EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
1. The books are lying ____ the table.
Ans: on
2. I went ____ the canal yesterday.
Ans: to
3. I have replied ____ her letter.
Ans: to
Ans: beside
5. The table is lying ____ two chairs.
Ans: between
6. The cat jumped ____ the wall.
Ans: over
7. The stream flows ____ the bridge.
Ans: through
8. The traveller sat ____ a tree.
Ans: under
9. Put the milk ____ the jug.
Ans: into
10. The farmer tied the cow ____ a rope.
Ans: with
11. I was born ____ Jalandhar ____ Punjab.
Ans: at, in
12. The lamb looked around ____ fear.
Ans: in
13. A sword was hanging ____ my head.
Ans: over
14. The meeting started ____ nine o'clock.
Ans: at
15. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus ____ 25 December.
Ans: on
Exercise 2. What is a preposition? How many kinds has it? Give three examples of each.
Ans: A preposition is a word or a group of words placed before a noun or a pronoun to show its relation with some other noun or pronoun in the sentence.
It has three kinds: Simple Preposition, Compound Sentence and Participial
Preposition.
Simple Preposition: at, by, for, from, in.
Compound Preposition: above, about, before, below.
Participial Preposition: during, owing, pending
Exercise 3. Choose the correct prepositions from within the brackets:
1. I caught Sohan (by, from) the neck.
Ans: by
2. The leaves of trees fall (from, off) in autumn.
Ans: off
3. They have invited us (for, to) tea.
Ans: for
4. The boys left the room one (by, after) one.
Ans: by
5. We shall go to school (on, by) foot.
Ans: on
6. He comes to school (in, by) bus.
Ans: by
7. She is proud (of, at) her beauty.
Ans: of
8. I am ashamed (of, at) my behaviour.
Ans: of
9. You have no taste (in, for) music.
Ans: in
10. He lives (in, at) Church Lane.
Ans: at
11. The dog is lying (on, in) the floor.
Ans: on
12. I shall return (in, within) an hour.
Ans: within
📖 Chp 1. The Alphabet
📖 Chp 3. Words and Word - Groups.
📖 Chp 5. Parts of Speech
📖 Chp 4. The Subjects and the Predicat
📖 Chp 7. The Noun : Kinds and Us
📖 Chp 11. The Pronoun
📖 Chp 13. Specific Determiners
📖 Chp 14. General Determiners
📖 Chp 15. The Adjective
📖 Chp 16. Degree of Comparison
📖 Chp 17. The Verb
📖 Chp 18. The Tense
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 2
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 3
📖 Chp 19. The Present Tense Part 4
📖 Chp 20. The Past Tense Part 1
📖 Chp 20. The Past Tense Part 2
📖 Chp 20. The Past Tense Part 3
📖 Chp 20. The Past Tense Part 4
📖 Chp 22.The Infinitive and the Imperative
📖 Chp 25. Voice: Active and Passive -I Pg 177
📖 Chp 25. Voice: Active and Passive -I Pg 178
📖 Chp 25. Voice: Active and Passive -I Pg 179
📖 Chp 25. Voice: Active and Passive -I Pg 180
📖 Chp 25. Voice: Active and Passive -I Pg 181
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