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ASSIGNMENT

A. Underline the prepositional phrases and write them in your notebook.
1. By the end of the day, all the horses at the stable were neighing noisily.
2. She stood on the beach and watched the ship beyond the dock, slowly
manoeuver itself past the markers and into the sea.
3. For some strange reason, my guests across the road parked their cars
behind someone’s garage.
4. The children from the nearest school collected donations for the victims
of flood.
5. Upon their arrival, the attendees were greeted at the party.
6. Who will put the notes under the cushion without any cover over it.
7. Everyone except James ran towards the boy sitting near the dangerous
wire.
8. Within two minutes, all of the trumpeters had laid their horns under their
chairs on the stage.

B. Complete the following sentences by filling in the correct
prepositional phrase from the box.

out of luck after returning out of danger
out of bounds in public in debt on my own
in his pyjamas on the phone in a whisper

1. Students laughed when Ram came to school _______________________.

2. I don’t need any help. I will manage ______________________________.
3. Jane is better now. Her doctor says that she is ______________________.
4. Nobody is allowed to talk to her now. She is still ____________________,

but I will ask her to call you back.
5. Anup didn’t want any to else to hear, he spoke to him ________.
6. Sujit is still very nervous when he has to speak _____________.

7. I’m afraid you are ______________________; there aren’t any tickets left.
8. This is defence area; it is ___________________________ for civilians.

9. The jeweler closed down his business; he was ______________________.
10. He called his friend back _________________________ from the market.

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