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Prepositions

  • Read the following sentences:

Joy keeps his room very neat and clean. His clothes are in the cupboard. His books are on the shelf. There is a small table near his bed. His bag is on the table. His toys are under the bed.

In these sentences, the words in, on, near, under show the relation of one thing to another. Such words are called Prepositions.

 

  • Let us look at some more sentences:
  1. The book is on the table.
  2. The book is under the table.
  3. The book is near the table.
  4. The book is in the table.
  5. The book is above the table.
  6. The book is below the table.
  7. The book is beside the table.
  8. The book is behind the table.

 

Each of the above sentences has a word (in italics) that shows the relation between the book and the table. All these words are Prepositions.

A Preposition is a word which is used before a noun or a pronoun to show its relation with another noun or pronoun.

  • Some common Prepositions:

In, on, under, near, behind, over, into, in front of, between, above, below, for, since, beside, with, from, after, before, up, down, of, by, at etc.

is, am, are + ing form of the Verb

  • Read the following sentences:
  1. I am watching television.
  2. My sister is playing outside.
  3. Father is reading a newspaper.
  4. Mother is cleaning the cupboard.
  5. He is watering the plants.
  6. They are playing football.
  7. The bees are buzzing.
  8. The dog is barking.
  9. The cat is running after a mouse.
  10. The children are praying to God.

 

When we use is/am/are + doing word (Verb) + ing, we tell what is happening now i.e. at the time of speaking, as:

Mother: What are you doing, John?

John: I am reading a story, mother.

 Activity: Look around you and describe what different people are doing.