Spot Errors in PREPOSITIONS

Exercise

1. He was sleeping (A)/in his room when a thief (B)/entered into his house (C)/and
took away a lot of things (D).
2. In her concluding speech (A)/she said almost nothing (B)/worth listening to (C).
3. It was apparent for (A)/everyone present (B)/that if the patient did not receive
(C)/immediate medical aid he would die (D).
4. He proposed me (A)/that we should go to the Disco (B)/and then have (C)/dinner
at a restra (D).
5. There appears (A)/to be a little laison (B)/among the (C)/two groups of the
society (D).
6. The team (A)/complained to the manager (B)/against the captain (C)/and the
poor facilities provided in the hotel (D).
7. Yesterday I met (A)/a man (B)/who was blind with the right eye (C).
8. The principal distributed (A)/the sweet among our friends (B)/who bade him
farewell (C).
9. As per the invitation care (A)/Rahim marries with Sayra (B)/on 13th December
Monday (C).
10. The debacle of the congress party (A)/admit no other explanation (B)/than its
(C)/poor performance during the last five years (D).

Exercise

1. The society does not (A)/hold itself responsible (B)/for the loss or damage to
(C)/any item (D).
2. In spite of being (A)/very busy at project work (B)/he saves time (C)/to the
relatives (D).
3. Some persons (A)/get promotions (B)/even if they are not (C)/worthy for them
(D).
4. While he was returning (A)/from the office (B)/a man attacked on (C)/him with a
dagger (D).
5. The decline of her moral (A)/was caused by a lot of (B)/factors that were once
(C)/fascinating to her (D).
6. He took me to a restra (A)/and ordered for two cups (B)/of cold coffee (C)/which
the waiter brought in an hour (D).
7. There are some animals (A)/that can live both in water and land (B)/ without any
difficulty (C).
8. During his tour (A)/to the south (B)/he visited not only to Madras (C)/but also
Karnataka (D).
9. The President Mr. Kalam (A)/is much sought after (B)/by school students and
(C)/is invited for many functions (D).
10. His mother is not well (A)/but he (B)/does not look for her (C)/properly (D).
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Exercise

1. We may have to await for (A)/a new political revival (B)/to eradicate the
(C)/corruption from our economy (D).
2. When she was (A)/in jail (B)/she was debarred to send (C)/a letter even to her
son (D).
3. Despite of the best efforts (A)/put by the doctors (B)/the condition of the patient
(C)/is deteriorating from bad to worse (D).
4. The militant yielded for (A)/the temptation and fell (B)/into the trap (C)/of
police (D).
5. Many people in India (A)/are dying from hunger (B)/but government seems
(C)/to be ignorant of such crude fact (D).
6. In difficult time (A)/she prefers keeping her counsel (B)/rather than wandering
(C)/here and there for relief (D).
7. The persons who are (A)/suffering from diabetes are (B)/advised to
substitute (C)/saccharine by sugar (D).
8. He always says (A)/that he prefers to go (B)/home to stay in (C)/a hotel at
night (D).
9. Hardly had we settled down (A)/for the rest (B)/when we were startled by the
(C)/strange sound of trumpets (D).
10. He was able to (A)/free himself with (B)/the debts by (C)/working day and
night (D).