Preposition Exercises for SEBA Class IX, Assam Board Students based on previous years' exam questions.
Q. Fill in the blanks below with suitable prepositions.
1. He is at home. (at/in)
2. He is at the office. (at/in)
3. He is standing at the door. (at/in/on)
4. He is looking at me. (at/in)
5. Potato sells at sixty rupees a kilo. (at/for)
6. This house consists of five rooms. (of/in)
7. Cows live on grass. (by/on)
8. The book is on the table. (on/in)
9. He sat on the bench. (at/on/in)
10. He is coming into the room. (in/into)
11. This table is made of wood. (of/from)
12. Shoes are made of leather. (of/from)
13. Butter is made from milk. (of/from)
14. I sent for him. (to/for)
15. I don't care for her. (of/by)
16. There is little milk in the glass. (in/on)
17. China is to the north of India. (to/in/on)
18. Nepal is to the north of India. (to/in/on)
19. I bought the pen for twenty rupees. (with/for/by)
20. There is a bridge over the river. (on/over)
21. Please sit by me. (to/by)
22. He is senior to me. (to/than)
23. I write with a pen. (by/with)
24. I poured some milk into the glass. (in/into)
25. There is a bridge over the Brahmaputra. (on/over)
26. Birds are flying over the bridge. (on/over)
27. Boats are under the bridge. (on/under)
28. He is standing between Gita and Rita. (among/between)
29. We live in a village. (at/in)
30. He is sitting behind me. (on/behind)
31. This house is for sale. (to/for)
32. Here is a map of Assam. (of/for)
33. Sri Lanka is to the South of India. (to/on/in)
34. I bathed in the river. (in/under)
35. He fell into the river. (in/into)
36. He looks after my property. (for/after)
37. He has returned from the market. (of/from)
38. You must care for your parents. (of/for)
39. I am on duty. (in/on)
40. She is on leave. (in/on)
41. We are in confusion. (in/on)
42. He fell from the tree. (of/from)
43. Give the book to me. (to/for)
44. Look at the sky. (at/for)
45. Father is sleeping in his room. (at/in)
46. Rabi is between Babul and Abdul. (between/among)
47. I'll reach there on Monday. (in/on)
48. He'll come in March. (in/on)
49. She was here till 5 PM yesterday. (till/for)
50. He is crying out for fear. (by/for)
51. It has been raining since yesterday. (since/from)
52. He has been reading for two hours. (since/for)
53. He is on the way to the office. (to/for)
54. I shall finish the work by next Sunday. (by/on)
55. He will come here in winter. (in/on)
56. Rita will meet me during holidays. (in/during)
57. I have not yet written to him. (to/for)
58. The house was on fire. (in/on)
59. He was accompanied by his father. (with/by)
60. He was absent from school today. (in/from)
61. His knowledge of English is poor. (of/on)
62. I warned him against working so hard. (against/by)
63. I was about to go. (to/on)
64. He is sure of success. (of/in)
65. He is well versed in music. (at/in)
66. He delivered a lecture on classical music. (in/on)
67. He is admitted to the hospital. (to/in)
68. We sat under a tree. (on/under)
69. He goes to bed at 10 PM. (at/by)
70. He came by train. (in/by)
71. The child lives on milk only. (on/by)
72. He came in the afternoon. (in/at)
73. He was appointed to the post. (to/in)
74. I was ill with influenza. (with/for)
75. Don't hanker after wealth. (for/after)
76. We went there after a week. (after/in)
77. We'll go there in a week. (after/in)
78. I saw him leaving over the wall. (on/over)
79. Sit on the bench. (in/on)
80. We live on rice. (on/by)
81. He stood by me. (by/on)
82. I do not believe in his honesty. (at/in)
83. He deals very nicely with his customers. (with/in)
84. Our examination starts on Saturday next. (in/on)
85. He was not present in school today. (at/in)
86. I shall do it with pleasure. (at/with)
87. Smoking is bad for lungs. (to/for)
88. Your application is under consideration. (on/under)
89. Virtue consists in speaking the truth. (in/of)
90. The tiger was killed by the hunter. (with/by)
91. He was killed in an accident. (in/by)
92. He died of Cancer. (of/from)
93. I have seen with my own eyes. (in/with)
94. He has drawn a beautiful picture with a pencil. (with/by)
95. The man died from overwork. (of/from)
96. He was born in 1980. (in/on)
97. He wrote the letter in ink. (with/in)
98. The sun rises in the east. (in/to)
99. He has gone to see off his brother. (off/of)
100. The Chief Minister flagged off the train. (off/of)
