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Gap Filling of Prepositions

Gap Filling II - Concepts

Gap Filling of Prepositions

Gap Filling of Adverbs

Gap Filling of Conjunctions

Gap Filling of Modals

Class - 9th English Proficiency Subjects

Concept Explanation

Gap Filling of Prepositions

Prepositions : A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like "in," "at," "on," "of," and "to."

Use of Some Important Prepositions :

(A) Time and Date : at, on, in, by, to, till, until, during, for, since, from, within, before, after.

Example of preposition "At" : at 8 o'clock, at midnight, at night, at the beginning/end, at dawn, at sunset, at Christmas etc.

Example of "On" : (a specific day or date) : On Sunday, on June 30th, on Diwali day, on Christmas day, on time (at the fixed time)

Example of "In" : in (a period) : in March, in the morning/evening in winter, in a month, in 1997, in time (before time), in a week (at the close of the week).

Example of "within" : within (before the end of the period) Example : within a week (in less than a week) within two days (in less than two days).

from ............ to . Example : We work from morning to evening (to can be used morning till evening.

till, until (upto) . Example : we work till/until evening. We work from morning till evening.

during (known period) . Example : I went to Manali during the summer vacation.

by (sometime) . Example : by 6 p.m. (before 6 p.m. or at 6 p.m.)

(B) Place : (at, in, on, to) town, address, specific place.

at small village, Example : at Mumbai , at Panipat, at 18 Ranjit Road.

in (city, country, state etc.) Example : in Delhi, in India, in the Punjab, in a village/town/country/street room/building/forest, etc. in bed, in the jug.

on (place of work not a building) Example : on a farm, on the railway, on an estate.

to Example : I walk to school.

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Choose the best words from the options given to complete the following sentences . Human civilisations have been around ___________ a paltry 12,000 years, barely a few seconds __________ the geological clock.
A. For , On	B. Of , While	C. Since , For	D. For , Of
Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Choose the best words from the options given to complete the following sentences . Sadao had taken this ____________ his mind as he did everything his father said, his father who never joked or played __________ him but who spent infinite pains ____________ him who was his only son.
A. Since , During , Upon		B. In , Or , With
C. In , Nor , Up		D. Into , With , Upon
Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Choose the best words from the options given to complete the following sentences . Most UFO sightings occur ______________ the night, either late in the evening or in the early hours of the morning, ____________ they take place on a dark moonless night when the person is alone on a country road.
A. Of , For	B. For , Often	C. Often , Since	D. Since , For
Right Option : B
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