The Complete Prepositions Course | Mastering English Grammar (Udemy.com)

“English prepositions are impossible. I never know for sure which one to use!”

That’s what I’ve heard even high-level English learners say. But why do they say that? Well, it’s because learning how to use a preposition isn’t as easy as looking in the dictionary! English prepositions have so many different uses and meanings that the best way to learn is to grow up as a native English speaker.

That means you have to learn through examples. Lots of examples. That’s the only way to really get the feel for how to use prepositions naturally without thinking.

Well, in this course, I have taken a lifetime of experience as a native English speaker, plus over ten years of helping hundreds of thousands of English learners around the world improve their English skills, and combined it into a single course. This one!

In the course, we will explore English prepositions in-depth! Overall, the course will help you:

• Master English prepositions by example and use them like a native English speaker.

• Sharpen your English grammar skills by learning how words get connected together.

• Learn English idioms and collocations that you can use in daily English conversations.

• Build habits so that you don’t have to think when you use prepositions.

• Improve your English listening skills.

• Boost your English writing clarity and coherence with well-structured sentences.

• Take your English fluency to the next level.

• Become a more confident and natural English speaker!

You will also get:

• Access to PDF downloads to help you practice when you learn.

• Personal support from me, an American English teacher, throughout the course for any questions.

The main prepositions we will cover include:

• FOR: Focusing on intention, goal, and purpose.

• WITH: Covering actions done together, connections, and more information.

• FROM: Exploring origins, causes, prevention, and basis.

• AROUND: Getting into physical proximity and other uses.

• BETWEEN: Discussing physical positioning and other relational uses.

• AMONG: Focusing on being part of a group, distribution, and exceptions.

• ABOVE: Understanding physical placement and more abstract applications.

• BEHIND: Exploring both physical and metaphorical uses.

• UNDER and BELOW: Differentiating between physical positioning and other meanings.

• WITHIN and INSIDE: Comparing these often interchangeable prepositions.

• BEFORE and AFTER: Covering time, priority, position, and more.

• ACROSS: Understanding common usage and associated phrasal verbs.

• OF: Delving into composition, belonging, purpose, and relationships.

• BY: Discussing relation, action, method, origin, and more.

• TO: Focusing on direction, destination, purpose, and degrees.

• AT: Covering location, time, degree, and other relational aspects.

• IN: Exploring physical and non-physical contexts, as well as time-related uses.

• ON: Discussing physical placement, non-physical contexts, and more.

*Note: Other prepositions will be mentioned as well.

So, whether you’re getting ready for a big exam like the IELTS or TOEFL, or you’re just tired of never knowing exactly which preposition to use, this course has everything you need. Along the way, you will improve a lot of other essential skills needed to become a fluent English speaker.

If you're ready to level up your English, sign up now!

I’ll see you in the course.

Luke Priddy