COMPOUND PREPOSITION
TYPE 3 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
ENGLISH 10TH - Language Practice
UNIT # 7.3
Prepositions
A preposition shows a relation between a word and a noun or a pronoun that follows it.
پری پوزیشن کسی لفظ اور ناؤن کے درمیان تعلق کو ظاہر کرتا ہے۔
In the first sentence, "on" shows a relation between the table and the book.
پہلے جملے میں "on" میز اور کتاب کے درمیان تعلق ظاہر کر رہا ہے۔
In the second sentence, "in" shows a relation between milk and the jug.
دوسرے جملے میں "in" دودھ اور جگ میں تعلق ظاہر کر رہا ہے۔
in, on, at: They are used for place and time.
at, on, in جگہ اور وقت کے لیے استعمال ہوتے ہیں۔
1. Use of at, in, and on for Place:
at:
at the door/window/bus stop/airport/traffic light/station/top/bottom/table/party, etc.in:
in the room/garden/bag/purse/mirror/book/photo/queue/stadium/bottle/jug, etc.on:
on the floor/wall/platform/roof/grass/table/train/plan/farm/average/whole, etc.
2. Use of at, in, and on for Time:
at:
at 2 o'clock/3 p.m./breakfast/present?/noon/the moment/the weekend/that time?/Eid/etc.in:
in the summer vacation/two days/the night/the 20th century/December/etc.on:
on Monday/July 4/birthday!/Friday morning?/etc.
Fixed Expressions:
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night, at noon, at midday/midnight, on duty, by car/bus/air/sea/etc.
Note: Some words can be followed by two prepositions. You should stick to any one of them.
e.g. knock at or knock on, talk to or talk with.
Some words change prepositions when used differently.
e.g. search for, in search of, good at (something), maths/computer, good for (health), good to (people), write in pen/pencil/ballpoint etc., write with a pen/pencil/ballpoint, etc.
Words followed by:
at:
aim, amazed, annoyed, arrive, ask, bark, excellent, fire, good, glad, knock, laugh, look, point, shocked, shout, skilled, smile, surprised, throw, etc.for:
accountable, appetite, apply, ask, beg, blame, care, cheque, demand, desire, eager, enough, famous, fear, impossible, late, leave, look, love, minister, need, order, prepare, possible, punish, ready, reason, reward, request, respect, reward, search, sorry, sympathy, wait, useful, etc.from:
absent, abstain, borrow, conceal, derive, deviate, differ, different, distinguish, escape, fall, free, hear, hide, prevent, protect, refrain, resign, save, separate, stop, suffer, etc.in:
abound, ability, believe, deal, dressed, faith, interest, interested, involved, participate, regular, rich, rise, set, specialize, succeed, success, take part, write, etc.of:
accused, acquitted, afraid, approve, aware, blind, composed, consist, cost, die, effect, evidence, fond, full, habit, hope, ignorant, message, minister, nervous, proud, shortage, sick, sure, tired, etc.on:
bent, blame, concentrate, congratulate, depend, emphasis, focus, influence, keen, knock, live, rely, spend, stress, etc.
to: addicted, answer, apply, attend, belong, confined, close, devoted, equal, exposed, faithful, happened, harmful, inferior, injurious, invite, junior, kind, married, migrate, object, pray, prefer, reply, rude, senior, sentenced, similar, stick, superior, etc.
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