Fill in the blanks.
1He was born in a small village ............... the west coast.
Wrong!
Use "on" for a place located along a coast.
2We started at five ............... the morning.
Wrong!
Use "in" with parts of the day, such as the morning.
3I must start ............... dawn to reach the station on time.
Wrong!
Use "at" with fixed points of time such as dawn.
4The child has been missing ............... Friday.
Wrong!
Use "since" with the starting point of an unfinished period.
5We traveled 70 miles ............... two hours.
Wrong!
Use "in" to show the amount of time needed to complete something.
6An old feud existed ............... the two families.
Wrong!
Use "between" when you are talking about two clearly separate groups.
7Human sacrifices were practiced ............... the Nagas.
Wrong!
Use "by" to show who performed the action in a passive sentence.
8He lived his whole life ............... a small village.
Wrong!
Use "in" for living inside a town, city, village, or country.
9The new rules take effect ............... Monday.
Wrong!
Use "from" to show the point when a new situation begins and continues.
10............... his wife, he is survived by two daughters and a son.
Wrong!
Use "Besides" to mean in addition to someone or something.
11He was stabbed ............... a knife.
Wrong!
Use "with" to show the tool or weapon used for an action.
12The snake crawled ............... its hole.
Wrong!
Use "into" to show movement from outside to inside a place.
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- He was born in a small village on the west coast.
- We started at five in the morning.
- I must start at dawn to reach the station on time.
- The child has been missing since Friday.
- We traveled 70 miles in two hours.
- An old feud existed between the two families.
- Human sacrifices were practiced by the Nagas.
- He lived his whole life in a small village.
- The new rules take effect from Monday.
- Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters and a son.
- He was stabbed with a knife.
- The snake crawled into its hole.