Question

NOTE: (1) All questions are compulsory.
1. Insert a Preposition if necessary. Choose from at, by, for, in, of, on, past, till/until, to, with.
a) Ranjita asked ....... Her father ...... money.
b) They paid ..... me ..... the ..... piano.
c) If you are going ..... the post office, could you buy me some stamps.
d) He sold the statue ....... An American dealer ..... Rs. Sixty thousand.
e) Vikas promised ...... us a share ....... The profits.​

Answer 1

they paid me ....... the piano

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

a. Ranjita asked her father for money.

b. They paid me for the piano.

c. If you are going to the post office, could you buy me some stamps?

d. He sold the statue to an American dealer at Rs sixty thousand.

e. Vikas promised us a share of the profits.

Prepositions

• Prepositions refer to the words which define the location, direction, time, and relation between different elements in a sentence.

• In the given sentences, many blanks do not require a preposition. They have been omitted in the answers.

• The preposition 'to' refers to the destination of a journey. 'Of' is used to talk about a part of something. 'For' is used to denote that an object is dedicated to someone.

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