Tricky Prepositions

A Preposition is a word that usually comes before a noun or pronoun to show time, place and direction. It is a word that shows a relationship between one word in a sentence to another word. Some examples are...
above, across, after, along, among, around, as, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without

Using prepositions can get a bit tricky when we use them with various place and time concepts. Below are some charts to help point out the generalized rules of use.