Preposition: A preposition describes a relationship of words in a sentence. They are almost always combined with nouns to form a prepositional phrase which adds description to the sentence.

Example without preposition: The dog ran.

Examples with preposition: The dog ran down the street.

Some commonly used prepositions are:

about	beside	near	to
above	besides	of	toward
across	between	off	towards
after	beyond	on	under
against	by	onto	until
along	during	out	up
among	for	outside	upon
around	from	over	with
as	in	past	within
before	inside	since	without
behind	into	through
below	like	throughout

Note: Prepositions often show movement:

She’s going (to the dentist).

Prepositions often show location:

She is cozy (in the bed) (at the motel).

Prepositions often show time:

She lived there (for five years).

( ) = prepositional phrase

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