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English – Fixed Prepositions – Set 15
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- The test contains 20 questions.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The mother parted _____ her married daughter in sorrow.- A. from
- B. for
- C. away
- D. off
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. from
Correct sentence: The mother parted from her married daughter in sorrow.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Tables are usually made _____ wood.- A. of
- B. by
- C. from
- D. with
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Answer: A. of
Correct sentence: Tables are usually made of wood.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
All of them are surprised _____ her rudeness.- A. with
- B. at
- C. on
- D. upon
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Answer: B. at
Correct sentence: All of them are surprised at her rudeness.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I stayed in Mumbai _____ eight years.- A. through
- B. since
- C. for
- D. around
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Answer: C. for
Correct sentence: I stayed in Mumbai for eight years.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The President will finally have a national memorial _____ his honour.- A. upon
- B. at
- C. on
- D. in
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Answer: D. in
Correct sentence: The President will finally have a national memorial in his honour.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The boys _____ whom I was playing are all my good friends.- A. by
- B. to
- C. with
- D. of
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Answer: C. with
Correct sentence: The boys with whom I was playing are all my good friends.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The father seems relieved as he has married _____ both of his daughters.- A. away
- B. off
- C. of
- D. to
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Answer: B. off
Correct sentence: The father seems relieved as he has married off both of his daughters.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Your tie does not go well _____ your shirt.- A. over
- B. above
- C. with
- D. for
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Answer: C. with
Correct sentence: Your tie does not go well with your shirt.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I am grateful _____ him.- A. for
- B. in
- C. to
- D. with
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Answer: C. to
Correct sentence: I am grateful to him.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Let us set down _____ the shade of a tree for sometime.- A. beneath
- B. inside
- C. below
- D. in
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Answer: D. in
Correct sentence: Let us set down in the shade of a tree for sometime.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Please write to me _____ this address.- A. on
- B. upon
- C. at
- D. to
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Answer: C. at
Correct sentence: Please write to me at this address.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He was assured by his friends _____ every type of help, in an emergency.- A. of
- B. about
- C. by
- D. with
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Answer: A. of
Correct sentence: He was assured by his friends of every type of help, in an emergency.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I convey my thanks _____ the members of the club.- A. about
- B. to
- C. of
- D. for
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Answer: B. to
Correct sentence: I convey my thanks to the members of the club.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
_____ the new Safari Storme, Mahindra has more leverage in increasing the sales.- A. On
- B. In
- C. With
- D. At
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Answer: C. With
Correct sentence: With the new Safari Storme, Mahindra has more leverage in increasing the sales.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He slipped _____ his old ways and started drinking again.- A. into
- B. in
- C. by
- D. off
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Answer: A. into
Correct sentence: He slipped into his old ways and started drinking again.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The deceased left _____ him two young children.- A. for
- B. behind
- C. by
- D. with
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Answer: B. behind
Correct sentence: The deceased left behind him two young children.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Guard _____ spelling mistakes.- A. against
- B. at
- C. after
- D. above
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Answer: A. against
Correct sentence: Guard against spelling mistakes.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The more he remonstrated _____ the referee the worse the situation became.- A. at
- B. for
- C. with
- D. to
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Answer: C. with
Correct sentence: The more he remonstrated with the referee the worse the situation became.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He would not have been successful in the project but _____ my help.- A. with
- B. of
- C. off
- D. for
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Answer: D. for
Correct sentence: He would not have been successful in the project but for my help.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The flight will land _____ six this evening.- A. at
- B. in
- C. on
- D. upon
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Answer: A. at
Correct sentence: The flight will land at six this evening.