Prepositions Grade 3

PREPOSITIONS
A preposition is a word which shows the relationship between a noun

or a pronoun and some other word in a sentence.
List of prepositions :
at over behind in
for under back on
from above before of
down below after by
into beside between to
without near among up
upon in front of along across
around during through with
Usage :
A] Use of ‘in :
‘in’ is used with names of countries, big cities, states and in large
towns. It is also used to say about the happening of an event in a
particular year or month.
Examples :
1. Sam lives ______ Canada.
2. My brother studies ______ Delhi.
3. The duck is ____ the pond.
B] Use of ‘at’:
‘at’ is used with places, names of towns, small villages and exact point
of time.
Examples:
1. ____ Bandra 2. ______ 6 o’clock
3. ______ the bus stop 4. ______ night
C] Difference in use of ‘at’ or ‘in’ :
‘at’ smaller area ‘in’ larger area
_____ Matunga _____ Mumbai
_____ Taj Mahal ____ Agra
Exercise on ‘in’/’at’
1. He lives _____ Dadar _____ Mumbai.
2. He lives _____ Hotel Sea Princess _____ Mumbai.
Note the following uses of ‘in’ and ‘at’ :
in the morning at noon

in the evening at night
in the afternoon at dawn
Use of ‘in’ / ‘at’
Fill in blanks :
1. ________ 1947, India got freedom.
2. I used to live ______ Matunga.
3. The postman is standing _____ the door.
4. We have English classes ______ the morning.
5. I don’t work _____ night.

D]Use of ‘in’ and ‘into’:
• In means inside something

• Into shows movement from one place to another( things in
motion ) ( action not completed )
• Into is used when something is moving inside another thing.
Use in/ into in these pair of sentences:
1. The water ____ the swimming pool is cold. Jump _____
the pool.
2. Get ______ the bus before it starts. There are forty

passangers _____ the bus.
3. May I go ________ the room ? There is nobody _____
there, now.
4. Put your hand _______ the bag. Can you feel anything
_____ it?
Use ‘to’/ ‘into’:
1. The frog jumped ______ the river.

2. He ran _____ school.
3. I went ____ ‘ShoeMart’ , ______ buy new shoes.
4. Put the money _______ your pocket.
5. He is going _____ Dubai.
Use of in/ into/ at :
1. Swami jumped _______ the swimming pool.
2. The crayons are _____ the drawer.

3. You can read the introductions ______ the beginning of
the lesson.
4. Sam is waiting _______ the bus stop.
5. We have English classes ______ the morning.
6. He went ________ the dark room fearlessly.
Use of ‘for’/ ‘from’/ ‘since’:
for- for is used to speak of a period of time.
from – from is used to speak about the beginning of the period.

Since- point of time or the perfect time.
Fill in the blanks with for/from/since :
1. I have been studying ______ 2 o,clock.
2. Jane went ______ a picnic.
3. Our holidays begin _______ tomorrow. We are going to
Pune ______ a week.
4. Hari has not bee to school ______ Monday.
5. I watched television ________ three hours. Ram
watched television _______ 2 o,clock to 5 o’clock.

6. _______ how long have you been waiting? I have been waiting
________ six o’ clock.

Prepositions
Use of by/ with
By and with both are used to say how somebody does something. But
there is an important difference.
We use by to talk about an action – what we do to get a result.
We use with to talk about a tool or other object- what we use to get
a result.
By is also used to refer to means of transport.
Fill in the blanks :
1. I killed the spider ______ hitting it.

2. I killed the spider ________ a shoe.
3. Have you travelled _____ air?
4. Write _____ a pencil.
5. I travel _______ school bus.
6. He ate _______ a spoon.
Use between / among :
Between : is sued for two persons, places, animals or things.
Among : is used for more than two persons, places or things.
1. Sam sat ___________ his parents in the movie.

2. The dog is standing __________ the plants.
3. The monkey was stuck ________ the boxes.
4. The athletes waited ____________ the audience.
5. Children will share the sweets ____________ themselves.
Use beside/ besides :
Beside: is used when the meaning is next to or by the side of.
Besides: is in addition to
1. Seema sits ________ her mother.

2. I speak Hindi ___________ English.
3. The man waited ___________ the tree.
4. I am too tired for a walk. ___________ its raining.
5. She cat sat _________ the chair.
Use of before/ after :
1. Monday comes ____________ Tuesday.

2. November comes _________ October.
3. ___________ zero the first number is one.
4. Look _________ you cross the road.
Use of above / below :
1. The water rose _________ her head.

2. The plane flew __________ the mountains.
3. Children __________ two years of age are not allowed in the
auditorium.
4. The treasure is buried 2 meters ___________ the ground.
Use of over / under :
1. The bird flew __________ my head.

2. You must not stand __________ the ladder.
3. He hid the money ________ his bed.
4. The cat jumped _______ the fence.
Use of from/ to :
1. She fell down ________ the ladder.

2. She is coming home ___________ school.
3. He walked from here ____ there.
4. He returned __________ Mumbai yesterday.
5. He went _____ Mumbai last week.
Prepositions
Underline the prepositions :
1. The man is standing near the hut.

2. Jack and Jill went up the hill.
3. The train went under the bridge.
4. We ate dinner at 8 p.m.
5. The girls swam across the river.
6. The thief jumped over the wall.
7. The coin fell into the well.
8. Jane is in her bedroom.
9. The poor boy has eaten nothing since yesterday.
10.The flowers are in the basket.
11. Seema has gone to London.
12. There is a lake beside the farm.
13. The table is between the beds.
14. The seashells are lying on the shore.
15. John left for the party.
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions :
1. The bag is ______ the room.
2. The cups are _______ the table.
3. He came _______ twelve o’ clock.
4. I cut the cake ________ a knife.
5. Rohan sat ____________ me.
6. I played in the garden _______ my brother.
7. I kept the peacock feather ________ the pages of my book.
8. The old man slowly climbed __________ the stairs.
9. I received a letter ________ my mother.
10.The book is _____the table.

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PREPOSITIONS

A preposition is a word which shows the relationship between a noun

1. Sam lives ______ Canada.

2. My brother studies ______ Delhi.

3. The duck is ____ the pond.

1. ____ Bandra 2. ______ 6 o’clock

3. ______ the bus stop 4. ______ night

C] Difference in use of ‘at’ or ‘in’ :

‘at’ smaller area ‘in’ larger area

_____ Matunga _____ Mumbai

_____ Taj Mahal ____ Agra

1. He lives _____ Dadar _____ Mumbai.

2. He lives _____ Hotel Sea Princess _____ Mumbai.

Note the following uses of ‘in’ and ‘at’ :

in the morning at noon

Use of ‘in’ / ‘at’

2. I used to live ______ Matunga.

3. The postman is standing _____ the door.

4. We have English classes ______ the morning.

5. I don’t work _____ night.

• In means inside something

Use in/ into in these pair of sentences:

1. The water ____ the swimming pool is cold. Jump _____

2. Get ______ the bus before it starts. There are forty

3. May I go ________ the room ? There is nobody _____

Use ‘to’/ ‘into’:

1. The frog jumped ______ the river.

3. I went ____ ‘ShoeMart’ , ______ buy new shoes.

4. Put the money _______ your pocket.

5. He is going _____ Dubai.

Use of in/ into/ at :

1. Swami jumped _______ the swimming pool.

2. The crayons are _____ the drawer.

4. Sam is waiting _______ the bus stop.

5. We have English classes ______ the morning.

6. He went ________ the dark room fearlessly.

Use of ‘for’/ ‘from’/ ‘since’:

for- for is used to speak of a period of time.

from – from is used to speak about the beginning of the period.

Fill in the blanks with for/from/since :

1. I have been studying ______ 2 o,clock.

2. Jane went ______ a picnic.

3. Our holidays begin _______ tomorrow. We are going to

Pune ______ a week.

4. Hari has not bee to school ______ Monday.

5. I watched television ________ three hours. Ram

watched television _______ 2 o,clock to 5 o’clock.

________ six o’ clock.

Use of by/ with

We use by to talk about an action – what we do to get a result.

By is also used to refer to means of transport.

Fill in the blanks :

1. I killed the spider ______ hitting it.

Use between / among :

Between : is sued for two persons, places, animals or things.

Among : is used for more than two persons, places or things.

Fill in the blanks :

1. Sam sat ___________ his parents in the movie.

Use beside/ besides :

Beside: is used when the meaning is next to or by the side of.

1. Bandra 2. __ 6 o’clock

3. the bus stop 4. night

_ Matunga _ Mumbai

_ Taj Mahal Agra

1. He lives _ Dadar _ Mumbai.

2. He lives _ Hotel Sea Princess _ Mumbai.

1. The water the swimming pool is cold. Jump _

3. May I go ____ the room ? There is nobody _

3. I went ‘ShoeMart’ , __ buy new shoes.