Preposition List
Preposition List
Preposition List
There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you
think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important
words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In
fact, the prepositions of, to and inare among the ten most frequent words in English.
Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these
prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise
meaning and usage
down since
during than
aboard
except through
about
excepting to
above
excluding toward
across
following towards
after
for under
against
from underneath
along
in unlike
amid
inside until
among
into up
anti
like upon
around
minus versus
as
near via
at
of with
before
off within
behind
on without
below
onto
beneath
opposite And REMEMBER:
beside
outside
besides PREPOSITION + VERB –ING
over
between ‘I´m afraid of watching him’
past
beyond
per ‘She’s worried about failing her
but exam’
plus
by
regarding
concerning
round
considering
save
despite