Prepositions and Conjunctions Cheat Sheet

Preposition Quick List ( 40 most common) about around down inside out above as during into outside according to at except like over across before for near through against behind from of to + noun along beside in off under after between in front of on up among by including onto with 33 second most common prepositions ahead of besides instead of regardless of until as to beyond near to round up to as well as but (except) other than since upon aside from concerning out of such as within away from despite past (by) throughout without because of in addition to per towards beneath in relation to rather than unlike 55 more prepositions aboard astride except for on the part of subject to absent barring excepting on to till all over below excluding on top of toward along with by means of failing opposite underneath alongside by way of following pending unto amid close by less plus via amongst close to let alone prior to versus apart from considering minus regarding with regard to as of contrary to next to relative to with respect to as for depending on notwithstanding respecting worth as opposed to due to on behalf of similar to IN prepositions in accordance with in conjunction with in relation to in support of in addition to in connection with in respect of in terms of in between in favor of in response to in the light of in case of in front of in search of in touch with in charge of in line with in spite of in view of
to + noun prepositional phrase to + verb verbal (infinitive).rase

Conjunctionsafter because if provided that unless albeit before in case rather than until although but in that since when and even if in which so where or even though like so long as whereas as even when nor so that whether as if except now that than whether or not as long as except that once that while as soon as for (because) or though as though given that provided till

Prepositions and Conjunctions Cheat Sheet

!" do #ou need a cheat sheet on prepositions and conjunctions$ hile there are hundreds of thousands of nouns! adjectives! and adverbs! there are only a very small and limited number of prepositions and conjunctions. "ost are on this sheet. #repositional phrases and conjunctions can make up %rom 50& to '0& of most written material. #repositional phrases and conjunctions are the glue that hold the $nglish %anguage together. &herefore! recogni'ing prepositional phrases and conjunctions will help to immediately improve your understanding of $nglish and also your understanding of grammar.

!IN(S )N *+,--,+. I% #ou /I+S( identi%# and mark a00 the prepositiona0 phrases in a sentence1 the entire sentence structure becomes much easier to see and understand. (t is much easier to then identify the subject! verb! objects! and compliments in clauses. (he object o% a preposition can N232+ 4e the su4ject o% a c0ause or sentence5 example) The group of girls was shocked. &he object of the preposition *of+ is *girls.+ &herefore the subject mus be *group.+ ,nd so! the correct verb is *was+ and not *were+ The group [...] was shocked. -owever! the object of the preposition sometimes helps determine the verb form in subject-verb agreement (such as words of portion like all, most, some, half etc..)! but the object of the preposition is still ./& the actual subject. e.g. "ost (of the chickens) are sick. "ost (of the chicken) is gone. (i.e. has been eaten) ,ll (of the chickens) are sick. ,ll (of the chicken) is gone. Prepositiona0 Phrases most o%ten act as adjecti6a0 or ad6er4ia0 phrases5 I can't reach that big red book on the top shelf. hich big red book0 &he one on the top shelf (adjectival phrase) The big red book sat on the top shelf for weeks. &he big red book sat where0 /n the top shelf (adverbial phrase)