Preposition Chart
Preposition How It’s Used Example
Showing Time
At exact times at
3pm
meal times at
dinner
parts of the day at
sundown
age at
age 21
By a limit in time by
sundown
in the sense of
at the latest by
the due date
In seasons in
the summer
months in
November
years in
1992
durations in
the same year
after a certain period of time in
an hour
On days of the week on
Wednesday
parts of the day where the on
Friday night
day is named
dates on
December 4th
Ago a certain time in the past 2 years
ago
After a point in time that follows after fter
the game; a the
another point in time surgery
Before a point in time that precedes before leaving;
before
another point in time before
breakfast; 2004
During something that during uring
the night; d
happened/will happen in a war
specific period of time
For over a certain period in the for
2 years
CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Summer 2015
, Preposition Chart
past
Past telling the time ast
ten p six (6:10)
Since from a certain period of time since since
1980; the
accident
Throughout something that throughout
the year;
happened/will happen throughout
the ordeal
continuously in a specific
period of time
To telling time o
ten t six (5:50)
from an earlier time to a to
1pm 3pm
later time
Until up to a certain point in time until t until
he end; sunrise
how long something is going
to last
Up (to) from an earlier point to a ow
up (to) n
later point
Showing Place
At an object’s settled position or at t t
the airport; a he
position after it has moved ceremony
meeting place or location at at
home; the desk
point of direction t
turning a the intersection
a target t
throwing the snowball a
Lucy
By close to by
the school
alongside of by
the window
In in an enclosed space in n
the garage; i
an envelope
in a geographic location in n
San Diego; i Texas
in a print medium in in
a book; a magazine
CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Summer 2015
Preposition How It’s Used Example
Showing Time
At exact times at
3pm
meal times at
dinner
parts of the day at
sundown
age at
age 21
By a limit in time by
sundown
in the sense of
at the latest by
the due date
In seasons in
the summer
months in
November
years in
1992
durations in
the same year
after a certain period of time in
an hour
On days of the week on
Wednesday
parts of the day where the on
Friday night
day is named
dates on
December 4th
Ago a certain time in the past 2 years
ago
After a point in time that follows after fter
the game; a the
another point in time surgery
Before a point in time that precedes before leaving;
before
another point in time before
breakfast; 2004
During something that during uring
the night; d
happened/will happen in a war
specific period of time
For over a certain period in the for
2 years
CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Summer 2015
, Preposition Chart
past
Past telling the time ast
ten p six (6:10)
Since from a certain period of time since since
1980; the
accident
Throughout something that throughout
the year;
happened/will happen throughout
the ordeal
continuously in a specific
period of time
To telling time o
ten t six (5:50)
from an earlier time to a to
1pm 3pm
later time
Until up to a certain point in time until t until
he end; sunrise
how long something is going
to last
Up (to) from an earlier point to a ow
up (to) n
later point
Showing Place
At an object’s settled position or at t t
the airport; a he
position after it has moved ceremony
meeting place or location at at
home; the desk
point of direction t
turning a the intersection
a target t
throwing the snowball a
Lucy
By close to by
the school
alongside of by
the window
In in an enclosed space in n
the garage; i
an envelope
in a geographic location in n
San Diego; i Texas
in a print medium in in
a book; a magazine
CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Summer 2015
