Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions.
1Our affection ............... our children often makes us blind ………………… their defects.
Wrong!
2He has a passion ............... books. He is not interested ………………. anything else.
Wrong!
3The injection gave the patient relief ............... pain.
Wrong!
4We should not spend ............... unnecessary things.
Wrong!
5The officer is popular ............... his staff, because they have easy access …………….. him.
Wrong!
6The members objected ............... the offensive remarks made by the chairman.
Wrong!
7The examinations are likely to be postponed ............... May.
Wrong!
8The shirting I bought ............... Bombay is superior ………………….. the one I bought ……………… Madras.
Wrong!
9I have succeeded ............... making my friend give up smoking.
Wrong!
10We have invited the District Collector to preside ............... the meeting.
Wrong!
11It is often very difficult to deal ............... unruly children.
Wrong!
12We should sympathize ............... those ………………….. distress.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Our affection for, to our children often makes us blind ………………… their defects.
- He has a passion for, in books. He is not interested ………………. anything else.
- The injection gave the patient relief from pain.
- We should not spend on unnecessary things.
- The officer is popular with, to his staff, because they have easy access …………….. him.
- The members objected to the offensive remarks made by the chairman.
- The examinations are likely to be postponed to May.
- The shirting I bought from, to, from Bombay is superior ………………….. the one I bought ……………… Madras.
- I have succeeded in making my friend give up smoking.
- We have invited the District Collector to preside over the meeting.
- It is often very difficult to deal with unruly children.
- We should sympathize with, in those ………………….. distress.
