Exercise on Grammar

A Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

1 They come __________ well-to-do families.
2 The robber resorted ________ violence
when the woman refused surrender her
money to him.
3 I had to part __________ my money when
the extortionist pointed a knife at my neck.
4 Suddenly a car came _________ view from
nowhere.
5 She ran ________ the direction of the forest.
6 The boy shouted _______ the dog who
wanted to bite him.
7 I will certainly help you _________ your
work.
8 ______ the morning of 20th January I went
to your house but you were not in.
9 ________ the event that it rains heavily, the
meeting will be cancelled.
10 I look forward ______ receiving your letter
soon.
B Replace each of the underlined words with a
single word bearing the same meaning.
1 The cat ran after the mouse as soon as it
came out of the hole. _________________
2 The girl takes after her sister. ___________
3 The police will look into the murder case
immediately. _______________
4 The thief broke into the rich mans house
last night. _______________
5 The disciplinary teacher will deal with the
boy who has broken the school rule.
______________
6 Gopal will take up a course in journalism.
______________
7 They have given up smoking. __________
8 The pupil handed in his homework to his
teacher this morning. ______________
7 I will call on you when I reach your
hometown tomorrow. ____________
8 I rang up the police station last night to
report the theft. _____________
9 Johan arrived at his school in time for the
daily assembly. ______________
10 The policeman carried out his duty
efficiently. _________________
C Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs.

The man is trustworthy because he

__________ his promise without fail.
2 I ____________ my younger brother to
collect the cheque on my behalf.
3 When the flood water ___________, all
flood victims were allowed to go back to
their houses.
4 No one will ____________ in what he says
because he always lies to others.
5 We will __________for the jobs advertised
by the new company.
6 The first-aiders ____________ help to the
accident victims quickly.
7 The salesgirl _____________ me to buy
what she wanted to sell.
8 She had to ______________ all her
documents to the authorities for verification.
9 Basri ______________ his bitter experience
to all of us when he came back from the
youth camp.
10 The car driver had to _______________ the
motorcyclist for causing damage to his bike.
D Make a sentence with each of the following
phrases.
1 a variety of
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As soon as
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Owing to
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at his fingertips
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without a second thought

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