Question

1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions: a. Owing _______ his ill health, he retired _____ business. b. _____ course ______ time he saw his mistake. c. He died fighting _____ behalf ____ his country.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. to, from

b. in due, of

c. on, of

Explanation:

Answer 2

a. Owing to his ill health, he retired from business.

b. In course of time he saw his mistake.

c. He died fighting on behalf of his country.

​Explanation:

Preposition is the part of speech which forms connection between two

words or sentences and gives it a complete meaning.

The following lines with the suitable prepositions:

a. Owing to his ill health, he retired from business.

b. In course of time he saw his mistake.

c. He died fighting on behalf of his country.

to, from, in, of, on, of are the words which are connecting or showing relation between the given lines as well as words, giving the sentence a perfect sense.