The Easiest Way to Learn Preposition

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ZEESHAN MAT MAT EEN

THE EASIEST WAY TO LEARN ENG EN GLISH GRAMMAR BY ZEESHAN MAT MAT EEN EE N

PREFACE This book is more practical than theoretical. Correct uses of prepositions have been explained with examples and detailed interpretation. This book is for those students, who think preposition preposition s a difficult difficult task to understand and face difficulty difficulty in w riting Englis Englishh correctly. This book is very useful for preparing for examination. The easiest way has been adopted to m ake gram gram m ar understand. Everyone Everyone w ill find th is book useful useful in en hancing gramm gramm atical atical skills skills and using this book w ill be very helpful in speaking speaking and w riting Englis Englishh correctly. The aim of writing this book is to share English grammar knowledge. The common mistakes, which are made by the students at the time of speaking and writing English, have been explained in detail. This book has been divided into two parts. The first part consists of 100 problem s of preposition preposition s and t he second second part is related related to 30 exercises exercises of prep ositions. ositions. This book is equally useful for aptitude test, advanced learners of English language and everyone.

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CONTENTS Page No Difinition of preposition A w ord takes differen t preposition s Use of to and at Use of Sin ce and For Use of in and after Use of in and and wit hin Use of beside and besides Use of in and into Use of for and at (price) Use of for and infinitive (purpose) (purpose) Use of from and since since Use of f r o m a n d t o Use of to, till and and unt il Use of b e t w e e n a n d a m o n g Use of like and as Use of by, in and on Use of at, in and on (time) Use of at, in and on (place) Use of besides and and except Use of by and near Use of according according to and in m y view/ opinion Use of during and for Use of b y a n d w i t h Use of in front of and opposite opposite Use of by and until Use of above and over Use of in the way and on the w ay Use of to and in Use of h o m e a n d a t h o m e The verbs do require a preposition preposition W ords followed by prepositions prepositions Som e useful ph rases Exercises of prep ositio ns

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The Easiest Way To Lear n English nglish Gr amm ar

Pre positions

PREPOSITION Definition:

Preposition reposition is a w ord, w hich show show s the relationship relationship bet w een noun-noun, noun-pronoun, pron oun-noun, and pronoun-pronoun. to Noun

Noun

The Principal Principal is talking to the Stu dents. Noun Preposition reposition Noun Here Prepos Preposition ition “ To” shows th e relationship relationship betw een noun-noun. to Noun

Pronoun

The Principal Principal is talking to t he m e. Noun Preposition Prono un Here Prepos Preposition ition “ To” show s the relationship relationship betw een noun-Pronoun. noun-Pronoun. With Pronoun

Noun

You are going w ith Salman. Pronoun Preposition Noun Here Prepos Preposition ition “ W ith” show s the relationshi relationshipp betw een Pronoun-Noun. Pronoun-Noun. With Pronoun

Pronoun

He is going wit h them . Pronoun Preposition Pronoun Here Prepos Preposition ition “ W ith” show s the relationship relationship betw een Pronoun-P Pronoun-Pronoun. ronoun.

Zees eeshan han M ateen

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X ( No No n o u n / P r o n ou ou n )

Noun

The Principal is talkin g x . Noun Preposition Here no prep ositio ositio n should be used. X ( No No n o u n / P r o n ou ou n )

Pronoun

He is talkin g x . Pronoun Preposition Here no prep ositio ositio n should be used. X Noun/ Pronoun

M inal is going x

( No No n o u n / P r o n o un un )

ther e.

Nou n Preposition Adverb Here no prep ositio ositio n should be used. X Noun/ Pronoun

Salm an w as te lling x

Noun/ Pronoun

Saif.

Noun Preposition reposition Noun Here no preposition should be used becaus becausee the verb “ Tell” Tell” d oes not take preposition. X Noun/ Pronoun

Saif entered

Noun

x the room .

Noun Preposition reposition Noun Here no preposition preposition should be used becaus becausee the verb “ Enter” does not t ake preposition preposition w hen it m eans to come into a place. place.


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Problem Problem # 1

Believe Believe in (when it m eans to have faith in) Believe Believe no preposition (w hen it m eans to regard as tr ue) W e believe in Allah. Allah. I do not believe x w hat you say. say. • •

Problem Problem # 2

Annoyed with som som eone Annoyed at som som ething • •

The professor professor w as annoyed wit h m e. The professor professor w as annoyed at the resluts. resluts.

Problem Problem # 3

Arrive in countr ies/ ies/ cities Arrive at village/ village/ station He has arrived in Pakis Pakistan tan . • •

He arrived at the station at 6:30.

Problem Problem # 4

Answ Answ er to someon e/ som ething (when u sed as a noun) Answer no p reposition (w hen used as a verb) He will give answer answer t o everyone. He w ill answer answer x everyone. • •

Problem Problem # 5

Attack on someone (w hen used as a noun) Att ack ack no prepo sition sition (w hen used as a verb) He made an attack on t he enemy. He attacked attacked x the enem y. • •

Problem Problem # 6

Ask Ask for a t hing Ask Ask no preposition preposition (w hen it m eans to pu t a question to) He will come and ask ask for m y book. He will ask ask x the teacher about it . • •


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Problem Problem # 7

Angry w ith som som eone Angry at som som ething The prof essor essor was angry wit h m e. • •

The professor professor w as angry at t he results.

Problem Problem # 8

Benefit Benefit from (when used used wit h get/ get/ derive) derive) Benefit by (w hen used as a verb) You are going to get benefit from the change. You are going to ben efit b y the change. • •

Problem Problem # 9

Cure fo r (w hen used as a noun) Cure o f (w hen u sed as a verb) verb) Is th ere any cure for that disease? disease? He w as cured o f his illness. • •

Problem Problem # 10

Control of/ over (wh en used used as a noun) Cont rol no prep ositio ositio n (wh en used as a verb) The villag villagee is in the cont rol of t he enem y. The teacher teacher has no control over the children. • • •

The teacher does not contr ol x the children.


Die of (illness (illness/ hunger/ thirst) Die in in (battle/w ar) Die for (a count count ry/ cause) cause) M any people are are dying of hunger hunger in our countr y. A lot lot of people died died in the battle. • • •

Rashid ashid M inhas died fo r Pakistan. Pakistan.


Good at (when it m eans able to do someth ing well) Good for (w hen it m eans useful) useful) • •

He is good good at Account Account ing. To get get up early in the m orning is good good fo r you.


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Bad Bad at (when it m eans not able able to d o something w ell) Bad Bad for (w hen it m eans harmful) He is bad at St atistics. Sm oking is bad for your healt h. • •

Problem #14

Enter into (a debate or discus discussi sion) on) Enter no preposition preposition (when it m eans to go int o a place) place) He tried to enter into t he debate of inflation. inflation. • •

He entered x the room after a few m inutes. inutes.


Resemblance esemblance to/ betw een (noun) Resem esem ble no pr eposition (verb) • • •

Arhum has no resemblance to his father ? There is no resemb lance bet w een us. Areeb resembles x his father.


Sit at (a table/ desk) Sit on (a chair/ chair/ bench/ sofa) Sit in (an armchair/ a tree) Sit u p (a tree) • • •

He w as sitt sitt ing at a table. I want t o sit sit on the chair. chair. M oth er usually sits sits in her arm chair chair in th e evening .

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They w ere sitting sitting up t he tree. He w as sitt sitt ing at his desk.

•

Is he sitting on the sofa?

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Repentance for (nou n) Repent o f (verb) You w ill feel repentance for your sin. sin. Did he repent of his w rongdoing? • •


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Afraid to do som som ething Afraid of doing som som ething Afraid of som som eone/ som ething • • •

He is afraid to tell him . He is afraid of telling him . He is afraid of snake.

Problem #19

Agree with someon e Agree to som som ething Do you agree agree with m e? • •

Do you agree agree to m y propo sal? sal?

Problem #20

Indignant Indignant w ith someone Indignant Indignant at som ething He was indigna indignant nt w ith m e. He w as indignant indignant at the arrangement. arrangement. • •


Apologize Apologize to som som ebody Apologize Apologize for som som eth ing • •

She w ill apologize apologize to you. She w ill apologize apologize for her m istakes. istakes.

Problem #22

Blind of (eyes) (eyes) Blind Blind to som ething He is blind of an eye. • •

He is blind t o the f acts. acts.


Grateful Grateful to som ebody Grateful Grateful for som ething I am grateful to you. I am am grateful to you for lending m e books. books. • •


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Em phasis phasis on som som ethin g (noun) Em phasize phasize no prep osition (verb) He put em phasis on th e imp ort ance of technologies during his speech. speech. He em phasized phasized x the im port ance of technologies during his speech. speech. • •


Fight against against som som ebody (in a batt batt le/ w ar) Fight for som ething He fought a war against against India. He is fight fight ing for t he prize. • •


Familiar to somebo dy Familiar amiliar w ith somet hing I am am familiar to him? • •

I am fam iliar iliar with t his softw are.


Listen isten t o (w ith object) Listen isten no preposition (wit hout object) object) I am listening to you. Oh! Listen x . • •

Problem #28

Com e by ( when t here is no article or possess possessive ive prono un bef ore m eans of t ransportat ion) Com e in/ on ( w hen t here is articl articlee or poss possess essive pronoun before m eans of t ransport ransport ation) He will com e to school school by bu s. • • •

He w ill com com e to school on the b us. He w ill com com e to school school in a taxi.


Go by ( when t here is no art icle or possess possessive ive pronou n befo re m eans of t ransportat ion) Go in/ on ( when t here is article or posse possess ssive ive pronou n befor e means of transportat ion) He w ill go go t o school school by b us. • • •

He w ill go go to school on t he bus. He w ill go go t o school school in a t axi.


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Apply to a person/ person/ company Apply for a job I have applied t o Philips Com pany. • •

I have applied applied for this job.


Have a discus discussi sion on abo ut som ethin g Discuss no preposition W e had a discus discussi sion on abou t t he role of individuals. individuals. W e discuss discussed ed x th e role of individuals. • •


Dream Dream about (wh en w e are asleep) asleep) Dream Dream of (when w e imagine) imagine) I dream dream t about him last last night. He always dreams of being rich. • •


Pay for a thing (that w e buy) Pay no preposition preposition (w hen w e pay a bill/ bill/ fare/rent etc) You w ill have to pay for th e book, if he buys. I do not h ave enough enough m oney to pay x the bill. • •


Search for (a lost t hing) Search no preposition (w hen it m eans to lo ok in one’s pockets or house) W e are searching searching for the ball now . • • •

The policeman searched searched x the ho use. The policem policem an wa searching searching x them .


Com plain of ( w hen you h ave a pain/ pain/ an illness) illness) Com plain plain t o somebody about ( w hen you are not satisfied) atisfied) He w as comp laining of a pain in his back. • •

He complained to t he prinicipal about about m y perform ance in the class class..


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Kind of ( w hen someone does som som ething) Kind to som ebody It is very very kind of you to help t he needy. He is always kind kind t o m e. • •

Problem #37

Sorry about som ething Sorry for do ing som som ething I am am sorry about the m istakes. istakes. • •

I am sorry for m aking mistakes. mistakes.

Problem #38

Deaf of (ear) Deaf Deaf to (when it m eans unw illing illing to listen) • •

He is deaf deaf of an ear. You are deaf t o all my r equests.


Co m p e t e w i t h so m e o n e Com pete for som som ething W h o w i llll co co m p e t e w i t h m e ? • •

They w ill comp comp ete for the prize. prize.


Dispute Dispute w ith som som eone Dispute Dispute for someth ing He is disputing disputing w ith m e. They are disputing disputing w ith one another for t he cup. • •


Fond o f Fondness fo r He is fond o f to ys. ys. I have a great fo ndn ess fo r English novels . • •


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Com pare w ith (sim (sim ilar things are com com pared) Com pare to (dissi (dissim m ilar things are com com pared) Com pare Adnan wit h Rehan. Rehan. • •

A genius can can be com pared t o a spark .


Alive with (w hen it m eans full of living things) Alive Alive to (w hen it m eans aware of somet hing) This aquarium is alive alive w ith goldfish. goldfish. Are you alive to the facts? • •


A w a r d t o so m e b o d y Award for som som ething The soldier soldier is aw arded for his bravery . The principal principal aw arded a prize to the best stu stu den • •


Accountable Accountable to som ebody Accountable Accountable for som ething W ho is acc account ount able to the problem of this area? area? • •

He is accountable accountable f or t hese reasons reasons .

Problem #46

Blame Blame somet hing on som som ebody Blame Blame somebody f or something • •

He blamed th e accide accident nt on m e. He blam blam ed m e for the accident. accident.


Appeal to (verb) Appeal for (noun) The criminal appealed to the judge for m ercy. • •

There is no appeal fo r th e financial assi assistance stance to th e po or.


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Part w ith (a thing) Part fro m (a person) He will part part w ith his radio tomo rrow . • •

I parted parted from m y friend last last w eek .


Reason eason w ith (w hen it m eans to persuade persuade som som ebody) Reason eason f or (no un) I alw alw ays reason reason w ith him because because he is m y brot her. Do you have any reason reason fo r going th ere? • •


Pity for/ on (noun) Pity no prep ositio ositio n (verb) I could could only feel pity for w hat he w as doing there. I have have pity on him . • • •

He pitied x people who w ere there.

Problem #51

Str ess on (no un) Stress no prep osition (verb) The teacher always lays great stress stress on punct uality . He stressed stressed x t he ro le of in dividuals in his speech. speech. • •


Lack ack of (noun) Lack ack no preposition (verb) There is no lack of chairs in th e room . She lacks x conf idence . • •


Blong on (have it s place) place) Blong Blong to (be the m ember of/ to be ow ned by som som ebody) These These plates belong on t he t op shelf. This w atch belongs to m e. • •


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Difficulty Difficulty w ith something Difficulty in doing somet hing I have difficulty difficulty wit h m y car. car. • •

I have difficulty in solving this problem .

Problem #55

Get married to M arry no preposition preposition (verb) M arriage arriage to (noun) She got m arried to an engineer. She marr ied x an engineer. engineer. • • •

Her m arriage arriage to him did not last last very long.


Increase Increase by (per cent) Increase Increase in som som eth ing His salary salary h as increased increased b y 10%. There has been an increase increase in po pulation each each year. • •

Problem #57

Get into (a car/ car/ taxi) Get onto (a train/bu s/ ship/ plane/bike) Let’s get int o his car. car. He is getting onto the t rain now. • •


Get out of (a car/t car/t axi) axi) Get off (a train/b us/ship/plane/ bike) Get out of your car. car. • •

He is getting off the train now .


Throw at (in aggressi aggression) on) Throw to (pass, (pass, in a game) People start start ed thro w ing ston ston es at tru ck. • •

Throw the ball to m e.


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Interfere in (when it m eans to t ake part part in other people’s affairs affairs w ithout any right) right) Interfere w ith (when it m eans to be an obstacle obstacle to) You w ill never int erfere in h is affairs. affairs. • •

The noise interf eres w ith m y stud stud y.

Problem #61

Deal Deal with (w hen it m eans to do business business w ith/ to solve a problem/ to handle) Deal in in (w hen it m eans to b uy and sell) sell) I cannot cannot deal with him any more. This book d eals w ith pr eposition. He deals in old and new books. • • •


Pick up (when it m eans to lift up from the ground) Pick no preposition preposition (“t o pick fruit or flow ers” ers” m eans to pu ll them away w ith the fingers) fingers) He picked picked up a stone stone and t hrew at m e. • •

You ought not to pick x flowers in the garden. garden.


M ade of (if (if the m aterial of wh ich the thing is m ade can can still still be seen) seen) M ade from (if the m aterial aterial of w hich the thing is m ade can can no longer be seen) seen) Table Table is usually usually m ade of w ood. • •

Bread Bread is m ade from w heat.


Play w ith som som ebody/ som ething Play for a team • •

He w as playing wit h a ball. He played fo r Pakistan Pakistan for five years.

Problem #65

In w h-questions preposition is used at the end of th e clause clause • •

W h e r e d o y o u g et et i t f r o m ? W hat are you looking at ?


On tim e (planned (planned time) In time (before planned planned tim e) For examp le: A class class star star ts at 5 ‘o clock


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He cam cam e to att end t he class class on tim e. (at (at 5’o clock)

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He cam cam e to att end t he class class in tim e. (befor (befor e 5’o clock) clock)

Pre positions


At/ on the corner of (a street) In the corner of (a room) There is a PC PCO at/ on th e corner of t he street. There is a TV TV trolley in th e corner of t he room . • •


In the front / back back of (a car) car) At the front / back back of (a house/cinema/ building etc) On the front/ back back of (a (a letter/ envelope/paper) I sit sit in the back of the car becuas becuasee I do not know how to drive. • • •

He was sitting sitting at the front o f m y hom e. W rite your name on the front of your envelope. envelope.


At the end of (we use At the end of som som ething w hen it comes to an an end) In the end of (w e use In the end of in the m eaning eaning of finally) finally) They decided decided to take part in t he debate at th e end of conversation. conversation. • • •

I am am going my hom e at the end of April. he could not get a bet ter job in Pakis Pakistan tan in th e end he w ent t o Engla England nd t o earn m oney.


W hen there is a noun befo re infinitive, preposition preposition should be used. I gave gave him a chair chair to sit on . •

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I am lookin g for a place to live in.


To an d At School To School At To : “ To” is used used t o express express m otion fr om one place to another. At : “ At” is used used to denote position position or rest. rest.


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I go to school daily. He mu st be at school. school. He is going going t o college. He is at w ork. coaching every evening. W e c o m e t o coaching


Since an d For

Situat ion began

Continues

Past

Present

Since Start ing Point

For Period

Since: The preposition “ Since” is placed before w ord s or phrases denot ing a point of t im e.

Since t w o o’ clock Since Ram Ram adan

Since Friday Since childh ood

Since yeste rday Since m orn ing

Since Sept em ber Since 2008

The Preposition Preposition “ For” is used before wo rds or phrases denot ing a period of t im e. For five days For tw o w eeks For thr ee years For a long tim e For tw o hours For a few m inutes For tw o m onths For years

For:

• • • • • •

I have have known him for tw o w eeeks eeeks. He has been in ho spital spital since since M onday. It has been raining for tw o days. She has been studying in her room since three o ’ Clock. Clock. He has been learning Englis Englishh for tw o m ont hs. He has been le arnin g English English since since August .


In an d Af After use “In” f or a period period of tim e in the future and here “In” m eans after the end of. In : W e use use “After” for a period of time in the past. past. After: W e use • • •

He will be here in an hour. The second econd bom b w ent off aft er a few m inutes. I shall shall do it aft er you.


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He will join the cam cam p in a week.

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W e shall shall be at hom e in tw o hours.

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In and Within Within In : Here “In” m eans after the end of. Within: Here “W ithin” m eans before the end of.

For Exam Exam ple: It is five o’ clock. • •

You m ust be b ack ack in an h our. (m eans at at six o’ clock) You m ust be back w ithin an ho ur. (means before six o’ clock)


Beside an d Besides Besides Beside: W e use use “Beside” “Beside” in t he m eaning eaning of “ By the side side of”. Besides: M eans “ In addition addition to”

+ Besides •

• • •

W e stud y English English besides Arabic. + He w as sittin g beside his luggage. luggage. He w as given given clothes besides food . I w as standing just beside beside him .


In an d Int Int o som ething. In : Denotes the position or rest inside som direction t ow ards the inside inside of someth ing. ing. Into: Denotes the m otion or direction •

Put t ea into into the cup.

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There is tea in the cup.

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He came came into the room and stood stood in front of m e. He was in in his room, w hen I went to see him him .


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For an d At At (Pr ice) ice) sum is m ent ioned, we use for. For: If the actual sum actual sum sum is not m entioned, we use at, at, but if the w eight eight or m easure easure follow s the price at at m ay At : If the actual be used. I bought this book for fifty rupees. • • • •

I cannot cannot buy t his book at such a price. price. The cloth cloth is sold sold at seventy seventy rupees a yard. I am ready t o buy t his bike for Rs Rs 25,000. 25,000.


For an d Infiniti Infinitive ve (Pur pos e) Form ula # 1

Subject

+ For + Noun

Person

Form ula # 2

Subject

+ Infinitive Infinitive (To + Ver b 1)

Person Formula # 3

Subject

+ For + (ing Forms)

Thing Form ula # 4

Subject

+ For + Thing + Infinitive Infinitive (To +Verb +Verb 1)

Person

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I sit sit here for inform ation. I sit sit here to get inform ation.

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I went to Karachi Karachi University for an interview .

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Is this marker for w riting on the board? This book is used for preparing for th e examination at ICM ICM AP. AP.

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W e use this book to prepare for the examination at ICM ICM AP. AP.

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Fr om and Since used before a noun or phrase phrase denoting a starting starting point. From: “ From ” is used Since: “ Since” is used used before a noun or phr ase ase denot ing a starting point and it is follow ed by a verb in

perfect tense. The examination examination w ill com com m ence from Friday. riday. •

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He has been in prison since 2004. He has been w orking since since tw o o’ clock. I stud stud y from six six to nine.

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W e have been playing cricket cricket since since m orning.

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Fr om an d To

• • • • • •

From

To

Sender

Receiver

Star ting Point

Ending Point

I got got t he gift gift fr om m y uncle. uncle. The principal awarded th e prize prize to t he best stud stud ent. He received received the prize from the principal. This gift is to you from m e. He studies studies from nine t o tw elve. He will work for our company from Septem ber to Decem Decem ber.

Problem #81

To and Till Till// Unt il To: To : W e use “ To” To” w ith distance distance and to express express motion and “To” can can be used before time, w hen it is with

“From”. “Till/ Until” is used used wit h tim e. Till/ Till/ Unt il: “Till/ • • • •

He w alked alked to the park and back. He works from nine to tw elve. I want t o stay here till/unt il next next w eek. He works from nine till/unt il twelve.


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I went t o post office office on foot.

Problem #82

Between and Amon g used for tw o and norm ally ally after difference. difference. Between: “Betw een” is used se d f o r m o r e t h a n t w o . Among: “ A m o n g ” i s u se •

There There w as a fight fight b etw een Areeb and Arhum.

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W hat is the difference between in and into? He divided all his incom e amo ng his children.

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I could could not recogniz recognizee him among th e crowd.

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Problem #83

Like an d As Like: “Like” “Like” is used used before a noun or pro noun t o t alk alk about similarity. As : “ As” As” is used used before a noun to talk about the role or function of a person person or thing. • • • • •

He bats like Inzim Inzim am-ul-Haq. He w orked as an engineer engineer in m y company. She lo oks like h e r m o t h e r . I wo rk here as a senior correspond correspond ent. He t alks like like a teacher.


By, In a nd On ( Mea ns o f Tran spor t) By: W e use use “By” before m eans of transportation.

Form ula: By + M eans of tr anspor anspor t (Bus/Train/ (Bus/Train/ Rail/Road/ Plane/A ir/ Car/ Bicycle, Bicycle, etc) If we use “By” before m eans of transport, we w ill not use use a/t he/ his bewt een by and and m eans of transport. W e use “ In” f or cars and taxis. Form ula: In + a/m y + car/t axi axi

In :

On: On : W e use use “On” for bicycles, bicycles, mot orcycles,and orcycles,and public transport transport .

Form ula: •

On + the/ m y + bus/t rain/ rain/ bike/p lane, lane, etc

He w ill go go t o school school by b us.


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He w ill go go to school on t he bus. I go go to w ork in m y car. car. He is going to Lahore Lahore b y air. He goes to school on foo t.

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They came came in a t axi. I go go to coaching cent cent re on m y bike.

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They will go to Saudi Arabia by plane.

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At, In In a nd On (Time) At : “ At” is used used wit h the exact exact tim e and meal time.

At + clock clock tim e At + sunset unset

At + night At + noon

At + the w eekend At + m idnight

At + dawn At + m idday

At + lunch At + eid

In + centuries

In + decades

used w ith a period of tim e. In : “ In” is used In + m ont h In + part of day

In + year In + seas season on In + sum m er vacation vacation

used w ith t he days of t he w eek and special special days. days. On: On : “ On” is used On + date On + Friday O n + m o n t h w i t h d at at e

On +birth day

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He gets up at five o’clock in in t he m orning. W e o u g h t t o g o t h e r e o n M o n d ay ay . W hat do you prefer at at dinner?

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M inal was born in 2011.

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On + day w ith part of day

I cannot cannot do w ork at night. He got a precious gift gift o n his birthday.


At, In an d On (P lace) At :

At is used used , ifif th e buildings or organizations organizations begin begin w ith pr oper no un. At is used used befor e the nam es of small t ow ns and villages villages.. At is used before t he nam e of u niversities and and colleges. colleges. At is used befor e addresses. addresses. In :

In is used befor e buildings/ buildings/ office/ shop/ factory, etc. Zees eeshan han M ateen

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In is used before t he nam es of coun tr ies and cities. cities. In is used used bef ore street s. On: On :

W e use use “On” w hen w e talk about about t he surfac surface. e. W e use use “On” before a river river or road. On is used used for t elling elling the num ber of th e floor. • • • • •

He w orks at M CB. Do you w ork in a bank? Your boo k w as on th e table. He lives in Quet ta. I w ant t o Live in Pakis Pakistan. tan.

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He is study ing at Karachi Karachi Un iversity. W hat w ere you doing in the street? street? I live at Liaquat Liaquat abad in Karachi.

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She lives on the first floor .

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Besides an d Excep xcep t

+ Besides •

He stu dies English English besides Arabic. Arab ic + English It m eans that h e studies tw o languages languages..

Except •

Everyone went to school school except except M inal. inal. Everyone M inal It m eans that everyone w ent t o school, school, but M inal didn’t go.

Besides: Except:

“ Bes Besides” ides” m eans “ In addition to” “ Except” m eans “ Leaving out ”

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Everyone w as present present in t he class class except except Yem na. I like English English besides Accou Accou nt ing.

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He w as given food besides clothes.

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I like to study every subject subject except Econom ics. ics.

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By an d Nea r Bank

Sho p

College Distance

By” m eans “ Bes Beside” By: “ By” • • •

M uhamm adi sw sw eet shop shop is by the bank. M uham m adi sweet shop is near Liaquatabad Liaquatabad Degree College. College. He came into the class class and and sat by m e.

Problem #89

Accor ccor din g to and In my view/ view/ op inion According to” is used used for quoting another person’s person’s opinion. Accor ding to: “ According used for quoting your own opinion. In my view/ view/ opinion: “ In my view/ opinion” is used •

According According to Arh um , it is a good good m obile.

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In my view, he w ill becom becom e a rich rich m an.

Problem #90

Dur ing and For h o li lid a y / w a r / s u m m e r film / n i gh gh t / s p r i n g During + noun

two months/ a week ye a r s / a g e s ye For + a Period of time

During: W e use use “During” to answer, when somet hing happens. happens. For: W e use use “For” to answ answ er, how long som som ething continues. continues. • • • • •

He played played cricket cricket for tw o hours during the night. He is in his room during the afternoon. It snowed for t hree hours. He w ill stay stay here for a few m inutes. A lot of people are killed killed and wou nded during the w ar.


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By an d With With To get

The position of a Manager

He w ill have have to do som ething. Or He will have to use somet hing. passive ve voice. By: “ By” deno tes the doer of an action in passi W hen w e have to do somet hing to get our objectives, objectives, we use “By” With: W hen we w ish ish to show t he means or instrument w ith w hich action action is done, we use use “W ith” • • • • • • •

He can can get the p osition osition of a manager manager by w orking hard. He can can get the position position of a manager manager w ith m oney. He shot shot t he bird wit h a gun. The bird w as shot by him . He opened the door w ith t he key. key. He opened the doo r by breaking the lock. lock. This book w as w ritten by him .

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You can solve these question question s w ith t his form ula. You can solve th ese question question s by using using t his form ula.

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These These mo vies w ere directed by him.

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In fr fr ont of and Opp osite 7-Day

Cap r i Cinem Cinem a

(Opposite ) Saif

Areeb (Opposite)

Minal

Huda (In front o f)


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7-Day 7-Day is opposite t he Capri Capri cinem a. Saif is sitt ing oppo site Areeb. Huda is sitting in front of M inal. He w ill have to speech speech in fro nt of t he class. class.

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He was standing standing in in front of m e in the queue. There is a bus stop stop in fro nt of Firdous Shop Shop ping Cent Cent re.

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There is a cinem cinem a opp osite Firdou Firdou s Shopp Shopp ing Cent Cent re.

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Pre positions

Opposite: W e use use “Opposite” w hen w e talk about about across across the road/ room etc.

W e use use “Opposite” w hen som som eting/som eone is is on the ot her side. side. use “In front of ” w hen som som ething/ som ebody is on the sam sam e side. side. In fr fr ont of: W e use W e use use “In front of” w hen w e are in in fron t of a place, place, vehicl vehiclee etc means we are outside outside it. Problem Problem # 93

By an d Un Un til By: W e use use “By”, w hen som som ething happens by a time in the futu re (means an event event o r action w ill

happen at or before, but no t later than the given time) Until: W e use “ Until” , when someth ing continues continues until a time in the fu ture (means an an event or action

w ill continue till the given given tim e) Tablet (Expiry dat e July July 11) •

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This tablet w ill expire This tablet w ill expire by July July 11. (This (This tablet should no t be used after July 11) You had bet ter no t go t o att end th e clas class. He teaches unt il 11:30. The exam exam ination form s have have to be subm itted by septem ber 5. W hat are you doing? I am am stud ying and I w ill stud stud y until 11 o’ clock. (He will continu e studying till 11 o’ clock) He w ill reach reach hom e by six o’ clock. clock. (He will be at at hom e at or before six) He has been le arnin g English English since since Januar Januar y. He w ill learn un til June. (He will cont inue learn ing English English till Jun Jun e) Com plet e your assi assignm gnm ent by M onday, if you want to t ake the clas class. s.


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Above an d Over use “Above” , when w e measure measure temp erature and and height. height. Above: W e use “ Above” is used, used, when someth ing is is writt en before in a book or paper. W e use use “ Above”, w hen the position of one t hing is higher than another. another. Over: W e use use “ Over” w hen w e talk about about ages ages,, mo ney, speed and time. “ Over” is used used w hen one t hing covers covers another. another. “ Over” is used used for mo vement . • • •

He puts the boo ks over the keys. keys. He built a library above his room . Everybody w ill follow above rules and regulations. regulations.

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Don’t jump over the w all. all. He is over 40.

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I waited for you over three hours, but you didn’t come.

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The opposite opposite of above is below . Theopposite of over is under. Problem Problem # 95

In th e way and On On th e way His His ca r

Her car My ca r way) ( In the way)

use “In the w ay”, when som som ebody/ som ething stops stops som som ebody from m oving or doing In the way : W e use something. On the way : W e u s e “ O n t h e w a y ” a t t h e t i m e o f j o u r n e y. y.

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I couldn’t couldn’t park m y car car because because th e cars cars were in t he w ay. I saw saw M uhamm adi sw sw eet shop shop on the w ay. She had biryani on the w ay.

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He asked asked m e to m ove because because I was in his w ay.

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To and In used for mo vement. To: To : “To” is used used for p osition. osition. In : “In” is used •

He is going to Karachi. Karachi.

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He lives in Karachi. Karachi.


Home and At h ome Home : If there is a verb of m ovement in a sentence sentence we do n ot u se (to) before home. At h ome: W h e n w e t a lk lk a b o u t t h e p o s itit i o n , w e sa sa y “ A t h o m e ” . • • •

He is going going x hom e. He is coming x hom e. He is at hom e.

Problem #98

Leave som som ebody/ place Leave fo r a place He is tryin g to leave x hom e. He is leaving leaving fo r Saudi Saudi Ar abia soon. • •


W e do not use use preposi preposition tion before (each/every/ (each/every/ tom orrow / yesterday/ yesterday/ next/last/ next/last/ this/ this/ that) He came here x yesterd yesterd ay evening. • • •

The meet ing w ill be held x next Friday. Friday. He is com com ing x th is Sun Sun day.


The verbs verbs below below do not require a preposition. preposition. Answ er App roach Ask Att ack Ent er Finish Hate Leave Ord er Pit y Plough Resem Resem ble


Believe (Regard (Regard as tr ue) Tell (Say (Say t o) Reach

Com b Love Str ess

Con tr ol M arry Sw eep

Discuss Discuss Obey Em phasize

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Word s Foll Followed owed By Pre positions Abide by Aware of Adjacent Adjacent to Amazed Amazed at Annoyed at/ w ith Argue w ith/ for Attain to Back Back up Bless Blessed ed w ith Brilliant Brilliant at Caution of Compete w ith/ for Consent onsent to Count on

Absorbed in Accuse Accuse of Aim at Amb ition for Appetite for Ashamed Ashamed of Attent ive to Bark Bark at Blind to/ of Bored w ith Charge wit h

Abstain from Accus Accustom tom ed to Advantage Advantage of Amb itious of Applicabl Applicablee to Ass Associate ociate w ith Authority over Begin Begin w ith Boast Boast of Care about / for Claim to

Ask Ask (sb) (sb) for Acquit Acquit of Agree Agree to/ w ith Anxious for Appoint to Attend to Avail Avail of Beg from Borrow from Careful about Clear of

Access Access to Addicted to Alight Alight from Apologiz Apologize to/ for Approve of Ass Assure of Averse Averse to Bereft of Busy Busy in Capable of Com pensate for

Afraid of Adhere to Alive Alive w ith/ to Angry at/ w ith Arrive in/ at Attach to Award for/ to Beware of Buy from Cause ause of Consist onsist of

Com ply wit h Consult onsult w ith Cope w ith

Concerned w ith Content ed w ith Cruel to

Confide in Contrary to Cut in/ into

Concentr ate on Deprive of

Crash rash into Derive from

Cheque for Desire Desire for

Deaf to/ of Desirous Desirous of

Congratulate ongratulate on Contribut e to Cure of/ for Delighted with/in Detrim ent al to

Differ w ith/ from

Different from

Dilig Diligent ent in

Disgus Disgusted ted w ith

Dispose Dispose of

Disput Disput e w ith

Distinguis Distinguished hed for

Due to

Describe Describe (sth) (sth) to Dam age to Enlist in Exclude xclude from Faith in Feed on Fondness for Fill wit h

Dependent on Eager for Enqu ire of Exemp t from Faithfu l to Fertile in Free from Fall in (prices) (prices)

Demand for Em pt y of Escape scape fro m Explain (sth (sth ) to Famo us for Fire at Frow n on/ upon Glance Glance at

Disadvantage Disadvantage of Endear to Essent ssent ial to Excited xcited about Favorable for Fit for Full of Good for/ at

Decrease Decrease in Engage in Exchange w ith Fail in Fearful of Fond of Furnish urnish w ith Grateful to/ for

Greedy of Hint at

Grieve at Hope for Impose on/ upon Insist Insist on Independent of Kind to/ of Lean against against

Disqualified Disqualified for Disappointed w ith Eligible for Envio us of Exult at False alse to Fight w ith/ for Freedom from / of Glad Glad at Guard from / agai against nst Hopeful of

Disag Disagree ree with Distinguish betw een

Consc Conscious ious of Convenient to Collide ollide w ith Depend on/upon Devoid of Displeased at/with

Guilty Guilty of Hear Hear about/ of

Generous Generous to/ of Happen to

Hanker Hanker after Ill wit h

Indebted to Inspire Inspire (sb) (sb) w ith

Indulge Indulge in Intro duce to

Infected Infected w ith Invite (sb) (sb) to

Inform (sb) (sb) of Incapable Incapable of

Jealous of Knock at Liable to/ for

Jest est at Lame of Lim it to

Join w ith/ to Lamen t for Long for

Jum p at Laught at Loyal to

Import from Injurious to Interested in Keen on Lead to


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Pre positions

Necessary for/to Obliged Obliged to/ for

M ix with Neglig Negligent ent of

M ourn for Object Object to

N a t u r al al t o Obedient to

Opposed Opposed t o Pleased leased wit h/ at Prevent from

M eet with Notorious for Overwhelm w ith Popu lar w ith Pride in/ on

Participate in Pray to/ for Prohibit from

Pass assion for Prefer to Proof of

Persist ersist in Preside at Proud of

Provide w ith Quick at Refer to

Punish for Reason eason for Refrain from

Polite to Rebel against against Regard for

Rem ind of/ about

Reply Reply to Relationship w ith Short of Succeed in Surprised at/ by Sim ilar to Tas Taste of/ for True to Upset Upset about W i sh sh f o r Yearn for

Respectful espectful to

Qualify for Reconcile econcile w ith Rejoice at Responsible to/ for

Pay Pay for Prepare for Protest against against Quarrel w ith/about Recover from Relevant to Retire from

Rule over

Sanguine of Skilful at Suff icient icient for

Satisfied w ith Slow at/ in Suitable for/ to

Save from Sm ile at Supply w ith

Seek for Stare at Suspicious uspicious of

Suffer from Solut ion to Thankful to/ for Thank Thank (sb) (sb) for Versed Versed in Withdraw from Zeal for

Spend on Sure of Threaten w ith Take Take care of Vote for/ agains againstt Work for

Shout at/ to Suspect uspect of Tired Tired of Throw at/ to Vexed Vexed w ith/ at W rite to

Speak to Talk Talk about/ to Trade Trade w ith Terrified of W ant of W rite in pen

Read abou t Shocked at Stick to Sympathize with Shoot at Think of/ about Tremble w ith Useful Useful to/ for Wait for W orried about

Quote from Reduce to Relieve from

Some useful Phr ases In a room In the kitchen

In the w ater In a garden

In the phone box In the pool

In a car car In prison

In a street In a phot ograph In a row At the bus stop At the seaside easide

In a taxi In the m iddle In cash cash At college college At the airport airport

In a book In a queue In general At school school At the party

At t he age of At the bott om of the hill At the top of the page page

In the w orld In the sky In advance At hom e At a station At the end of At w ork On a road

On the m ap On the floor On television television

At the top of the hill At the bott om of the page page On the m ot or bike

On a plate On a plane On a horse

On the shelf On a bus On a bicycle bicycle

on the left On the farm On the radio On the envelope On a ship On holiday


In a shop In hospital In a newspaper In a line In the w rong At University At a concert concert On a w all On the screen screen On the phone On a tou r On a train On the right 28


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Exercises of Pr ep ositions ositions Exercise # 1

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . The meet ing w ill be held ____ Friday. Friday. 2 . You w ill not go anyw here ____ next Friday. Friday. 3 . He start start s w orking ____ the m orning and studies ____ ____ night. 4 . The Quaid-e-Aza Quaid-e-Azam m joined M uslim uslim League eague ____ 1906. 5 . He is not busy ____ the w eekend. 6 . He w ill come back ____ February February 28. 7 . She w as born ____ February. 8 . I like reading reading books ____ ____ the after noon . 9 . W e have dinner ____ every satuday satuday ____ hom e. 1 0. He gets up d aily ____ 5 o’ clock, but sleeps sleeps ____ the evening. Exercise # 2

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He w as angry ____ ____ the arrangement arrangement w hich was done ____ the comm ittee. 2 . He talked ____ m e ____ English. English. 3 . They are addicted addicted ____ dr inking. 4 . The war ____ Iraq Iraq and Am erica broke ou t ____ 2002. 5 . She p refers tea ____ coffee. 6 . This book is different ____ t hat on e. 7 . This book is the same ____ th at on e. 8 . She w ill be here ____ tw o hour s. 9 . The president w ent t o Karachi Karachi _____ tw o w eeks. eeks. 1 0. The diamon d ____ Sout Sout h Africa is export ed ____ m any countries. Exercise # 3

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . I agree agree ____ you and ____ your propo sal. sal. 2 . There is no chair to sit sit ____. 3 . Rashid Rashid M inh as died ____ Pakistan Pakistan . 4 . I got to university ____ bus, but he goes ____ ____ the car. 5 . He is fond ____ chocolate. 6 . They were p laying cricket cricket ____ t he road. 7 . W hen I entered ____ room , all all the students stood stood ____. ____. 8 . He tr avels ____ the bus. 9 . I am grateful ____ you ____ lending me boo ks. 1 0 . They did not come to take class class ____ last last Sunday.


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Exercise # 4

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . This is not a m att er ____ litt le impo rtance. 2 . I am afraid ____ doing it. 3 . I consult consult ____ everyone wh enever I am am ____ tro uble. 4 . You ought t o abstain ____ ____ meat . 5 . He refrains ____ eating eating m eat. 6 . W hy did you lie ____ ____ him? 7 . This book belongs ____ me. 8 . He should abide ____ t he rules. 9 . Don’t try to m eet me ____ the airport. airport. 1 0. He is good good _ ___ Account ing but w eak ____ Business Business Stat istcs. istcs. Exercise # 5

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . I bought t his pen ____ tw enty rupees. rupees. 2 . I cannot cannot buy this pen ____ such a price. 3 . The teacher sat sat ____ his desk to t each each t he lesson. lesson. 4 . The birds w ere sitt sitt ing ____ the trees. 5 . He cannot cannot stand ____ you ____ this m om ent. 6 . She aim ed ____ the bird . 7 . He t eaches English English ____ coll ege. 8 . They accus accused ed him ____ stealing stealing th e pen. 9 . He does not bank ____ anyone. 1 0. Look ____ the w hite-board and t ry to u nderstand everyt hing I am saying ____. Exercise # 6

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . She succeeded __ __ achievin g her goals. goals. 2 . He failed failed ____ M athem atics. atics. 3 . They don’t listen ____ anyone. 4 . Put tea ____ the cup. 5 . I cannot cannot put up ____ him anym ore. 6 . You should avail yourselves ____ the op port unity. 7 . He works ____ ____ 11 11 am ____ 8 pm. 8 . Be true ____ ____ your w ord. 9 . They are interested ____ studying here. 1 0 . Clot hes are sold sold ____ t he yard.


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Exercise # 7

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He w ants to have lunch ____ restaurant restaurant . 2 . She did no t apply ____ th e job. 3 . He deals ____ books. 4 . Do you w ork ____ M CB? 5 . He passed passed his m atriculation exam ination ____ t he age of sixteen. sixteen. 6 . He wo rks ____ ____ the bank. 7 . Depend ____ your selves selves.. 8 . He has recover ed ____ his illness. illness. 9 . He lives ____ Karachi. Karachi. 1 0. W hy did you not reply ____ ____ my lett er? Exercise # 8

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . She has been ____ England England t w o t im es. es. 2 . He doesn’t have a good r elationship ____ his friends. 3 . W hy w ere you shouting shouting ____ m e? 4 . There has been an increase ____ the num ber of credit card users. users. 5 . I am am fed up ____ itit now . 6 . This book is simi simi lar ____ that on e. 7 . He is very keen ____ studying b ooks. 8 . You should be aw are ____ the situatio ns. 9 . Don’t laugh ____ anyone. 1 0. Please lease explain t his chapter chapter ____ m e. Exercise # 9

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . I don’t believe ____ you. 2 . He threw the ball ____ ____ me. 3 . She has been looking ____ job ____ a long t im e. 4 . He has been ____ ho spital spital ____ yesterday. 5 . I apologized apologized ____ him ____ gett gett ing late. 6 . I didn’t write a letter ____ my brother. 7 . I wat ched this new s ____ ____ television. television. 8 . He stops wo rking ____ 8 o’ clock. 9 . He issued a chequ e ____ Rs 1,000. 1,000. 1 0 . A t ruck crashed crashed ____ a car yesterday.


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Exercise # 10

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He spends spends a lot lot of m oney ____ food. 2 . W hy don’t you phone ____ m e? 3 . He w as sitt sitt ing ____ me. 4 . He failed in Physics in spite __ __ to iling. 5 . He has tw o boo ks ____ this one. 6 . She d ied ___ _ an illn ess. ess. 7 . I rely ____ him . 8 . He told us ____ the accident accident w hich too k place yesterd yesterd ay ____ the ro ad. 9 . I congratu lated h im ____ his success success.. 1 0. This book consis consists ts ____ t en chapt ers. Exercise # 11

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He described described th e objectives ____ the com pany ____ very well. 2 . I bought t his book ____ you. 3 . They arrived ____ the station ____ 9 o’ clock. 4 . Distr Distr ibute t he books ____ the studen ts. 5 . Everything w as right according according ____ him . 6 . He resembles ____ his father . 7 . I read this new s ____ the new spaper. 8 . The scis scissors sors are lying ____ th e tab le. 9 . He w as playing games games instead ____ wo rking hard. 1 0. The next semester w ill begin ____ July July 1. Exercise # 12

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . The dog was barking ____ them . 2 . Everyth ing went cont rary ____ m y expectation expectation s. 3 . He studeis ____ ____ GoodW ay. 4 . He w as sitt sitt ing ____ the chair. chair. 5 . I heard the new s ____ the radio. 6 . He is ____ w ork. 7 . She w as surprised surprised ____ t he new s. 8 . This book w as w ritten ____ him him . 9 . He tried t o prot ect his children children ____ the rain. 1 0 . Is ther e coffee ____ the cup?


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Exercise # 13

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . They go go ____ school school ____ fo ot. 2 . The stor stor ies ____ ____ this book are full ____ int erest. 3 . He w as sitt sitt ing ____ the floor ____ the street . 4 . I am am h appy ____ the situat situat ion. 5 . They didn’t invit e us ____ ____ lunch. 6 . Sm oking is injurious ____ health . 7 . They prevented u s ____ ____ going there. 8 . He is senior senior ____ yo u. 9 . He w as knocking ____ the door. 1 0. She w as comb ing ____ her hair. Exercise # 14

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . I differ ____ ____ you on t his point of view . 2 . The bus collided collided ____ the car. car. 3 . I borrow ed this book ____ ____ him. 4 . He is blind ____ an eye. 5 . She is absorb absorb ed ____ h er stud ies. 6 . Be loyal loyal ____ your count ry. 7 . Translate Translate th is sent sent ence ____ English. English. 8 . I am th ankful ____ you ____ giving giving me boo ks. 9 . He lent a book ____ me. 1 0. She is familiar ____ t his soft soft w are. Exercise # 15

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He w as displeas displeased ed ____ m e. 2 . You should start w orking ____ prayer. 3 . She is capable capable ____ w orking o n t his project. 4 . He has no contr ol ____ his children. children. 5 . They are are tired ____ w orking. 6 . He is jealous ____ me . 7 . They have have been w aiting ____ you ____ tw o days. days. 8 . He can can contro l ____ the children. 9 . I am am f amiliar ____ him . 1 0 . This book is superior superior ____ that one.


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Exercise # 16

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He is angry ____ you . 2 . I don’t agree ____ ____ him . 3 . I w as angry angry ____ his behavior. 4 . Are you annoyed ____ him? 5 . He w as annoyed ____ ____ the w ay, they w elcom elcom ed. 6 . He gave an an answer ____ m e. 7 . M ilk is useful ____ the bones. 8 . I will be able to answer ____ everyone. 9 . She is blind ____ t he fact s. 1 0. He is bad ____ Econom Econom ics, bu t goo d ____ English. English. Exercise # 17

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . Sm oking is bad ____ your health . 2 . Early rising is good _ ___ healt h. 3 . He looks ____ his m emb ers of family. 4 . She is used used t o sittin g ____ an arm chair. 5 . He attacked ____ the enem ies. ies. 6 . He w as preparing ____ making an att att ack ____ them . 7 . The teachers are allowed to sit sit ____ t he sofa. 8 . He deals ____ old and n ew cars. cars. 9 . He w as cured ____ h is illness. illness. 1 0. How do they deal ____ ____ him? Exercise # 18

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He lays em phasis ____ it . 2 . I was joking ____ him ____ th e evening. 3 . He is gifted gifted ____ talent. 4 . He sold his car car ____ M erub ____ Rs Rs 100,000. 100,000. 5 . He is trying to give ____ smoking. 6 . He walked ____ room and cam cam e back. back. 7 . He cannot cannot m ake ____, w hat you are saying ____ him. 8 . M y teacher teacher used to beat m e ____ stick. stick. 9 . The temp eratur e in Islamabad Islamabad is ____ ____ zero zero to night. 1 0 . W aqar younis w ill be brought ____ to im prove the bow ling. ling.


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Exercise # 1 9

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He is incapable ____ playing cricket . 2 . They w ere ____ the room , when I entered ____. 3 . She is going to Ire land ____ p lane. 4 . They w ere banished banished ____ the countr y. 5 . He has been living ____ Pakist Pakist an ____ 1990. 6 . I am ____ holidays these days. 7 . This stor y is based based ____ t rue f acts. 8 . I have wo rked in accordance accordance ____ the or ders. 9 . The shop shop of m ilk is ____ the corner of t he street. 1 0. The teachers cannot cannot approve ____ his conduct. Exercise # 20

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He w as sleeping sleeping ____ bed. 2 . W e mu st comm unicate unicate ____ the M anaging anaging Direc Director tor of the company. 3 . He has authority ____ the mem bers of the departm ent. 4 . Bo t h o f t h e m w e r e _ _ _ _ t h e w r o n g . 5 . He is capable capable ____ doing t his job. 6 . Can you com pare the speed of light ____ th e speed speed of sound ? 7 . Everyo ne is anxious ____ his success. success. 8 . M ajor Raja Raja Aziz Aziz died ____ the w ar. 9 . He was indignant ____ the arrangem ent. 1 0. I have writt en the lett er ____ pencil. pencil. Exercise # 21

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . They supply supply t he hungry ____ food . 2 . Be kind ____ your junior s. 3 . He is deaf ____ an ear. 4 . They arrived ____ Liaquatabad Liaquatabad ____ night . 5 . Is ther e any cure ____ t hat disease? disease? 6 . She looks ____ her m oth er. 7 . He can be com com pared ____ a deer in runn ing. 8 . People usually fight ____ t heir rights. 9 . He is afraid ____ t he lizard. 1 0 . She w as sitt sitt ing ____ th e table.


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Exercise # 22

Put in the cor rect prepo sition s w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He came here ____ a taxi. 2 . You can get A-1 grade ____ w orking hard. 3 . W e are acc accus ustom tom ed ____ hot w eather. 4 . He w ill go go th ere ____ this M onday. 5 . The injured injured w ere taken ____ hospital. 6 . She is quit e sure ____ his hon esty. 7 . He tried to jum p ____ the wall. 8 . They They jum ped ____ the sw sw imm ing pool. 9 . I want t o get rid ____ ____ them. 1 0. M y m ot her rejoices ____ ____ m y succes success. s. Exercise # 23

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . He hid ____ the tree. 2 . W ho is responsible ____ the lo ss? 3 . __ __ m y o p in io n , h e d o esn es n ’t d e ser se r v e t h is. is . 4 . They go ____ str str ike ____ every Friday. 5 . Tie the cow ____ the tree. 6 . Children en joy playing ____ the park. 7 . Do you have confidence ____ him? 8 . He suspected suspected her ____ stealing the book. 9 . W e discus discusse sedd ____ the m atter in d etail. 1 0. He reached ____ ho use _____ 5 o’ clock. Exercise # 24

Put in the corr ect prepositions w herever necessary. necessary. 1 . Pakistan akistan played t he first w orld cup m atch ____ 2007 ____ M arch ____ Friday Friday ____ 8:00 ____ W est est Indies. 2 . There are are som som e people w ho are not sincere sincere ____ wor k. 3 . Don’t be envious ____ anyone. anyone. 4 . Dividends are divided divided ____ shareholders of t he com pany. 5 . He takes care _____ his childr en. 6 . He is not atten tive ____ h is stud stud ies ____ ____ th e class class.. 7 . She slept ____ th e film . 8 . I am not satisfied atisfied ____ the perform ance ance of t he company. 9 . I aske askedd ____ him t hree differen t questions. 1 0 . You are afraid ____ face him .


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Exercise # 25

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 0.

t he follow ing sentences. sentences. Sm oking is injurious injurious of your health. He is good in Englsih, nglsih, but w eak at Econom Econom ics. ics. The The tem perature is over 30 today. He has done t he job in accord accord ance of the or ders. He entered into t he building and and hid. He is below below 40. She has been w or king in H BL since five years. They were on t he w rong because because practice. They They w ere w aiting aiting us in the corner of t he street. street. He failed at Business Stat istics despit e of t oiling.

Exercise # 26

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 0. 1 1.

t he follow ing senten senten ces. ces. He pur cahsed cahsed the supplies for a good pr ice. Everyth ing went cont rary of your expectations. I cannot cannot stand with him anymore. People are dying w ith hun ger in the count count ry. There is no sofa in the roo m t o sit. He put the m agazi agazines nes above the keys so so th at no body could see. The chairs chairs are are m ade from plastic. plastic. I don’t believe in him. They att acked acked on the inno cent people. She w as comb ing into h er hair. He cam cam e here in yesterd yesterd ay mor ning.

Exercise # 27

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 0.

t he follow ing sentences. sentences. The examinat examinat ion w ill comm ence since since Septem Septem ber 6. He resem resem bles w ith his father. He opened the door w ith breaking the lock. lock. Carry on put ting coffee in th e cups. cups. They will join cam cam p after tw o w eeks. eeks. They w ere picking up the flo w ers in the garden. They got into the bu s im im m ediately. ediately. They are are not alive w ith t he facts. He is fam iliar iliar wit h everyone. They are are com ing back on train.


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Exercise # 28

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 0.

t he follow ing sentences. sentences. He w as bor n in Karachi Karachi at Pakistan Pakistan . You are not allowed t o interfere w ith m y affairs affairs.. Electricity lectricity is m ade of w ater. They They are getting getting out o f th e train now . He w as arrested arrested in t he end of f ilm. He was standing standing in in the f ront of your hom e. He stressed stressed on the roles of ind ividuals in his speech. speech. They are going t o KSA KSA by t he plan e. He answred t o everyone in t he class class.. She lacks of conf iden ce.

Exercise # 29

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 0.

t he follow ing senten senten ces. ces. He deals deals with old and new books. books. He came to Karachi arachi in tw o days. He w as sitt sitt ing besides besides me. The form s have have to be submit ted until October 20. She asked asked him to m ove because because he w as on h er w ay. He tried to jum p above the wall and and cam cam e off. He w ill come come here on next W ednesday. ednesday. He is addicted of dr inking. They They w ere voting to him in the election so so th at he could w in easily. easily. He has been absent absent from M onday.

Exercise # 30

Correct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

t he follow ing sentences. sentences. They They cam cam e here for get inform ation about t he admission. admission. All of them are working in night. night. They were at school school in no on. He w alked till the post office and back. There is is no differen ce amo ng this book and t hat on e. He told t o us a story story in t he night. They don’t have enough mon ey to pay for th e bill. He gave u s this car at Rs 100,000. He blam blam ed the accident accident of m e. They are are going to get ben efit b y the change.


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