Common Prepositions

Most prepositions have to do with time or place. There is no need to memorize every preposition (in fact, there are many more prepositions than those listed), but it will help you to read through the following list once or twice.

Spatial	Abstract	Temporal
above	about	after
across (from)	according to	around
against	as (for)	at
ahead of	besides	by
along/alongside	concerning	during
among	considering	past
apart from	contrary to	since
around	despite	till
at	except (for)	to
below	in order to	until
beneath	in relation to
beside	in spite of
between	like
beyond	notwithstanding
by	of
down	off
in front of	on account of
in place of	regarding
inside	regardless of
into	such as
near	throughout
next to	unlike
on	upon
onto	with
out (of)
outside
past
round
through
to
toward(s)
under(neath)
up
within