CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Prepositions
Let’s discuss prepositions and types of prepositions
Class 6 English – Prepositions
A Preposition is one of the essential parts of speech of Grammar. It is essential while making a sentence as it provides necessary and additional details.Prepositions define direction, time, location and spatial relationships. Prepositions are words, giving information to the readers such as general descriptive information, when something takes place, where something takes place, why something takes place, etc.
Types of prepositions
Prepositions of directions
Prepositions of time
Prepositions of Place/Location
Prepositions of agents
Prepositions of Instruments, devices, or machines
Prepositional phases
1. Preposition of Time – refers to time on various aspects like at, on, and in.
In – months or years, a particular time of a day, month or a year, a specific time in past or future.
On – A day, dates, particular days.
At – Time of a clock or short and precise time.
2. Preposition of Places – used for several types of places like on, at, in.
Here, ‘In’ is used for a place having some sort of physical and virtual boundary.
‘On’ is used for a surface.
‘At’ is used for a specific place.
For more examples and practice sheets, click 6th Class English.
3. Prepositions for Agent – used to express a causal relationship between nouns and an action like by, with.
A nice dress is designed by my mother.
My kids have gone for shopping with their grandmother.
Prepositions for devices, machines or instruments – used for joining nouns to other words in the sentence. Like on, by, with the help of.
He went to school by bus.
She watered plants with the help of a water-pipe.
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