11.1 List of Prepositions with Examples

Preposition Usage
about for on
about 4 o’clock for a dollar on 28th May
about two dollars for a week on fire
for an hour on foot 
above for ten minutes on holiday
above ten dollars for you on the left
above the roof on the right
from on the wall
after from here on time
after 3 o’clock from London on Tuesday
after lunch
after this week in over
in 1974 over fifty
among in a few moments
among the five in a hurry past
among the trees in a week’s time a quarter past
in February half past
at in front of
at 7 o’clock in great danger since
at a distance in New York since 3 o’clock
at a time in my class since last week
at any rate in my opinion since Monday
at Christmas in my view since she died
at first in prison since the party
at home in the army since you left
at last in the box
at once in the crowd through
at school in the end all through
at the airport in the evening through the door
at the door in this room
at the top in trouble to
five to eight
before near next to
before 5 o’clock near my school
before the war near the market under
under a tree
below of under age
below fifty a box of under fifteen years old
below the sea a few of under repair
down below a great deal of under ten dollars
a little of under the control of
beside a lot of under the impression that
beside the door a piece of under the influence of
a quarter of under the table
by a tin of under the water
by heart all of underneath
by mistake half of
by the dozen many of until
by the side of more of until 3 o’clock
by this week most of until next week
by train/bus/car/taxi much of until tomorrow
one by one none of
side by side plenty of with
several of with a brush
during the back of with a knife
during the holidays the top of with a stick
during the lesson
during the night off without
a long way off without doubt
be well off without his help
off the grass
off the road