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5. They go to prison as prisoners. 6. They go to court as litigants.

7. They go to work as workers. 8. They go to bed to sleep.

9. They return from school/church/market/office.

10. They get out of bed/hospital.
But when these places are visited not for their primary purpose, the is used before them.

1. She went to the temple to see the priest.
2. She went to the school to attend the PTM.

The Word— Home

The word home is used without any preposition when it is alone.

1. You reached home very late. 2. She returned home early.

Test Yourself

I. Give a suitable preposition in each blank.

1. I was not _____________ home when she came to see me.

2. They were sun-bathing _____________ the beach.
3. The child _____________ a hat on his head is my son.

4. Can you see that boy sitting _____________ there?

5. She was born _____________ April 1993 AD.

6. She arrived in Delhi _____________ May 26, last year.
7. The dog jumped _____________ and sprang _____________ the running thief.

8. The deer ran _____________ the hill to drink water at the spring.

9. Jawaharlal Nehru was fond _____________ children.

10. We travelled _____________ train.

II. Complete the given paragraph putting a suitable preposition in each blank.

Oh, I forgot to tell her that we all went _____________ the circus last month. She must go and
see it. So many wonderful things are there _____________ it. Lions jump _____________
rings of fire. Girls move backward and forward _____________ swings high _____________

the air. A young girl jumps _____________ a board _____________ a small tank. Acrobats
climb _____________ ropes. And the clowns, it is fantastic really, put balls _____________
people’s pockets and push one another _____________ the water tank. How funny indeed!

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