Prepositions types
1. Simple Prepositions
2. Double Prepositions
3. Phrase Prepositions
4. Compound Prepositions
5. Participle Prepositions.
They are :
Simple Prepositions:- One word prepositions like on, of, at, in, by, with, for, to, from and Since etc are called simple prepositions
Double Prepositions: When two simple prepositions are united to form a Single preposition, it is called a double preposition. Eg:- into, upon, upto, within, without etc.
Compound Prepositions - When two words are united to form a preposition, it is called a compound preposition.
Example: be + fore = before
be + Side = beside
be + hind = behind
to+wards towards etc.
Phrase Prepositions:- When a group of words used along with One or two simple prepositions, it is called a phrase preposition.
Eg : In Spite of, on account of, instead of, in front of,on behalf of etc.,
:- When a participle [u+ing] is used as a preposition, it is called participle preposition
Eg- According, during, owing, considering, regarding etc.
The Simple prepositions are further divided into 3 types.
1. Prepositions of Time Prepositions of Travel
2 3. Prepositions of Place.
1. Prepositions of Time :
The following prepositions are used before time references.
At At is used with a definite point of time in mind.
Eg: He goes to the office at 8 o'clock. She will come at Diwali
In In is usually used to denote months, years, period and century
Eg I was born in December