A preposition is an article that signals that a noun ,or pronoun or noun phrase is going to follow it.
Most one word Prepositions are short words like ,in ,on,at,beneath,by , inside, up etc.
Exercises
Choose the correct preposition from the brackets : 1 Mohanty was born _____noon.(at, in, by)
2 The man came to me _____ the morning. (on, at, in) 3 The party is to begin_______6 o’clock.(on, in, at) 4 I came to Cuttack______1965. (since , on, in )
5 I hope to finish my work ______5 o’clock.(Before, by, at) 6 I have not seen her ______1982.(since, in,by)
7 It was ____Monday that she visited me . (in, on,since) 8 She passed her evenings _____the seaside.(by, at, on) 9 He finished the whole thing ________two minutes.(in, since, for)
10 There are flowers _______the vase, but no water.(by, in, at)
In the following sentences the italicized prepositions are incorrect. Replace them with correct ones:
1 Her cousin visited her at summer.
2 He was born on 1970.
3 Come to me at Sunday on five o’clock .
4 She went to Shimla at her summer vacations.
5 The train left in seven o’clock.
6 There is a lot of traffic in Delhi roads . 7 When did you arrive at Mumbai?
8 Hardwar is situated in the Ganges.
9 They are playing in the road.
10 He was not well for the whole month at October.
