Prepositions exercise

Prepositions exercise

Complete the following sentences with appropriate prepositions.

1. Like many misers Roucolle came ……………… a bad end.

2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately ……………………… his genius ………………… the field …………………. music.

3. Ramanujan died ……………………. tuberculosis.

4. An acquaintance began …………………….. such a happy note at last grew and ripened …………………….. a close and lovely comradeship.

5. Once ………………….. 1913, I met him ………………….. the Servants …………………. India Society.

6. ………………………. the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking ……………………… the next day.

7. There were a lot of people …………………….. the platform. They were all waiting ………………………. the train ……………………….. arrive.

8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk ……………………. Madras living ……………………. his wife ……………………….. twenty pounds a year.

Answers
1. Like many misers Roucolle came to a bad end.

2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately for his genius in the field of music.

3. Ramanujan died of tuberculosis.

4. An acquaintance began on such a happy note at last grew and ripened into a close and lovely comradeship.

5. Once in 1913, I met him at the Servants of India Society.

6. On the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking about the next day.

7. There were a lot of people on the platform. They were all waiting for the train to arrive.

8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk in Madras living with his wife on twenty pounds a year.

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