Prepositions Part Two

Other important prepositions are :

-Prepositions of Time :

-Since :used for a particular point of time which started from it .

For example: since 1960 , we did not travel to China.

-For : used to mean over that time . For example : for three years

, i am practicing football.

-Ago: used to mean earlier than that time . For example : nine

years ago, i used to travel a lot.

-Prepositions of place :

-By, Next to ,Beside: used to mean that something or someone is

right or left of something or someone. For example: John is next

to the car.

-Under : used to mean on the ground, lower than something. For

example: a ghost under the table.

-Above: used to mean on a high level . For example: a house

above the lake.

-Across: used to mean going to an other side. For example: i

walked across the long street.

-Into : used to mean getting in something . For example: can you

go into the house please?

-Prepositions also used to describe or show movement like:

against , along , down , from , toward , out of . For example : i am

getting out of the house . I am walking toward the hospital.