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PREPOSITIONS | Parts of Speech Made Easy
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In this video, you will learn PREPOSITIONS in the easiest and most interesting way. This lesson is specially designed for beginners and school students who want to improve their English grammar confidently.
✨ In this lesson, you will learn:
✔️ What are prepositions?
✔️ Prepositions of place
✔️ Prepositions of time
✔️ Prepositions of direction
✔️ Easy grammar rules with examples
✔️ Daily-use sentence practice
📘 Examples Included:
👉 in the box
👉 on the table
👉 under the chair
👉 at 5 o’clock
👉 towards the park
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Hello everyone, hope you all are doing
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great. Today we are going to start with
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another important parts of the speech
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that is prepositions.
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Let's check now that what are the
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various things which we are going to
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cover in today's video. We are going to
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understand what are prepositions, what
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are the various types of prepositions,
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tips and tricks to insert various
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prepositions and finally a few important
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prepositions whose difference we should
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know very clearly. Let's now start with
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understanding the definition of
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prepositions. What is a preposition? A
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preposition is a word which helps us to
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connect nouns or pronouns to other words
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in a sentence. They actually help us to
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show the relationship between the words.
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For example, in, and on, of to, into,
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etc.
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First of all, I'm going to start with
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the first type of the prepositions and
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they are the prepositions of place.
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These are the prepositions which tell us
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where something is located in
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relationship to the another thing. The
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various words which can be used as a
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preposition of place include in, and on,
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above, below, behind, between, beside,
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near, inside, outside, etc. Let's try to
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take some examples. The book is in the
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box. Where is the book? In the box. It
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is inside the container. Let's take one
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more example to understand the
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prepositions of place. The cat is
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sleeping on the rug. Where is the cat
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sleeping? On the rug. It means on the
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top surface of the rug.
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The second type of prepositions are
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prepositions of time. These prepositions
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pinpoint when something happens or how
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long it lasts. For example, in, at, on,
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before, during, since, eta. Let's
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understand with help of examples. She
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arrived in the morning. When did she
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arrive? In the morning during a period.
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Check the another example. The movie
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starts on Friday. when the movie will
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start on Friday on the specific day.
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I haven't seen him since yesterday.
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It is starting from a point. So in all
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the three sentences the words like in,
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on, since showcase the time when
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something is done. So these words are
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the prepositions of time. Now the third
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type of prepositions are prepositions of
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direction. These prepositions show when
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something is moving or going. They tell
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us that in which direction something is
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going. For example, to, from, towards,
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into, across, through, along, etc. Let's
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check some examples. She walked to the
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park. So here two is helping us to
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indicate a destination.
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See the second example. The bird flew
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from the tree. So here it is telling us
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about the origin of something, the
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starting point of something.
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They ran across the street. So here the
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word across is helping us to understand
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a moment across something. So to, from,
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and across are all used as prepositions
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of direction here. Now I'm going to make
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you understand the usage of some very
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important prepositions. First of all,
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what we are going to understand is that
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at what all places can we use in. In is
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always used for months,
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years, long periods, countries or
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cities. For example, I was born in 2025.
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Ria was born in India.
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Jatin was born in the month of December.
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Now let's understand the important uses
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of at
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preposition is always used when you're
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going to talk about exact time all the
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smaller places. For example, Ria will
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meet Jatin at 700 p.m.
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I stayed at home because it was raining.
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Ria met Rajie at the station.
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Now let's understand the uses of the
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preposition on.
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We always use on for days, dates or
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surfaces. Check the examples.
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She is going to meet me on Monday.
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The food is kept on the table.
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He was born on 5th June.
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Now let's understand the difference
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between in and into.
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In means something which is already
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inside.
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Example, the books are in the bag. She
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is in the room. The fish is in the
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water. So here there is no movement. The
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things are already inside.
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However, if you talk about into, it
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always shows movement inside. For
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example, she walked into the room. The
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boy jumped into the pool, put the
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clothes into the cupboard. So here
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actually movement is taking place from
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outside to inside. So whenever there is
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no movement you're going to use in and
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when there is movement taking place you
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will use into.
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Many students also get confused while
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using to words. Let's understand the
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difference between the two. If I talk
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about to it shows destination. It is
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used when someone or something reaches a
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particular place. For example, she went
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to school. I am traveling to Delhi. Now
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if you talk about towards
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it shows direction.
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It is used when movement is only in the
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direction of something. For example, the
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boy ran towards the park. She moved
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towards the door. So whenever something
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reaches a particular place, you're going
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to use to to show the destination. But
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when you are using two words, it is
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always used to show the direction.
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