The document contains examples of sentences using prepositions to demonstrate their usage. It lists 116 sentences with different prepositions like 'of', 'for', 'from', 'to', 'with', 'by', etc. used in various contexts to express different meanings and relationships between words.
The document contains examples of sentences using prepositions to demonstrate their usage. It lists 116 sentences with different prepositions like 'of', 'for', 'from', 'to', 'with', 'by', etc. used in various contexts to express different meanings and relationships between words.
The document contains examples of sentences using prepositions to demonstrate their usage. It lists 116 sentences with different prepositions like 'of', 'for', 'from', 'to', 'with', 'by', etc. used in various contexts to express different meanings and relationships between words.
The document contains examples of sentences using prepositions to demonstrate their usage. It lists 116 sentences with different prepositions like 'of', 'for', 'from', 'to', 'with', 'by', etc. used in various contexts to express different meanings and relationships between words.
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ISC XII Preposition 2
1. Hard work is the key ___ success.
2. Who is knocking ___ the door? 3. The woman knocked _____ a vase with her stick. 4. I know _____ their holiday plans. 5. I have some knowledge ____ English. 6. We are known ____ our behaviour. 7. This city is known ___ its sweets. 8. He is known ___ me for many years. 9. Let us leave _____ our personal issues and work together. 10. He went to serve the country leaving _____ his wife and child. 11. The sequel to this story begins where the earlier story left ____ 12. Akhil let _____ his sister by not turning up on Rakhi 13. The guard opened the store to let the shoppers ____. 14. The goalkeeper tripped letting the ball _____ the goal. 15. I am not liable for the debts incurred ____ my brother. 16. He is liable ___ suspension from service. 17. Listen _____ for the bell of the ice-cream vendor. 18. Leena refused to listen ___ anyone’s complaint against her son. 19. He has lived all his life ___ honest work. 20. My son lives ____ basketball and is always training for it. 21. Mr Gulati lives ____ the rent from his father's shop. 22. Birds live ____ insects. 23. My brother has learnt to live ____ his means. 24. The shop had marked _____ the price of the jeans by 50 per cent. 25. The children's playing area was marked ___ with masking tape. 26. The Sharmas marked ____ a tennis court on their lawns. 27. Our new neighbour moved ___ last Sunday. 28. I have been in this job for five years, it is time to move ___. 29. There is room on this bench ___ Rita to sit if you move ___ a bit. 30. You should search ____ a new house. 31. Kindly send ____ a doctor. 32. He is in search ___ a house on rent. 33. He sent ___ his application for the post of editor. 34. He has sent ___ the circulars to members. 35. Do not settle ____ anything but the best. 36. 1 finally settled ___ the smart TV with LED screen. 37. The impurities gradually settled ____ the bottom of the beaker. 38. His brother is slow ___ arithmetic. 39. The younger boy is slow ___ speech. 40. I smiled ___ his joke. 41. Fortune smiled ____ him. 42. They stood ______ all forms of injustice. 43. We should stand ___ our friends. 44. Do you know what this abbreviation stands ____? 45. They had to stand in ___ the chairman as he was ill. 46. Good job, Ann! Your work really stands ____! 47. My friends stood me ___ and went to the party. 48. Food was supplied __ the hungry. 49. The hungry were supplied ____ food. 50. The boring lecture switched me ___ Maths. 51. Let us switch _____ to the other team with better players. 52. We sympathise ____ her in her troubles. 53. We should have no sympathy ___ idle people 54. Nobody can be held accountable ____ the loss caused by the earthquake. 55. The Director is accountable ____ the shareholders of the company. 56. Do you agree ___ this proposal 57. The king agreed ____ the minister. 58. I am very angry ___ his misbehaviour. 59. The teacher was angry _____ the student for his misconduct. 60. I am annoyed ___ your habit of telling lies. 61. I am annoyed _____ you for behaving so rudely. 62. He appealed ______ the judgement. 63. The government received an appeal ____ aid from the refugees. 64. The cafe's menu appealed ___ coffee lovers. 65. : He applied ___ the post of supervisor. 66. The teacher applied to the Principal ____ a day's leave. 67. Mohan has gone to his uncle to ask ____ help. 68. I knocked ___ Rohan's door, his wife asked me ___. 69. The maid was attending ___ her mistress. 70. The hero of this movie is blind ___ one eye. 71. She is blind ____ the faults of her children. 72. My neighbour's car was parked in front of mine blocking me ___. 73. Fallen leaves have blocked ___ the drain. 74. He was born ___ a royal family. 75. He was born ___ rich parents. 76. A daughter was born ___ him last month. 77. The whole film was built ____ the haunted house. 78. his kitchen has cupboards built ___. 79. We hope to build ____ the success of our forefathers. 80. The slow moving bus caused traffic to build ____ outside the school. : 81. My mother wore me a thick coat and bundled me ____ to school. 82. My mother bundled me up ___ three layers of woollens. 83. Last night lightning burnt ____ the old banyan tree. 84. Young people burn ___ calories faster than older people. 85. The Amazon fires burnt ____ the natural habitats of many rare animals. 86. The meteor burnt ___ completely in the earth's atmosphere. 87. He is busy ___ preparing his project. 88. He is busy ____ his own business. 89. Please attend ___ what I say. 90. She has only one servant to attend ____ her. 91. My teacher is an authority ____ History of Ancient India. 92. As a Chairperson she has authority ___ the manager 93. They neither care ___ him nor ___ his opinion. 94. There is no cause ____ anxiety. 95. What is the cause ___ his trouble? 96. What is the charge ______ the man? 97. He charged hundred rupees ____ this novel. 98. Kindly charge this amount ___ my account. 99. He was charged _____ theft. 100. We had to deposit room rent in advance at the time of check ___. 101. The hospital checks ____ all its new staff. 102. Our life is compared ___ a candle. 103. Compare villages _____ cities. 104. We complained _____ him. 105. He complains ___ pain in the stomach every day. 106. 1 complained ___ the stationmaster ______ a ticket checker. 107. Wisdom consists ___ knowing oneself. 108. The book consists ___ ten chapters. 109. This medicine is a sure cure ____ cough. 110. He was cured ___ malaria. 111. Cut down ___ junk food to be healthy. 112. Father cut ___ the cake to distribute it equally to all of us. 113. The city was cut ___ from all other areas due to floods. 114. He is cut ____ for a career in acting.