Gap Filling of Prepositions


 
 
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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.
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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.

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Choose the best words from the options given to complete the following sentences .

    Change is the progress _____________ civilization. It started its journey since the dawn of civilization. Men become indulged ___________ the course of change. Men become accustomed to the changing situation. It denotes that we are gradually heading ___________ a knowledge based society.

     

    Right Option : C
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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.

     

    Right Option : B
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