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    Prepositions Are The Words That Join A Noun

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    Prepositions are words that connect nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases to other words in a sentence. Learning prepositions can be tricky for students. Students should pay attention to preposition usage when reading to check their understanding. Common prepositions include on, at, in, to, of, and for and are used to indicate locations, directions, times, or introduce objects in sentences.

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    Prepositions Are The Words That Join A Noun

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    Prepositions are words that connect nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases to other words in a sentence. Learning prepositions can be tricky for students. Students should pay attention to preposition usage when reading to check their understanding. Common prepositions include on, at, in, to, of, and for and are used to indicate locations, directions, times, or introduce objects in sentences.

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    Prepositions are words that connect nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases to other words in a sentence. Learning prepositions can be tricky for students. Students should pay attention to preposition usage when reading to check their understanding. Common prepositions include on, at, in, to, of, and for and are used to indicate locations, directions, times, or introduce objects in sentences.

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    Prepositions are the words that join a noun, pronoun or the noun phrases and

    make each sentence complete. However, learning preposition is little tricky and
    hence(so), students should be conscious while reading a book or other
    documents and check the usage of the preposition.

    Examples:
    To the office, on the table, about myself, in a few minutes, at my place, etc.
    Here, ‘to’, ‘on’, ‘about’, ‘in’ and ‘at’ are the prepositions.

    Moreover, prepositions are used in the sentences to indicate a location, direction,


    time or sometimes, to introduce an object. Some common prepositions and their
    applications in the sentences are mentioned here.

    Prepositions

    On :
    On (refers a surface of something)- I kept the dishes on the dining table.
    On (specifies days and dates)- I will come on Monday.
    Radha was born on 15th August.
    On (refers TV or other devices)- She is on the phone.
    My favorite movie will be on TV now.
    On (refers the parts of the body) — I keep wearing my wedding ring on my
    finger.
    On (to refer a state)- The products available in the store are on sale.

    At :
    At (to indicate a place)- There are a good number of people at the park.
    At (to refer an email address)- Please mail in detail @ (at) [email protected]
    At (to refer a time) — Meet me at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
    At (indicate one’s activity)-John laughed at my acting in the play.

    In :
    In (to indicate a location)- I am in my friend’s place now.
    In (used while doing something) — The tagline should be catchy in marketing a
    product.
    In (to indicate opinion, belief, feeling, etc.)- I believe in hardworking.
    In (specify day, month, season, year) — I prefer to do Maths in the morning.
    The new academic session will commence in March.
    In (to indicate color, shape and size) — This dress comes in four sizes.

    To :
    To (to indicate the direction, place)- The friends went to the restaurant.
    I am heading to my college.
    To (to indicate relationship) — Do not respond to the annoying persons.
    Your answer is important to me.
    To (to indicate a limit) — The old newspapers were piled up to the roof.
    To (to refer a period) — I am here from 10 to 5.

    Of :
    Of (to indicate relating to, belonging to) — I always dreamed of being famous.
    Of (to indicate reference) — This is a picture of my last birthday.
    Of (to specify the number or an amount) — A good number of people
    understand Hindi.

    For :
    For (to indicate the reason or because of) — I am really happy for you.
    For (to indicate the duration or time) — I attended the session for one year
    only.
    For (specify the use of something) — She is preparing for her final exam.

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