List of prepositions

Here is a list of some of the most common prepositions in English.

What is a ‘preposition’?

A preposition is often about direction and location. Examples of prepositions are words like ‘to’, ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘for’ and so on.

A preposition comes before a noun and shows how something is related to that noun.

It links two nouns together.

For example: “John comes from Australia.”

‘From’ comes before the noun ‘Australia’ and tells us that is where John comes from.

The nouns ‘John’ and ‘Australia’ are linked by the preposition ‘from’.

List of prepositions:

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without