Prepositions beginning with I

One-word prepositions

in

• Monkeys live in the jungle.
• John is the man with his hand in his pocket.
• I live in an apartment.
• She lives in Bangkok.
• Tara was born in 1977.
• Trains were invented in the nineteenth century.
• I'll come back in two weeks.
• Let's meet in the morning.
• There are 60 seconds in a minute.

including

• The price is $70 including $10 for delivery. (Total = $70.)
• There were four of us, including the baby.

inside

• It was dark inside the tunnel.
• My modem is inside my computer. It's an internal modem.

into

• John went into that shop.
• If you heat ice it turns into water.
• We cut the cake into ten pieces.
• Five into ten makes two.

Complex prepositions

in addition to

• There were two people in addition to me. So that made three of us.

in between

• He is in between the two opinions. He wants to compromise.

in case of

• You can phone me in case of need. Day or night.

in face of

• He reacts bravely in face of danger.

in favour of

• I am not in favour of your idea. It won't work.

in front of

• You can park your car in front of my house.
• I couldn't see the film because the woman in front of me was wearing a big hat.

in lieu of

• I don't have any dollars. Can I pay euro in lieu of dollars?

in spite of

• We went swimming in spite of the cold water.

instead of

• We don't have any tea. Would you like coffee instead of tea?

in view of

• In view of your illness, we will wait for a week.