Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition or prepositional phrase.
1This table is made ............... teak wood.
Wrong!
We say make of when we identify the material used to make something.
2I am going ...............
Wrong!
No preposition is used before home when we are referring to direction.
3He hit me ............... a stick.
Wrong!
We use ‘with’ to talk about the tool and 'by' to talk about the agent.
4India has been independent ............... 1947.
Wrong!
With perfect tenses we use since, not from.
5He wrote ...............
Wrong!
Before a personal object, we use ‘write to’.
6Divide this money ............... the brothers.
Wrong!
We can use divide among or divide between before a plural noun.
7He invited me ............... dinner.
Wrong!
8We ............... Delhi in the morning.
Wrong!
We do not use a preposition after reach.
9This is a common practice ............... the Hindus.
Wrong!
Between is used with two or more clearly separate people or things. Among is used for a crowd or a mass of people.
10This is a good house to ...............
Wrong!
11This is the road to ...............
Wrong!
12I gave him a chair to ...............
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers
- This table is made of teak wood.
- I am going home
- He hit me with a stick.
- India has been independent since 1947.
- He wrote to me
- Divide this money Either could be used here the brothers.
- He invited me to dinner.
- We reached Delhi in the morning.
- This is a common practice among the Hindus.
- This is a good house to live in
- This is the road to go by
- I gave him a chair to sit on
