PREPOSITIONS

A preposition is a word or set of words that indicates the relationships between a noun or pronoun and other parts of the sentence. A preposition is always related to a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition. Prepositions are generally, but not always, used before a noun or pronoun to indicate the place, time or direction. English syntax allows and sometimes requires final placement of the preposition. Example: That depends on what you believe in.

Prepositions of time show when things happen e.g. in, at, on, since, ago, before...

Prepositions of place show position; they indicate where something or someone is located and where things happen e.g. in, at, on, below, near...

Prepositions of movement indicate direction. Essentially, they describe how something or someone moves from one place to another e.g. toward, up, down, over...

Preposition for device, instrument or machines e.g. on, by, with, etc. and various semantic roles e.g. of, for, etc.

This classification is not disjunct: a lot of preposition fall in more than one group, e.g. “in” can be used for “in the car” (spatial) or for “in five years” (temporal). The following list contains some of the most frequently used prepositions in English. 

Write an example with the following prepositions: of, by, about, for, with and without.