Prepositions

Prepositions tell us where something is. Words like in, on, under, behind, etc are prepositions.

Read these sentences :

• The book is on the table.
• The book is under the chair.
• The bird is in the cage.
• The boy jumped into the river.
• The dog is behind the tree.
• The dog is near the tree.
• There is a bridge over the river.
• The dog is in front of the tree.
• The rat is between the cat and the dog.

Some prepositions are:

in into of off by

on out till to from

under up with behind near

at above over for between