1st PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS ARTICULATION PREPOSITIONS

 

1st PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS ARTICULATION PREPOSITIONS

 

PREPOSITIONS

 

A. I. Identify the 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 arrived?

3) Don’t eat anything in 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.

Ans: The shops in the city open at 9 O’ clock.

 

2) He lives at Mumbai.

Ans: He lives in Mumbai.

 

3) He cut an apple by a knife.

Ans: He cut an apple with a knife.

 

4) It has been raining since three hours.

Ans:It has been raining for three hours.

5) Distribute the mangoes between all the students.

Ans: Distribute the mangoes among all the students.

 

B. I. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE:

Look at these pictures. Below each of them write the appropriate preposition of place given in brackets.

 

(besides, below, behind, under, on, over, in front of, above)

 Ans:

a) over

b) above

c) on

d) infront of

e) beside

f ) below

g) under

h) behind

 

II. PREPOSITIONS OF TIME:

Refer 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 in about 20 minutes.

4) The course begins on 7 January and ends sometime 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.

 

III. PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT:

(a) Refer the pictures (WB page no. 8) and correct the sentences.

 

1) Naga crawled across the house.

Ans: Naga crawled around the house.

2) Naga fell over the table.

Ans: Naga fell off the table.

 

3) Naga slithered around the road.

Ans: Naga slithered across the road.

 

4) Naga climbed through the hill.

Ans: Naga climbed up the hill.

 

5) Naga moved onto the huge pipe.

Ans: Naga moved into the huge pipe.

 

6) Naga passed down the chair.

Ans: Naga passed through the chair.

 

7) Naga ran toward the tree.

Ans: Naga ran away from the tree.

 

8) Naga hurried out the car.

Ans: Naga hurried past the car.

 

9) Naga dashed over the pot.

Ans: Naga dashed towards the pot.

 

(b) Fill in the blanks with the 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 down 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 train arrived at my destination I got off (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 for (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 by (by, with) her father to see the president 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.”