Question

fill in the blanks
the man was playing cards ...... some other people's. he tried.... cheat the others... using an extra card. unfortunately he was caught..... the act and was subsequently shot.... death


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Answer 1

The man was playing cards (with) some other people.

He tried to cheat the others by using an extra card. Unfortunately he was caught in the act and was subsequently shot to death.

• The blanks need to be filled using prepositions.
• Prepositions are words that establish the relation between different words within a sentence.
• Commonly used prepositions include ‘to’, ‘by’, ‘with’, ‘beside’, ‘under’, ‘over’, ‘above’ and so on.
• Many prepositions are used in fixed pairs.
• For example, the established preposition for ‘caught _ the act’ will always be ‘in.
• The best way to understand correct preposition usage is to read as much as you can.

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