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Prepositions exercise

April 26, 2015 - pdf

Complete the following sentences with appropriate prepositions.

1. Like many misers Roucolle came ……………… a bad end.

Correct! Wrong!

2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately .....................… his genius ………………… the field …………………. music.

Correct! Wrong!

3. Ramanujan died ...................... tuberculosis.

Correct! Wrong!

4. An acquaintance began ....................... such a happy note at last grew and ripened ....................... a close and lovely comradeship.

Correct! Wrong!

5. Once ………………….. 1913, I met him ………………….. the Servants …………………. India Society.

Correct! Wrong!

6. ..................... . the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking .....................… the next day.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

7. There were a lot of people ....................... the platform. They were all waiting ..................... . the train ..................... .. arrive.

Correct! Wrong!

8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk ...................... Madras living ...................... his wife ..................... .. twenty pounds a year.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Like many misers Roucolle came to a bad end.

2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately for his genius in the field of music.

3. Ramanujan died of tuberculosis.

4. An acquaintance began on such a happy note at last grew and ripened into a close and lovely comradeship.

5. Once in 1913, I met him at the Servants of India Society.

6. On the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking about the next day.

7. There were a lot of people on the platform. They were all waiting for the train to arrive.

8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk in Madras living with his wife on twenty pounds a year.

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