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Here are some common uses of prepositions.

For:

1- To indicate duration or purpose: I will be away for a week.
2- To indicate suitability or reason: This medicine is for headaches.
3- To indicate benefit or intended recipient: This gift is for you.

Of:

1- To indicate possession or association: The color of the sky.
2- To indicate origin or source: A piece of cake.
3- To indicate a part or quantity: A cup of tea.

In:

1- To indicate location or position: She is in the kitchen.
2- To indicate a state or condition: He is in love.
3- To indicate a period of time: I will be back in an hour.

With:

1- To indicate accompaniment or association: She is with her friends.
2- To indicate means or instrument: He cut the cake with a knife.
3- To indicate contrast or opposition: She is tall, with short hair.

From:

1- To indicate origin or source: I am from Canada.
2- To indicate separation or difference: This shirt is different from that one.
3- To indicate cause or reason: He is suffering from a cold.

By:

1- To indicate means or method of transportation: I came by car.
2- To indicate authorship: The book was written by J.K. Rowling.
3- To show proximity: The house by the lake.

To:

1- To show movement towards something: I am going to school.
2- To show direction: She turned to me.
3- To show purpose: I came here to study.