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e. He is envious …………. his rich neighbour. (with/of/off)

f. He became estranged …............. his family after the argument.
(with/from/of)

g. You had no excuse …… misbehaving with the clerk. (of/for/to)

h. I’m quite familiar ...............…. her. (at/with/to)

i. She was brought ………. by her grandmother. (out/in/up)

j. Gopal left home because he did not want to abide ....................
his father’s wishes. (to/with/by)

B. Choose and circle the correct prepositions (in brackets) in the
paragraphs below.

Mr Pandey arrived in Kathmandu (on/in) May 10 (at/on) eight o’clock
(in/on) the evening. He decided to call on his uncle who lived (on,
in) Bhaktapur. He got on a bus (at/of) the station and paid the fare
(to/for) the conductor. The bus was very crowded, so Mr Pandey had
to stand up all the way.

When he reached Thimi, Mr Pandy got off the bus and walked a short
distance (in/to) the house where his uncle lived. He knocked (at/
in) the door (of/on) his uncle’s house. He waited (for/during) a few
minutes, but no one came (to/at) the door. He was disappointed to
find no one (to/at) home. He saw a bench (at/to) the corner of the
porch, and he sat down (on/in) it to wait for his uncle.

Writing II

Write a set of rules and regulations for the visitors in a park. Use the
expressions given below.

…is/are ….(not) allowed to ….…… strictly prohibited/forbidden to ……
… can/cannot … is/are required/expected to…..……. must/must not ….

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