(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: [4]
(i) Bobby waited in front ____________ the school.
(ii) The children were told to return home ____________ it became dark.
(iii) He wore an old muffler wrapped ____________ his neck.
(iv) We saw the bird fly high ____________ the tower and disappear.
(v) Music therapy is a cure ____________ many ills.
(vi) The thief ran ____________ the staircase and out into the yard.
(vii) Mr. Roy jumped into his car and drove ____________ as fast as he
could.
(viii) Please do not get carried ____________ by these rumours.
Answers
Prepositions are used to express the relationship between two or more places, persons or time or express a relationship in time or space. For instance,
The Last Time I met him was opposite the cinema. - place
Reena was walking down the street. - place
I love eating ice-creams during summers. - time
Therefore, when the above blank is filled with preposition it would be written as:
(i) Bobby waited in front of the school.
(ii) The children were told to return home before it became dark.
(iii) He wore an old muffler wrapped around his neck.
(iv) We saw the bird fly high above the tower and disappear.
(v) Music therapy is a cure to many ills.
(vi) The thief ran to the staircase and out into the yard.
(vii) Mr. Roy jumped into his car and drove it as fast as he
could.
(viii) Please do not get carried away by these rumours.
(i) Bobby waited in front of the school.
(ii) The children were told to return home before it became dark.
(iii) He wore an old muffler wrapped around hisneck.
(iv) We saw the bird fly high above the tower and disappear.
(v) Music therapy is a cure to many ills.
(vi) The thief ran to the staircase and out into the yard.
(vii) Mr. Roy jumped into his car and drove it as fast as he