Prepositions — Complete Guide — Full Lecture

Time Prepositions:

Preposition	Usage	Example
at	Exact time, festivals	at 5 PM, at night, at dawn, at Eid
on	Day/Date	on Monday, on 21st February, on Eid day
in	Month/Year/Season/Long period	in January, in 2024, in winter, in the morning
by	Deadline	by 5 PM (5 PM-এর মধ্যে)
within	Time period	within 3 days
since	Point of time (perfect tense)	since 2020
for	Duration (perfect tense)	for 5 years
during	Throughout an event	during the vacation

Place Prepositions:

Preposition	Usage	Example
at	Specific point	at the bus stop, at home
on	Surface	on the table, on the wall
in	Enclosed space	in the room, in Dhaka
above	Higher (no contact)	The fan is above the table
over	Directly above / covering	The bridge is over the river
below	Lower (no contact)	below sea level
under	Directly beneath	under the table
between	Two things	between A and B
among	More than two	among the students
beside	Next to	beside the river
besides	In addition to	Besides English, he knows Bangla

পরীক্ষায় সবচেয়ে বেশি আসে — Fixed Prepositions:

Verb/Adj + Preposition	Example
agree with (person), agree to (proposal)	I agree with you. I agree to your plan.
angry with (person), angry at (thing)	angry with him, angry at the result
consist of	Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
depend/rely on	It depends on you.
differ from	Dhaka differs from London.
die of (disease), die from (cause)	die of cancer, die from an accident
good at	He is good at English.
interested in	I am interested in music.
listen to	Listen to me.
look at (see), look after (care), look for (search), look into (investigate)	—
prefer A to B	I prefer tea to coffee.
similar to	His bag is similar to mine.
superior/inferior/senior/junior to	He is senior to me.
suffer from	He suffers from fever.
wait for	Wait for me.