EngQuizzitive-27 (grammar) : Prepositions : Answers

Topic : Prepositions

Etymology : pre (before)+posit (place) + ion

A preposition is a word which is placed before a noun.In reality it is a word which helps us relate two nouns.This relationship between two nouns gives us the classification of prepositions.

Depending on the relationship they establish they can be classified as follows:

• prepositions indicating time
• prepositions indicating position
• prepositions indicating reason
• prepositions indicating manner
• prepositions indicating movement
• prepositions indicating possession

This quiz ws based on prepositions indicating time.

Here are a few pointers to use prepositions indicating time:

• at is used to indicate specific time [eg at 2pm/at 6 in the evening]
• on is used to indicate day and date [Meet me on Monday/My birthday is on 23rd]
• by and around are used to indicate an approximate time [by means before the mentioned time : by 2pm and around means 15 mins after or before the mentioned time]
• in is used to indicate a week or month or year [in the first week of Feb,in the year 1980,in January]
• to indicate a range we use from-to [from January to March]
• for refers to the entire period named
• during refers to a small set of times within a larger period
• since is used to indicate a specific point of time in the past and hence the verb always takes a present perfect tense [ since the begining of the 1st century...]

Answers

1. She wants to go to her native place because she has not seen her parents for five years.
2. I went to the bathroom four times during the first act.
3. The thief was sent to prison for twenty five years.
4. I have known her since we were at school.
5. Please meet me at/around/by 2pm. [in each case the meaning conveyed would be different]

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