Page 5 - MIND MAP AND NOTES-PREPOSITION

By is usually used to show an action by a person.

 This food store is constructed by my father.

(A doing was done by a person- Construction is
the action and father is the noun, and by is the
preposition connecting them to show their
relation.)

 Harry Potter was written by J.K. Rowling.

(A doing was done by a person- writing is the
action and J.K Rowling is the noun, and by is the
preposition connecting them to show their
relation.)

With is used to show a doing by a thing.

We drove away the mosquitoes with the repellant spray.

(A doing was done with something- Drove away is the action and the
repellant spray is the noun that the preposition with is connecting.)

We flushed out the dirt from the terrace with water.

(The verb or the action here is flushed out and the noun is water. The
act was done using the nounwater ,and the word showing this is
shown using the preposition- with.)