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117 Prepositions
Prepositions

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Fill in the blanks using suitable prepositions.

• I go to the temple________ Mondays.

• Punjab is a state ________India.
• Ruskin Bond writes ________ children.

• I am waiting for you ________ the bus stop.

Let’s Learn Prepositions

A preposi� on is a word which links a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a

sentence.

Read the following sentences.

The girl is going to school. He jumped into the pond.
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The birds are fl ying in the sky.
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In the above sentences, the highlighted words are preposi� ons. They link nouns or

pronouns to the other words in the sentences.

There are diff erent kinds of preposi� ons.

Preposi� ons of Place Preposi� ons of Time

Preposi� ons of Movement

Prepositions of Place

They tell us about the loca� on of a noun or a pronoun. The words in, on, under, in

front of, behind, between, among, near, above, below, over, beside are preposi� ons

of place.
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