ENGLISH LANGUAGE - PREPOSITIONS - LEVEL 2

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions

1) His friends condoled..............him..............bereavement.
2) He quarreled..............me..............a trifle.
3) I don’t concur..............you..............that opinion.
4) I am obliged..............you..............your kindness.
5) I exchanged..............him my calculator..............a camera.
6) He is grateful..............his master..............many favours.
7) He was angry..............me, because he thought my remark was aimed..............him.
8) Adam assigned..............every creature a name peculiar..............its nature.
9) No doubt he has achieved much, but I cannot give him credit..............all that he boasts
10) The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance..............human achievement.
11) He is indebted..............his friend..............a large sum.
12) What Dr. Arnold mainly aimed.............., was to promote the self-development of the young minds committed..............his charge.
13) He was so much enamoured..............her that he forgot his duties..............his children.
14) It is difficult to agree..............those critics who ascribe the work of Shakespeare..............Bacon.
15) In his autobiography he refers..............his abhorrence..............animal diet.
16) He conversed..............us..............subjects varied interest.
17) The accident happened..............him..............a late hour and..............an out-of-the-way place.
18) A cashier is liable to render account..............the money received..............him.
19) The soldiers..............the fort were provided provisions to last them a year.
20) We are accountable..............God..............our actions.
21) Let us vie..............one another..............doing good.
22) His thirst..............knowledge left him no leisure..............anything else.
23) The rich and the poor alike nobly responded..............the call..............further funds.
24) For those who suffer..............nerves the remedy lies..............perfect rest.
25) A slave lies..............the necessity..............obeying his master’s orders.
26) The heir..............the throne was free..............physical or moral taint.
27) He impressed..............them that sorcery was vital..............their success.
28) Methylated spirit is spirit of wine made undrinkable by mixing it..............methyl to exempt it..............duty.
29) To love our country, to be interested..............its concerns, is natural..............all men.
30) He complained..............his weak eyes and lamented the necessity..............spectacles.
31) Samudragupta was known..............his skill..............music and song ; he was equally proficient..............the allied art of poetry.
32) It is the grasping of power combined..............the thirst..............fame which constitutes ambition.
33) It would be well for us to admire what is worthy..............admiration in such a people, rather than to carp..............their errors.
34) The common fallacy is that intimacy dispenses..............the necessity of politeness. The truth is just the opposite this.
35) The title Master was originally prefixed..............the name of a person of rank or learning ; it is now restricted..............boys.
36) This ticket will entitle you..............a free seat at the concert.
37) History, as well as daily experience, furnishes instances of men endowed..............the strongest capacity business and affairs, who have all their lives crouched under slavery to the grossest superstition.
38) He has no liking..............cards, and lately he has taken a dislike..............outdoor exercise.
39) At first they refused to acquience..............the terms, but finally yielded..............the logic of facts.
40) The hippopotamus feeds chiefly..............aquatic plants, but also seeks its food on land and is sometimes destructive..............cultivated crops.
41) Learning is knowledge especially as acquired..............study ; it is frequently contrasted..............knowledge or wisdom gained..............experience.
42) At the eleventh hour he retired..............the contest, leaving the field open..............his opponent.
43) Coriolanus, with all his greatness, was entirely devoid..............all sympathy..............the people.
44) From this time he became habitually depressed and moody and addicted..............the frequent use..............alcohol.
45) The first acts of the new administration were characterized rather..............vigour than..............judgement.
46) They were statesmen accustomed..............the management..............great affairs.
47) Measure yourself..............your equals ; and learn..............frequent competition the place which nature has allotted you.
48) Contrary..............my instructions, he went..............his depth and would certainly have met..............a fatal mishap but for the timely help rendered..............him.
49) A child is not able to distinguish goo..............evil. Death does not distinguish..............the rich and the poor. Sir Ronald Ross is distinguished..............his medical researches. Punch is distinguished..............his hunchback. (between, by, for, from)
50) On account of his age he is disqualified..............competing. Ill health disqualified the body..............labour and the mind..............study. (for, from)
51) Innocence is not proof..............scandal. He was discharged as there was no proof..............his guilt. (against, of)
52) He has no good cause..............complaint. Darkness was the cause..............his losing his way. (for, of)
53) True charity does not consist..............indiscriminate alms-giving. Brass consists..............copper and zinc. (in, of)
54) I am not concerned..............his affairs. I am not concerned..............him..............that business. He was much concerned..............hearing the sad news. His parents are naturally concerned..............his safety. (about, at, for, in, with)
55) He parted..............his friends in high spirits. He parted..............his property and went on pilgrimage to Dwarka. (from, with)
56) He acted..............fear. He acted..............my suggestion. He acted..............compulsion. (from, under, upon)
57) He succeeded..............the throne of his uncle. He succeeded..............his object. (in, to)
58) He agreed..............my proposal. He agreed..............me on that question. They could not agree..............themselves. (among, to, with)
59) The patient is now free..............danger. He is free..............his money. The goods were passed free duty (from, of, with)
60) I prevailed..............him to join our Unions. He prevailed..............me in the dispute. The peculiar custom prevails..............the Todas. (among, over, upon)
61) I was angry..............him..............lying to me. (for, with)
62) The city is well provided..............corn. We should provide..............risk of fire by insuring our goods. He has provided..............his children. (against, for, with)
63) The police is entrusted..............the enforcement of law and order. The children were entrusted..............the care of their uncle. (to, with)
64) The edition of Ivanhoe is adapted..............Indian boys. The form and structure of nests are..............adapted the wants and habits of each species. Many Urdu plays are adapted..............English. (for, from, to)
65) We are all slaves..............convention. No man should be a slave..............his passions. (of, to)
66) He is blind..............one eye. Are you blind your own interests ? (of, to)
67) There is no exception..............the rule. All the ministers were present at the function with the exception..............Mr. Smith. He took exception..............the presence of an outsider. (against, of, to)
68) His creditors became impatient..............payment. Impatient..............delay, he knocked at the door rather loudly. The people became impatient..............the burden of heavy taxation. (at, for, under)
69) He invested his patrimony..............jute shares. The Police Commissioner is invested..............magisterial powers. (in, with)
70) Let us talk..............something else. For a while they talked..............politics. I will talk..............my son respecting his conduct. (about, of, to)
71) He takes no interest..............politics. What you say has no interest..............me. I have no interest..............the agents of the firm. (for, in, with)
72) He has a reputation..............honesty. He has the reputation..............being a good teacher. (for, of)
73) He exercises complete authority..............his followers. There is not authority..............this use. I say this on the authority..............the Oxford English Dictionary. Dr. Bridge is an authority..............English prosody. (for, of, on, over)
74) He fell a victim..............his own avarice. The victims..............cholera were mostly poor people. (of, to)
75) I have no use..............it. He has lost the use his right arm. (for, of)
76) There are some diseases that proceed..............dirt. After visiting Agra we proceed..............Delhi. Let us proceed..............the work in hand. (from, to, with)
77) He supplied the poor..............clothing. He supplied clothing..............the poor. (to, with)
78) She was greatly afflicted..............the loss of her only child. The old man is afflicted..............gout. (at, with)
79) The teacher impressed..............us the value of discipline. We were impressed..............what he said. (on, with)
80) The operation was accompanied..............little or on pain. She was accompanied..............her brother. (by, with)
81) The English allied themselves..............the French. Elementary Algebra is allied..............Arithmetic. (to, with)
82) Napoleon had a genius..............military tactics. Without doubt he is a genius..............mathematics. (for, in)
83) The idea originated..............him while he was travelling in Japan. The fire originated..............a haystack. (in, with)
84) He jumped..............a conclusion not warranted by facts. The child jumped..............when I gave him sweets. He jumped..............my offer. (at, for, to)
85) He is negligent..............whatever he does. He is negligent..............his duties. (in, of)
86) Contentment is requisite..............happiness. He is told that prolonged treatment is requisite..............effecting a cure. (for, to)
87) His shattered health is the result..............intemperance. Jealousy results..............unhappiness. No good is likely to result..............this union. (from, in, of)
88) It does not rest..............the Collector to order his release. His whole case rests..............alibi. (on, with)
89) Most of the roads in that districts are not suitable..............motor-cars. He lives in a style suitable..............his position. (for, to)
90) He responded..............the ladies in a humorous speech. The boy immediately responded..............a blow. He responded..............his toast in a neat little speech. (for, to, with)