Question

(b) Fill in the blank with appropriate words. [3]

(i) The boys were seen hanging _______ in the town.

(ii) The chairman is sitting _______ the principal.

(iii) The truck crashed _______ a tree.

(iv) He was vexed _______ his son’s behaviour.

(v) We cut _______ on sugar consumption due to health reasons.

(vi) R.K. Narayan drew _______ folklore for the themes of his stories.​

Answer 1

(i) The boys were seen hanging around in the town.

(ii) The chairman is sitting besides the principal.

(iii) The truck crashed into a tree.

(iv) He was vexed with his son’s behaviour.

(v) We cut down on sugar consumption due to health reasons.

(vi) R.K. Narayan drew on folklore for the themes of his stories.​

All these blanks need to be filled using prepositions. Prepositions are words that show the relation between two words. Other examples of prepositions include from, through, under, over, above and so on.  

 

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