Worksheet: Prepositions | English Grammar Class 8 PDF Download

Q.1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

(i) Diwali is ______ 10 November.
(ii) Gandhiji lived ______ the English rule.
(iii) They finished work ______ sunset.
(iv) Gandhiji was born ______ 1869 and died ______ 30 January, 1948.
(v) I will call at your house sometime ______ he evening.
(vi) Shankar’s birthday is ______ 3 March.
(vii) The train leaves Delhi ______ 3.00 pm and reaches Chandigarh ______ 7.00 pm.
(viii) He should be here ______ now.
(ix) Please come to my office at 11.00 am ______ Tuesday afternoon.
(x) Parmod will see you ______ Monday ______ 11.00 am. 

Q.2. Correct the following sentences:

(i) The interview will be held between 2 to 4 p.m.
(ii) The house was besides the river.
(iii) I have been waiting here since two hours.
(iv) He walked across the park among the flower beds.
(v) He was killed by an axe.
(vi) I shall be there on 4 p.m. at Friday.
(vii) He fell in the well.
(viii) He sat upon a chair.
(ix) He jumped on the horse.
(x) The land was ploughed by the help of a tractor.

Q.3. Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences:

(i) I like / the winter / the summer / the country / the town / spend / to / in / in / and
(ii) in / long / Sonepat / you / have / lived / how ?
(iii) always / thought / she / she / a bungalow / would like / live / to / in
(iv) lives / seaside / his father / at / in / lives / he / while / Baker street
(v) his father / a farm / a bank / in / on / works / he / and

Q.4. The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line of the following passage. Write the missing word along with one word that comes before it and one that comes after it. Do not forget to underline the missing word:

For a long time neither them spoke. The (a) ______
lamp burned and a leak in one (b) ______
comer thatch water fell into a (c) ______
vessel the floor beneath. After a (d) ______
while Ratan rose and went off the (e) ______
kitchen prepare the meal. Many new (f) ______
things to think had entered her little brain. (g) ______ 

Q.5. Choose the correct word/ words from the options given below each sentence:

(i) Did you see him by the party?
(a) at
(b) in
(c) of
(d) from 

(ii) He lives by church street.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) of
(d) from 

(iii) I have not heard by him since long.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) from 

(iv) It fell below the table.
(a) of
(b) off
(c) from
(d) by 

(v) It is cool on May.
(a) than
(b) for
(c) in
(d) by 

(vi) He was left by dead.
(a) for
(b) than
(c) in
(d) on 

(vii) He was fond in children.
(a) with
(b) on
(c) of
(d) to 

(viii) His action was appropriate by the occasion.
(a) with
(b) for
(c) on
(d) to 

(ix) Shaw abstained with animal food.
(a) from
(b) by
(c) since
(d) on 

(x) He is afflicted on leprosy.
(a) in
(b) with
(c) of
(d) from 

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