Prepositions Listaboard

Prepositions List aboard :
about
above
across
after
against
along
alongside
amid
amidst
among
amongst
around
as
aside
at
athwart
atop
barring
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
circa
concerning
despite
down
during
except
failing
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
mid
minus
near
next
notwithstanding
of
off
on
onto
opposite
out
outside
over
pace
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
throughout
till
times
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without
worth

Fun Tip: Try stringing together as many of these words into your own preposition song! Another great way to remember these is to write them down on flashcards and browse through them regularly.
Common Multiple Word Prepositionsaccording to
ahead of
as far as
as well as
aside from
because of
by means of
close to
due to
except for
far from
in accordance with
in addition to
in to
in case of
in front of
in lieu of
on to
in place of
in spite of
inside of
instead of
near to
next to
on account of
on behalf of
on top of
out from
out of
outside of
owing to
prior to
pursuant to
regardless of
subsequent to
that of

Prepositional Phrases
The boys played behind the house. Near the fence they saw a pretty girl with long hair.
The letter "A" is before the letter "B," and the letter "B" is between the letters "A" and "C."
The children divided the candy among themselves. Johnny took a chocolate bar instead of a lolipop.
According to Jane, the banana is inside the box, on top of the sandwich.
("inside the box" and "on top of the sandwich" are two different preposional phrases)