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Preposition . Conjunction . Article

PREPOSITION

Definition

Preposition is a word, which is used to link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.

Kinds of Preposition Place of Prepositions Time of Prepositions

Direction of Prepositions

PREPOSITION

Prepositions like at, in, into, on, above, below,

under, beside, opposite are used to indicate place and position

Example : The rabbit is in/inside the hutch. Pamela is jumping into the pool.

The pitcher is on the table.

PREPOSITION OF PLACE

Some prepositions show when something

happens. They are called prepositions of time.

Example : We’re going to the zoo on Saturday.

No, you can’t watch a video. It’s past your bedtime already.

I visited my grandparents during the summer.

PREPOSITION OF TIME

Some prepositions show where something is

going. They are called prepositions of direction.

Example : The football rolled down the hill.

A man was walking his dog along the riverbank.

The freeway goes right through the city.

PREPOSITION OF DIRECTION

CONJUNCTION

Definition

Preposition is a word, which is used to link words, phrases and clauses.

Kinds of Conjunctions Coordinating Correlative

CONJUNCTION

is a single connecting word

Example and, but, so, for, nor, or, yet

COORDINATING

Pete and Terry are good friends. (Nouns) Did you speak with him or her?

(Pronouns) The dog growled and barked at me. (Verbs) The box was long and narrow.

(Adjectives) She spoke softly yet urgently.

(Adverbs)

EXAMPLE

are pairs of conjunctions

Examplenot only/but also

whether/orneither/nor

either/orboth/and

CORRELATIVE

Both the temperature and the humidity were

high yesterday.

That coat is neither warm nor comfortable. Either Eva will come to our house, or we will

see her at my cousin’s house.

EXAMPLE

ARTICLE

Indifinite Article

“A” and “An” are the indifinite articles. They used before nouns that introduce something or

someone you have not mentioned before.

Example I saw an elephant this morning.

I ate a banana for lunch.

ARTICLE

use “A” when the noun are referring to begins

with a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y or z)

use “An” when the noun are referring to begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

NOTE

Difinite Article

“The” is definite article.It used when you know that the listener knows or can work out what particular person/thing you are talking about.

Example Did you lock the car?

The apple you ate was rotten.

ARTICLE

We should also use “the” when we have

already mentioned the thing we are talking about.

ExampleShe's got two children; a girl and a boy. The girl's

eight and the boy's fourteen.

THE

use the to talk about geographical points on the globe.

Examplethe North Pole, the equator

use the to talk about rivers, oceans and seasExample

the Nile, the Pacific, the English channel

use the before certain nouns when we know there is only one of a particular thing.

Example the rain, the sun, the wind, the world, the earth

THE

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