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Karnataka 1st PUC English Workbook Answers Articulation Prepositions
I. Identify prepositions in the following sentences and underline them.
1. He threw the ball across the court.
2. They drove along the road.
3. Come and sit next to me.
4. Please don’t be angry with me.
II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions from the brackets.
1. Revathi, go and sit beside (beside / besides) Shobha.
2. Has the train from (through / from) Mysore.
3. Don’t eat anything between (in between / between) meals as it is bad for health.
4. Varun waited for (for / since) an hour for his sister at the bus stop.
5. Vidya is not afraid of (of / off) anything.
III. Correct the following sentences.
1. The shops in the city open on 9 o’ clock.
The shops in the city open at 9 o’ clock.
2. He lives at Mumbai
He lives in Mumbai.
3. He cut an apple by a knife.
He cut an apple with a knife.
4. It has been raining since three hours.
It has been raining for three hours.
5. Distribute the mangoes between all the students.
Distribute the mangoes to all the students.
B. Prepositions of Place
Look at these pictures. Below each of them write the appropriate preposition of place given in brackets. (beside, below, behind, under, on. over, in front of, above)
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II. Prepositions of time.
(a) Refer to the picture given below and complete the sentences with at, on, in.
1. Columbus made his first voyage from Europe to America in 1492.
2. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon on 21 July 1969.
3. I am just going out for shopping. I will be back at about 20 minutes.
4. The course begins on 7 January and ends sometimes in April.
5. If the sky is clear, you can see the stars at night.
6. Shankar’s brother is an engineer, but he doesn’t have a job at the moment.
7. The telephone and the door bell rang at the same time.
8. My car is being repaired at the garage.- It will be ready in two hours.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in brackets:
1. The elephant walked through the forest and saw the man’s hut. (through / on / onto)
2. Mr. Hyena ran into the man’s hut and howled for a place, (into / onto / over)
3. The ship sailed around the world, (around / through / over)
4. The train went through the tunnel, (in / through / onto)
5. The suitcase fell on the floor, (into / on / around)
6. She broke her leg when she fell off the stairs, (off / in / down)
7. The burglar made a mistake by running towards the’policeman. (towards / under / onto)
8. I was tired after walking up the hill, (through / into /up)
9. When the main arrived at my destination I got into, (into / onto / off)
10. The horse jumped over the fence, (over / under / down)
C. Complete the following passages with appropriate prepositions given in brackets.
1. George Bernard was a man of taste. He liked to have beautiful things around (about, around) him. He was of the firm opinion that literature and beauty were both equally necessary in (in, on) life. Once a visitor asked him, “You are a lover of (of, on) everything beautiful. How is it that I do not see any flowers in (in, of) your room, though your garden is full of them.” You are absolutely right. But, I love children too. Is it necessary for me to show my love with (with, for) them by (by, from) cutting off their heads and displaying them in (in, on) vases?. The visitor was speechless.
2. A little girl, who had been told that Lincoln was not very good looking, was taken with (by, with) her father to see the present at (at, on) the White house. Lincoln chatted with her for (with, for) a while in his gentle, humorous way. Suddenly the little girl called out, “Daddy! He is not ugly at all. He is just beautiful”.