Basic Use of Prepositions
Basic Use of:
of,
from,
without
noun +’ +s (If a noun ends by –s then we add only ‘ after that – s.)
They are from England.
The size of my shoes is 42.
I like my coffee without cream.
My sister’s husband is a doctor.
Sam and Susan’s house is for sale.
to
Can you give it to Peter?
He’ll show it to you.
We cannot go to school today.
about
She always talks about her family.
We have never said anything about it.
They are about forty.
with
by (always when we speak of means of transport – by car, train, bus, tram….)
They’ll come with friends.
There were free socks with the sneakers.
We went by car.
It was built by his company two years ago.
at (time reference)
at half past four
at seven o’clock
on (always with days)
on Monday
on the fifth of February
in (time period)
I will be there in two hours.
It will start in 5 minutes.
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