Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
Her parents live ___ New Delhi.
Joe’s parents are sick ________ his behaviour.
Colonel Gurmeet congratulated the soldiers _______ their victory.
The planet was seen ________ the telescope.
The news of his promotion came ________the next day.
He is not afraid _______ the consequences.
He rushed ______ the class as he was late.
The school is famous _______its sports achievements.

Answer 1

Hint: A preposition is a word or phrase that precedes a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to indicate direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Prepositions include words like "in," "at," "on," "of," and "to." The location or timing of something in relation to something else is defined by prepositions.

Complete answer:
- Prepositions show how other words in a sentence are related.
- Many prepositions indicate the location of something or the time it occurred.
- Since most prepositions have several meanings, their interpretation varies greatly depending on the context.
- It is not a grammatical mistake to end a sentence with a preposition.

Now, let us look at the blanks above:
i) Her parents live in New Delhi. Use the prepositions "in" to refer to a place (the point itself).
ii) Joe’s parents are sick of his behaviour. The relationship between a part of something and the whole is expressed by the word ‘of’.
iii) Colonel Gurmeet congratulated the soldiers for their victory. ‘For’ is used when we speak about a cause or a meaning for something.
iv) The planet was seen from the telescope. The word ‘from’ is used to express someone's viewpoint or point of view.
v) The news of his promotion came out the next day. We use ‘out’ as a preposition to speak about movement from inside somewhere or something
vi) He is not afraid of the consequences. The relationship between a part of something and the whole is expressed by the word ‘of’.
vii) He rushed into the class as he was late. The preposition 'into' denotes a position within or within something.
viii) The school is famous for its sports achievements. ‘For’ is used when we speak about a cause or a meaning for something.


Note: Direction, time, place, and spatial relationships, as well as other abstract types of relationships, are all indicated by prepositions.
Directions: Our destination can be found to the left.
Time: Since this morning, we've been working.
Location: We saw a movie at the theatre.
Space: The dog hid under the table.