Some of the common prepositions are: above, below, for, of, from, in, inside, into, to, until, with and many more.

1. Some of the prepositions that tell us where:
The cat sat on the mat.
The lorry is stuck at the traffic lights.

2. Some of the prepositions that tell us when:
The meeting is scheduled at 10:30 a.m.

3. Some of the prepositions that tell us relationship:
I am older than my sister.
The maps on this wall are very old.

4. Some prepositions tell us about the position of a subject in a sentence.
The subject is used in the beginning of a sentence

Example

What is the position of the pen?
Ans: On the table

5. A preposition always has an object, which usually comes after it.
The object is most often a noun phrase or pronoun. For example:

• These flowers are foryou.
• We travel bybus.
• The man took a pen out ofihis pocket.

6. The object of a preposition can also be in –ing form
They suspected him of cheating

7. A preposition followed by its Object is called a preposition phrase

• I sat on the sofa.
• The children went to shopping with their parents.

8. A prepositional phrase often does the work of an adverb, telling more about the action of a verb

• The horse jumped over the fence.
• He put the letter in his pocket

9. Prepositional phrase: As adjective, telling more about a noun.

• The Photographs on the wall are very old
• I saw a man with grey hair

10. Prepositional phrase: As complement of a linking verb

• Mom is in the kitchen
• He felt out of place

11. Using two or more prepositional phrase one after another

• We travelled to the airport, in a taxi.

12. Prepositional phrase are used at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis

• Since 1980 she has lived alone.

13. Preposition can come at the end of some questions beginning with a wh-word.

• What is this used for?
• Whose team are you in?
• Which department should I complaint to?

14. Preposition can also come at the end of an indirect question.

• He couldn’t decide which film to go to.

15. A preposition sometimes stays with a to-infinitive when its object comes earlier in the sentence:

• I am looking for something to write with.
• The stream was too wide to jump over.