PREPOSITIONS AND MODIFIERS

Louise Jashil R. Sonido

Department of English and
Comparative Literature
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Common Prepositions
about
beside
Inside
to
above
besides
like
toward
across
between
near
under
after
beyond
of
underneath
against
by
off
until
along
despite
on
up
among
down
out
with
around
during
outside
within
at
except
over
without
before
for
past
behind
from
since
below
in
through
beneath
into
throughout
along with
in place of
because of
in spite of
due to
instead of
except for
on account of
in addition to
out of
in case of
up to
in front of
with the exception of
OBJECTS OF THE PREPOSITION
1. Temporal (Time) on, within, etc. (the package will arrive within the
week)
2. Locative (Location) in, on, at, across, along, etc. (she put the bee in a
jar)
3. Associative (Accompaniment) with (the child often walked with his dog)
4. Destinative (Destination) to, into, through (he forayed into the cave)
5. Instrumental (Tool) with (she ate with a knife)
6. Causative (Reason) because, due to (the tree fell due to lightning)
7. Figurative (Abstract) about (she thinks about him)
Nouns and Prepositions Adjectives and Prepositions Verbs and Prepositions
approval of
awareness of
belief in
concern for
confusion about
fondness for
grasp of
hatred of
hope for
interest in
love of
need for
participation in
reason for
respect for
success in
understanding of
afraid of
angry at
aware of
capable of
careless about
familiar with
happy about
interested in
jealous of
made of
married to
proud of
similar to
sorry for
sure of
tired of
worried about
apologize for
ask about
ask for
bring up
care for
find out
give up
grow up
look for
look up
make up
pay for
prepare for
study for
talk about
think about
trust in
PREPOSITIONS
1. Please (close, turn off, switch off) the faucet after use.
2. The students have already (filled in, filled out, filled up) the
application forms.
3. In a wedding, does the maid of honor (stand with, stand by,
stand up) the bride?
4. She (took on, took to, took up) the roles of both mother and
father as a single parent.
PREPOSITIONS
1. We have a duty to (pass on, pass out, pass off) our oral
literary traditions.
2. It can be difficult to (live on, live with, live up to) peoples
expectations.
3. None of us (agree on, agree with) the teachers arguments.
4. Rest assured that everything has been (taken cared of, taken
care of) by the best in the industry.
PREPOSITIONS
1. We are raising funds (in behalf on, on behalf of) the farmers of
Hacienda Luisita.
2. She has managed to (adapt to, adapt into) the new environment.
3. She (met up with, met) him in a party at the Fort.
4. Wipe that smile (off of, off) your face!
5. You need to (turn in, turn over, turn on) your paper (in time,
on time).