Worksheet Solutions: Prepositions | English Grammar Class 8 PDF Download

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

(i) Diwali is ______ 10 November.

on 

(ii) Gandhiji lived ______ the English rule.

during 

(iii) They finished work ______ sunset.

by/before 

(iv) Gandhiji was born ______ 1869 and died ______ 30 January, 1948.

in, on 

(v) I will call at your house sometime ______ he evening.

in 

(vi) Shankar’s birthday is ______ 3 March.

on 

(vii) The train leaves Delhi ______ 3.00 pm and reaches Chandigarh ______ 7.00 pm.

at, at 

(viii) He should be here ______ now.

by 

(ix) Please come to my office at 11.00 am ______ Tuesday afternoon.

on 

(x) Parmod will see you ______ Monday ______ 11.00 am. 

on, at 

Q.2. Correct the following sentences:

(i) The interview will be held between 2 to 4 p.m.

The interview will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. 

(ii) The house was besides the river.

The house was beside the river. 

(iii) I have been waiting here since two hours.

I have been waiting here for two hours. 

(iv) He walked across the park among the flower beds.

He walked across the park between the flower beds. 

(v) He was killed by an axe.

He was killed with an axe. 

(vi) I shall be there on 4 p.m. at Friday.

I shall be there at 4 p.m. on Friday. 

(vii) He fell in the well.

He fell into the well. 

(viii) He sat upon a chair.

He sat in a chair. 

(ix) He jumped on the horse.

He jumped upon the horse. 

(x) The land was ploughed by the help of a tractor.

The land was ploughed with 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

I like to spend the winter in the town and summer in the country. 

(ii) in / long / Sonepat / you / have / lived / how ?

How long have you lived in Sonepat? 

(iii) always / thought / she / she / a bungalow / would like / live / to / in

She always thought she would like to live in a bungalow. 

(iv) lives / seaside / his father / at / in / lives / he / while / Baker street

He lives in Baker Street while his father lives at seaside. 

(v) his father / a farm / a bank / in / on / works / he / and

He works in a bank and his father on a farm. 

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) ______ 

(a) neither of them
(b) and from a
(c) corner of thatch
(d) vessel on the
(e) off to the
(f) kitchen to prepare
(g) think of had. 

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

Correct Answer is Option (a)

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

Correct Answer is Option (b) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (d) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (b) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (c) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (a) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (c) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (d) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (a) 

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

Correct Answer is Option (b)