NCERT Solutions Class 10th English Grammar – Preposition Exercises With Answers

1. Prepositions of time
These prepositions are used:
(a) to denote the time of the day
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• I went to the market on Monday.
• The movie starts at three o’clock.

(b) to denote parts of the day, months, years, seasons
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• The sun rises in the morning.
• The Board exams are held in March.
• My sister was born in 1999.
• Shimla is a place one should visit in summer.

(c) to denote extended time
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• She has not eaten since yesterday.
• I will be on vacation for two weeks.
• The first term will be from June to September.
• Some children play during lunchtime.
• She will complete this project within a year.

• There are many rooms in the school.
• The jewels are kept inside the case.
• The basket is kept on the chair.
• There is a sale at the shop.

(b) to denote a place higher than a point
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• The kite flew over my roof.
• He lives in the flat just above mine.

(c) to denote a place lower than a point .
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• They have constructed the parking under the ground.
• The children snuggled underneath the blanket.
• They hid the treasure beneath the rocks.
• There is an entirely new world below the sea-level.

(d) to denote a neighbouring point
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• She has a shop near the park.
• There is a cyber cafe by the store.
• The vendor sells vegetables next to my house.
• Her house is situated between Saket and Malviya Nagar.
• She is the happiest in the library among books.
• The school is situated opposite a cinema hall.

These types of prepositions are used:
(a) as objects of verbs
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• It is difficult not to laugh at his joke.
• The teacher asked the students to look at the blackboard.
• It is very natural to smile at a baby.

(b) with ‘of
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• I did not approve o/his behaviour.
• This book consists of many pages.
• He dreams o/becoming a film star.

(a) To denote a point
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• Is your father at home?
• There was no guard at the railway crossing.
• There was a huge crowd at the bank.

(b) to denote surface
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• The man was working on his presentation.
• A ship floats on water.

(c) to denote an area/volume in an enclosed area
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• The cattle are in the pasture.
• There are five windows in the room.
• There is a lot of waterlogging in the streets.

(d) to denote an area/volume not enclosed by a fence
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• The horses were grazing in the open field.

These prepositions indicate the direction.
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• The swimmers swam against the flow.

These prepositions are used to indicate:
(a) movement towards a goal
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• He walked all the way to his apartment.
• It is a very short distance to the bus stop.

(b) movement towards a surface
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• The ball fell onto the net.
• The short stories were recorded onto cassettes.
• The window opened directly onto the pavement.

(c) movement towards the interior of a volume
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• The cat fell into the well.

(d) movement in a general direction
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• She always sits meditating with her face towards the east.

(a) to indicate climbing
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• She finds it difficult to climb into a moving bus.

(b) with ‘go’
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• She has decided to go to London by ship.
• She goes to school on foot.

One word – many prepositions
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Question 1.

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(a) at – on
(b) in – of
(c) in – within
(d) by – from
(e) of – in
(f) by – along

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(a) in – of
(b) from – of
(c) through – by
(d) in – of
(e) by – as
(f) below – under

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(a) through – in
(b) in – of
(c) in – of
(d) of – at
(e) in – to
(f) of – in

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Incorrect – Correct
(a) in – to
(b) among – to
(c) in – of
(d) During – in
(e) of – in
(f) in – of

6. Mohan distributed the sweets (a) ………………………. Ram and Shyam. Shyam is fond (b) ………………………. sweets but Ram is not. Ram eats chocolates which are made (c) ………………………. milk. He says that chocolate is superior (d) ………………………. sweets. He is addicted (e) ………………………. chocolate milk. Most of the boys prefer chocolate (f) ………………………. sweets.
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(a) between
(b) of
(c) of
(d) to
(e) to
(f) to