Preposition Definition

A preposition is basically a word that joins two nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words in the
sentence. Here we will discuss some Prepositional Phrases List. The prepositional phrases list
contain prepositions that make the sentence more meaningful and make it easy to understand.
Here is the complete book that contains prepositional phrases list of daily used in conversation.

Prepositional Phrases List 1

Part 1
Sr.
Words Sentences
No.
1 Abide by Always abide by your promise.
2 Abound in The pond abounds in fish.
3 Absent from He was absent from the class.
4 Absolve from He was absolved from the blame.
5 Absorbed in He is absorbed in the study now.
6 Abstain from I abstain from smoking.
7 Accede to He acceded to my proposal.
8 Access to He has no access to the principal.
9 Acceptable to His advice is not acceptable to me.
10 Account for He must account for his misdeed.
11 Accompanied by I was accompanied by Ali going to America.
12 Accomplished in She is accomplished in singing.
13 Accord with His actions do not accord with his status.
14 According to He acted according to his plan and succeeded.
15 Accountable to Every Muslim is accountable to Allah.
16 Adapt to He adapts himself according to every situation.
17 Add to His father added to his difficulties.
18 Adept in She is adept at singing.
19 Adequate for This food is adequate for us.
20 Adequate to His pay is not adequate for his qualifications.
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21 Adheres to He adheres to his belief.
22 Adjacent to My house is adjacent to the college.
23 Admit of His crime admits of no accuse.
24 Admit to He has been admitted to the college.
25 Adulterate with Never adulterate milk with water.
26 Adverse to His remarks were adverse to mine.
27 Averse to I am averse to flattery.
28 Affection for I have great affection for my friend.
29 Affinity for Ali has a great affinity for pigeons.
30 Affinity with He has a great affinity with me.
31 Afraid of I am not afraid of death.
32 Agree with Do you agree with me on this matter?
33 Agree to I agree to your plan.
34 Aim at He aims at becoming a Doctor.
35 Alive to I am alive to my faults.
36 Alternate to There is no alternative to hard work.
37 Ambitious for He is ambitious for fame.
38 Angry at He was angry at your remarks.
39 Answer for We must answer for our actions.
40 Answer to This book answer to my needs.

Words Followed By Preposition List 2

List of Prepositions with examples. More than 500 daily conversational and most frequently
Used Prepositional Phrases List. The prepositional phrases contain prepositions that make the
sentence more meaningful and make it easy to understand.

Prepositional Phrase list Starting with C 1

o Close to This road is close to heavy traffic.
o Clothed in He is clothed in rags.
o Collaborate with My son collaborated with me on this book.
o Collide with A car collided with a bus yesterday.
o Come by Hamza came by a beautiful watch.
o Come down His fever has come down.
o Comment on Do not comment on anything unjustly.
o Commit to Lee committed to suicide.
o Compare to I compare him to a lion in physical strength.
o Compare with Do not compare the copy with the original.
o Compare with Do not compare the copy with the original.
o Compete for Many players competed for the prizes.
o Compete for Many players competed for the prizes.
o Compete with He competed with others for the prize.
o Compete with He competed with others for the prize.
o Competent in Usama is competent in his job.
o Competent in Usama is competent in his job.
o Complain of Musa complained of the rude behavior of the clerk.
o Complain of Musa complained of the rude behavior of the clerk.
o Complain to She complained to me against Mariam.
Starting with C 2
o Complementary to Tea is complementary to dinner.
o Comply with The boys had to comply with my orders.
o Compromise with I could not compromise with him in this matter.
o Conceal from Ali conceals nothing from me.
o Concede to He concedes to my request.
o Condemn to He was condemned to death.
o Condole with I condoled with him on the death of his mother.
o Conductive to Fresh air is conductive to health.
o Confer with I confer with my father in every case.
o Confide in Do not confide in him, he is a liar.
o Confide to He confides me in every matter.
o Confidence in I have full confidence in Iqbal.
o Confident of Imran is confident of his success.
o Confine to She was confined to bed.
o Conform to Some people still conform to old beliefs.
o Confront with He confronted with the enemy bravely.
o Congratulate on I congratulate you on this success.
o Conscious of He is not conscious of his duties.
o Consent to I consent to your plan.
The beauty of this picture consists in its balance of
o Consist in
colors.
o Consist of The hotel consists of 60 beds.
o Conspire against Do not conspire against your friends.
o Conspire with You conspire with him to defeat me.
o Consult with I consulted with my father in this case.
o Contempt for Why you have so great contempt for your lover?
o Content with Man must be content with his lot.
o Contrary to Your behavior is contrary to your claim.
o Contribute to We should contribute to the National fund.
o Control over I have control over my passions.
o Convenient for It is convenient for me to stay here.
o Converse with I conversed with my teacher on this topic.
o Co-operate with We must co-operate with others.
o Cope with He coped with his difficulties manly.
o Correspond to His bearing corresponds to his father.
o Correspond with Do you correspond with my ideas?
o Count on You can count on my help in this matter.
o Crave for The poor always crave for good days.
o Cruel to Do not be cruel to the poor.
The first letter D Prepositional Phrase list 1
o Dawn on The truth will dawn on him soon.
o Deaf to He was deaf to my advice.
o Deal in He deals in cloth.
o Deal out Deal out the Zakat among the poor.
o Deal with Nobody likes to deal with him.
o Dear to Life is dear to everyone.
o Dedicate to Salma has dedicated her life to social works.
o Defer to The case was deferred to the next session.
o Deficient in He is deficient in common sense.
o Defraud of The cheater defrauded the villagers of his money.
o Delete from I deleted some paragraphs from my essay.
o Delight at Ali was delighted at the arrival of his brother.
o Delight in I take delight in reading books.
o Deliver to The postman delivered a letter to me.
o Depend on Never depend upon a fool.
o Deprived of His father deprived him of his property.
o Desirous of Iqbal is desirous of going abroad.
o Desist from He could not desist from telling a lie.
o Despair of Do not despair of success in life.
o Destined to The success was destined to me.
o Deviate from Never deviate from your principles.
o Devoid of He is devoid of moral courage.
o Devote to Anwar has devoted his life to human service.
First letter D 2
o Die by Many people died by violence.
o Die for The baby was dying for more cakes.
o Die from The child dies from suffocation.
o Die of He died of typhoid.
o Died with The hunter died with his own gun.
o Differ from Mangoes differ from melons in appearance.
o Differ with I differ with you in this matter.
o Discriminate between We should not discriminate between them.
o Disgrace to This job is a disgrace to you.
o Dismiss from He was dismissed from service.
o Disobedient to Do not be disobedient to your parents.
o Dispense to We dispensed Zakat to the poor.
o Dispense with I dispensed him with his services.
o Displeased with I am displeased with him.
o Dispose of I have disposed of my old bike.
o Dissatisfied with He is dissatisfied with your work.
o Distinguish between Death does not distinguish between rich and poor.
o Donate to He has donated his property to the school.
o Dream of He is dreaming of becoming a judge.
o Dwell at He dwells at a far off village.
Initial Letter E 1
o Eager for He is eager for winning the First Prize.
o Eat into Such evils will eat into our society.
o Efficient in We must be efficient in our work.
o Eligible for He is not eligible for this post.
o Emerge from The moon emerged from the clouds.
o Emigrate from Nawaz immigrated from Pakistan.
o Encroach on Do not encroach on others’ rights.
o Engage in Usama is engaged in his work.
o Engage to Tahir is engaged to his cousin.
o Enlist in His son was enlisted in the army.
o Enquire after We went to enquire after her health.
o Enquire into The police enquired into the murder case.
o Enquire of I enquired of him about his health.
o Entangle in He was entangled in the murder case.
o Entitle to Ali is entitled to the vote now.
o Entrust to I entrust this duty to you.
Initial letter E 2
o Entrust with Ali was entrusted with the affairs of the shop.
o Envious of Do not be envious of others’ success.
o Equal to You are not equal to this challenge.
o Equivalent to The rupee is not equivalent to the dollar.
o Escape from The murderer escaped from jail.
o Essential for Fresh air is essential for health.
o Exalt to Ali was exalted to a high post.
o Excel in Ali excelled in the class due to hard work.
o Exception to No one is an exception to death.
o Exclude from Why was he excluded from the team?
o Expose to His crime was exposed to the police at last.
o Exult at I exulted at my friend’s success.
o Exult over He exulted over his rival’s failure.
1st letter F
o Fail in The boy failed in the examination.
o Faithful to I am faithful to my country.
o False to Do not be false to your friends.
o Familiar to I am not familiar to him.
o Familiar with I am not familiar with his illness.
o Famous for Lahore is famous for its colleges.
o Fatal to Drinking is fatal to health.
o Feed on Goats feed on grass.
o Feel for We must feel for the poor.
o Felicitate on I felicitated him on his success.
o Fertile in He is fertile in making mischiefs.
o Fire at The hunter fired at the deer.
o Fit for She is not fit for this job.
o Flare up I flared up and slapped on his face.
o Fluent in Tahir is fluent in speaking English.
o Fond of Imran is fond of playing cricket.
o Forgetful of Do not be forgetful of your duties.
o Free from He is free from worries these days.
o Free of These goods are free of duty.
o Full of The jug is full of milk.
o Furnish with His house is furnished with beautiful things.
1st letter G
o Gifted with Allah has gifted her with a son.
o Given to Shahid is given to social work.
o Glad at I am glad at your success.
o Glad of I am glad of your company.
o Glance at He cast a glance at the beautiful sight.
o Good at I am not good at English.
o Good for Milk is good for your health.
o Good of It is good of you to help the helpless.
o Grateful to I am grateful to you for this help.
o Grieved at He was grieved at the death of his son.
o Grumble at Never grumble at lot.
o Guilty of He is guilty of murder.
start with H
o Hand in I handed in my application.
o Hanker after Do not hanker after fame.
o Happen to What happened to his last year?
o Harmful to Drinking is harmful to health.
o Hatred for I have a great hatred for corruption.
o Heedless of He jumped into the canal heedless of the result.
o Heir to He is the only heir to his father’s property.
o Held out We held out the enemy bravely.
o Hinder from He hindered me from going to college.
o Hold to Some villagers still hold to the old customs.
o Hold up The robbers held up a caravan.
o Hopeful of I am hopeful of my success.
o Hostile to Some people are hostile too social work.
o Hover over The eagle was hovering over its prey.

Important Prepositional phrases list I

o Ideal for Today, the weather is ideal for the picnic.
o Ignorant of He is ignorant of his weak points.
o Ill with I am ill with a fever.
o Impart to Iqbal imparts every secret to me.
o Impatient for The child was impatient for fruit.
o Impatient to The child was impatient to go out.
o Impervious to He was impervious to my advice.
o Impolite to Do not impolite to anyone.
o Impress upon I impressed my ideas upon his mind.
o Impress with I was impressed with his arguments.
o Incentive to Success is an incentive to further work.
o Incite to He incited the boy to abuse the beggar.
o Inclination for He has no inclination for music.
o Incumbent upon It is incumbent upon to say prayers.
o Indebted to I am indebted to you for this help.
o Indifferent to The officer was indifferent to my request.
o Indispensable to Hard work is indispensable to success.
o Indulge in He was indulged in bad habits.
o Infected with He was infected with the flue.
o Infer from I infer from this accident that he is selfish.
o Inferior to This pen is not inferior to that.

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