Prepositions
Shortcut Rule 1 : Across पार
Across – On the opposite side of
My Cousin lives across the river.✔
Across – From one side to another
The boy swam across the river ✔
Across – both sides
- He threw the luggage across his shoulders ✔
Come Across संयोग से मिल जाना – means meet accidentally / suddenly
- When I was going to market, I came across an old friend. ✔
- I suddenly came across him ☓
- I came across him. ✔
Shortcut Rule 2 :
Between के बीच
Used for two persons / things.
- She is sitting between munni and sheela. ✔
Among के बीच में
Used with more than two persons / things
- The principal distributed prizes among the winners ✔
Amid or Amidst के बीच और बीच में
Used for more than two persons / things (groups)
- Amid his friends ✔
- It was hard to hear amid all the cheering. ✔
Shortcut Rule 3 :
During दौरान– denotes duration.
- During the war, many people suffered hardship. ✔
- We go to Darjeeling during summer every year. ✔
Shortcut Rule 4 :
From से- is used with past / future tenses.
- I stayed there from Monday to Wednesday. ✔
- I will start my preparation from Monday next. ✔
Shortcut Rule 5 :
Of का- denotes origin / cause
- She comes of a rich family (origin) ✔
- He died of Malaria (cause) but she died in an accident. ✔
Off बंद– denotes ‘separation’
- A button has come off. ✔
- He is off duty today. ✔
Shortcut Rule 6 : After a preposition, a pronoun under objective case should be used.
- He depends on I. ☓
- He depends on me. ✔
Shortcut Rule 7 : When two words are connected by ‘and / or’ etc., the prepositions should be mentioned clearly to be used with them.
- He was surprised at as well as pleased with her performance. ✔
- She is conscious and engaged in her work. ☓
- She is conscious of and engaged in her work ✔
Shortcut Rule 8 : No preposition should be used with the noun ‘Home’ except when it is followed by an adjective in the possessive case, say go to home / arrive home / reach home / get home.
- I went to his home / He went home. ✔
- He decided to go to Krishna’s home. ✔
Shortcut Rule 9 : After transitive verbs such as ‘Discuss/Describe/reach/order/tell/demand/attach/resemble/ridicule etc. no preposition is used. The verbs directly take an object.
- The poet describes about the beauty of nature.☓
- The poet describes the beauty of nature. ✔
- He ordered for two cups of tea. ☓
- He ordered two cups of tea. ✔
Shortcut Rule 10 : After the verbs “Say / suggest / propose / speak / explain / reply / complain /talk / listen / write” the proposition “to” should be used if any object is used.
- He did not reply me. ☓
- He did not reply to me. ✔
- You never wrote me. ☓
- You never wrote to me. ✔
- He suggested her that she should eat less. ☓
- He suggested to her that she should eat less. ✔
Shortcut Rule 11 :
Since जबसे- Denotes point of time
For के लिये- denotes period of time.
They should be used with present tense or the present perfect continuous tense / past perfect tense
/ past perfect continuous tenses.
- I know her since 2011. ☓
- I have known her since 2011. ✔
- He is working in the bank for the past 3 years. ☓
- He has been working in the bank for the past 3 years. ✔
Shortcut Rule 12 : After the verb “Enter” the preposition “into” should not be used except when it is used with reference to agreement or
conversation.
- He entered into the premises without any permission. ☓
- He entered the premises without any permission. ✔
- They entered a hot discussion. ☓
- They entered into a hot discussion. ✔
Shortcut Rule 13 :
Wait for – Await,
के लिए इंतजार – का इंतजार
- He is awaiting for the reply. ☓
- He is awaiting the reply. ✔
Despite – inspite of
- Despite of his hard work, he failed in the examination. ☓
- Despite his hard work he failed in the examination. ✔
Comprises-consists of
- This book comprises of 5 chapters. ☓
- This book comprises 5 chapters. ✔
- This book consists of 5 chapters. ✔
Shortcut Rule 14 :
Dispose of – Sell away.
- He disposed off his scooter. ☓
- He disposed of his scooter. ✔