WRONG USAGE OF PREPOSITION IELTS EXAM
- Objective case (of Noun or Pronoun) is used after Preposition.
Example
Incorrect- I do not depend on he.
Correct- I do not depend on him.
- The Prepositions used after two words must be made clear if these two words are connected by ‘and’ or ‘or’.
Example
Incorrect- She is conscious and engaged in her work.
Correct- She is conscious of and engaged in her work.
3 . If a Principal Verb is used after about, after, at, before, for, from, in, on, to, that verb must be in ‘ing’ (V4) form.
Example
Incorrect- You prevented me from do it.
Correct- You prevented me from doing it.
- On, in, at, are not used before today, tomorrow, yesterday, the following day, the next day etc.
Example
Incorrect- He will go there on tomorrow.
Correct- He will go there tomorrow.
- No Preposition is used before the word home. At home is a phrase which bears a different meaning.
Example
Incorrect- Bring a T.V. set at home.
Correct- Bring a T.V. set home.
- After Transitive Verbs, like discuss, describe, reach, order, tell, demand, attack, resemble, ridicule, etc. we directly use the object and no Preposition is used after the Verb.
Example
Incorrect- The poet describes about the beauty of natural in this poem.
Correct- The poet describes the beauty of nature in this poem.
- Say/suggest/propose/speak/reply/explain/talk/listen/write is followed by ‘to ‘Preposition if there is a person in the form of object.
Example
- Incorrect- He did not reply me.
Correct- He did not reply to me.
- Incorrect- He did not write to a letter.
Correct- He did not write a letter.
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