Time and Compound Prepositions Examples

 PREPOSITIONS
 WHAT ARE PREPOSITIONS?
 Prepositions are words that demonstrate association between a noun or pronoun and another word, that is, to show how they are joined with some other word in a sentence.
 Examples:
1. The book is on the bed.
2. The book is under the bed.
The various prepositions, on and under, used before the noun bed show the different positions of the book with regard to the bed. It shows the relation between the book and the bed. This is the function of Preposition.
 CLASSIFICATION OF PREPOSITIONS
I. Types of Preposition
 One-Syllable Preposition
 Location: at, by, in, on, near
 Direction: past, through, from, off, out, to, up, down
 Association: of, with, for, like
 Two-Syllable Preposition along beside beyond about among between above before over under behind across against outside after below
 Combined Prepositions without within throughout into onto upon
 II. Relationships of Prepositions (Prepositions show different relations when used in sentences)
 Place/Position: near in front of by under at among beside between over on top of inside beneath in to around at the back on up behind from
 Manner: by with on like in  Time: by during after in the middle of at until in at the end of before since in the beginning of
 Direction: out of into from toward to through by way of
 Situation/Comparison/Similarity: like similar to different from as if
 Degree/Measure: by several hours by one day by three feet by two hours
 Cause/Purpose: for safety for negligence for slander for economy for interview
 Result: into a mess in a deadlock in shamble into a shooting incident
 Agent: by with
 Accompaniment: with
 In the capacity of: as
 Association: of
 Grammatical: of the clock on Tuesday in the room at the store in the room on the street
 Idiomatic: get on put off put on get rid of