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9 9 Prepositions
Warm-up
Fill in the blanks using prepositions given in the box.
until in down on along at over in front of
1. The geese flew _____________ the houses.
2. I met him _____________ Holi.
3. My house is _____________ the post office.
4. The school will remain closed _____________ Friday.
5. They were walking _____________ the beach.
6. My brother was born _____________ 2015.
7. I will meet you _____________ the railway station.
8. The river flowed _____________ the hill.
A preposition is a word usually used before a noun or pronoun.
1. for a week 2. behind the wall 3. up the stairs
A preposition expresses the link of its object with some other noun
or pronoun mentioned before it in the same sentence.
1. I have been doing this job for a week.
2. The fox hid itself behind the wall.
3. The dog is going up the stairs.
But in interrogative sentences and in the passive voice, prepositions are often moved to the end
of the sentence.
1. Whom were you talking to?
2. What did you open the lock with?
3. War reporters are sometimes shot at.
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