Question

5. Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks choosing
correct options from those that follow :
1x4
Success (a) life depends (b) good health. We can keep our bodies
fit (c) keeping ourselves clean. We should not pick up the bad
habit (d) smoking.
(a) (i) for (ii) in (iii) on
(iv) at
(b) (i) of
(iv) because
(c) (i) by (ii) on (ii) in
(iv) of
(d) (i) in (ii) on (iii) for
(iv) of
(ii)
(iii)
on
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in ea​

Answer 1

Success (a) in life depends (b) on good health. We can keep our bodies fit (c) by keeping ourselves clean. We should not pick up the bad habit (d) of smoking.

Explanation:

• Prepositions show relationships between other words in a statement.

• Prepositions and post positions, combined known as ad-positions, are a group of words used to depict spatial or temporal relations or mark different semantic roles.

• Prepositions show relationships between other words in a statement.

• Many prepositions have many definitions, so the meaning alters quite a bit in various contexts.

• Finishing a statement with a preposition is not taken as a grammatical error.

Answer 2

Correct preposition:

Success (a) in life depends (b) on good health. We can keep our bodies fit (c) by keeping ourselves clean. We should not pick up the bad habit (d) of smoking.

Explanation:

• The preposition is used with noun to link the object, verb and subject.
• It is always a small word. They are generally preceded by noun. Sometimes, the sentence ends with preposition.
• It expresses the relationship between the nouns and their meaning.
• There are types of preposition such as direction, location, time and space.