Preposition - Parts of Speech
What is a preposition mean? Preposition is a part of speech in a sentence which shows the connection between a noun or a verb or an adjective to a noun or a pronoun or an adjective in a sentence. A preposition may be a single word or a group of words. For example, The book is ON the table. The book is NOUN The table is another NOUN. ON is the pronoun shows the connection of the book to the table. So ON is a PREPOSITION . See more examples: 1. The thief is hiding BEHIND the wall. 2. I am working OUT exercises. 3. They were taking a trip IN a bus. 4. We see a bridge ACROSS the river. In the above sentences BEHIND, OUT, IN, and ACROSS are the prepositions showing the connection or relationship between two nouns or pronoun in those sentences. The proposition fastening and wrap the words into a meaningful one. See some common one-word prepositions using in the English language. 1. AT 2. ACROSS 3. ABOUT 4. AFTER 4. ALONG 5. AMONG 6. AROUND 7.