop.

ü  I hit him on the nose.

ü  There are cats on the roof.

ü  He threw the mobile phone upon the table.

ü  The cat jumped upon the table.

ü  The dog pounced upon the cat.

ü  He jumped upon the horse.

In & At

“In” refers to towns, cities, states and countries in wider sense.

“At” is used while speaking of comparatively smaller places.

ü  He lives in srikakulam.

ü  He lives at Amadalavalasa in srikakulam.

ü  When will you arrive in Tokyo?

ü  He lives in Germany.

ü  She is working in California.

ü  Tao Educare is at Sana street in srikakulam.

From & Between

“From” is normally used with “to / till / until”

“Between” is used with “and”

ü  The reception will be held between five PM and nine PM.

ü  Agra is between Lucknow and Delhi.

ü  Please see me between Monday and Wednesday.

ü  There aren’t stopovers between Mexico City and Montreal.

ü  He works in the office from ten to five.

ü  He walked from the pub to the hospital by himself, despite he had been badly hurt.

ü  It would be affordable for most  people if we set a limit from Rs.2000/-  to Rs.2500/-  for our training Course.

ü  Flights from Amsterdam to Paris take about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

ü  Sundaram’s new job requires that he travels from Mondays to  Wednesdays.

ü  On weekdays we work from 8AM to 6PM.

Ago & Before

Ago is used with a past tense and a time expression to count back from the present.

Before is used with a past perfect tense to count back from a past moment.  (Sometimes present perfect)

ü  I met her in Srikakulam three years ago.

ü  The train went out ten minutes ago.

ü  I met her two weeks ago.

ü  I first got to know him 10 years ago.

ü  We made our last purchase from them over a year ago.

ü  She left India two days ago.

ü  I have seen her before.

ü  I've never met so many people here before.

ü  She had left India before she was married.

ü  When we got talking, I found out that we had worked in the same office ten years before.

Between & Among

Between is used while referring to two persons or things.

Among is used while referring to more than two persons or things.

ü  The two brothers divided the property between themselves.

ü  The two brothers and their sisters divided the property among themselves.

ü  I distributed the sweets between Sundaram and Dumdi.

ü  I distributed the sweets among the children.

ü  It is just between you and me.

ü  The two lions fought between themselves.

ü  Aligarh is between Lucknow and Delhi.

ü  Please see me between 4PM and 5 PM.

ü  He works among the poor

ü  She is happy to be among her people again.

ü  She is among the crowd.

ü  I like to work among little children.