Showing posts with label Prepositions exercises. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prepositions exercises. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR-1

EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR-1

  In the following  sentences separate the Subject and the Predicate:

1. The cackling of geese saved Rome.
2.The boy stood on the burning  deck.
3. Tubai Cainwas a man of might.
4. Stone walls do not make a prison.
5. The singing of the birds delights us.
6.Miss Kitty was rude at the table one day.
7. He has a good memory.
8. Bad habits grow unconsciously.
9. The earth revolves round the sun.
10. Nature is the best physician.
11.Edison invented the photography.
12. The sea hath many thousand sands.
13. We cannot pump the ocean dry.
14. We cannot garments never fit well.
15. the early bird catches the worm.
16. All matter is indestructible.
17. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
18.We should profit by experience .
19. All roads lead to Rome.
20. A guilty conscience needs no excuse.
21. The beautiful rainbow soon faded away.
22. No man can serve two masters.
23. A sick room should be well aired.
24. The dewdrops glitter in the sunshine.
25. I shot an arrow into the air.
26. A barking sound the shepherd hears.

27.On the top of the hill lives a hermit.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Prepositions Part III


List of Prepositions

Prepositions can only be learnt by memory; unfortunately there is no method or particular way to recognize and learn them. To help you with memorizing the different prepositions, here is a list of common prepositions.

Simple Prepositions 
For
By
At
On
Of
Off
To

Monday, July 29, 2013

Prepositions Part II


Kinds of Prepositions -

Simple Prepositions   
  - These prepositions are constructed by only one word like -
  - Onataboutwithafterfor, etc. 
  - He found the book about dogs on the table, in the bedroom.

Double Prepositions

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Prepositions Part I

Prepositions are the words which are used to connect the different nouns, pronouns and phrases in a sentence. It functions to introduce or precede the word or phrase to be connected, called the object of the preposition.
The preposition usually indicates the relation between the words it is connecting. It tells whether the words are connected in actual space or a place, or related through time or are they part of a thought or process.