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The document provides examples of using prepositions and prepositional phrases to fill in blanks in sentences. It also provides examples of using connecting words or linkers such as "therefore" and "however" to complete sentences. Finally, it lists sentences with grammatical errors and asks the reader to identify the errors and rewrite the sentences correctly. The document focuses on demonstrating the proper use of prepositions, prepositional phrases, and connecting words through examples, as well as identifying and correcting common grammatical mistakes in sentences.

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The document provides examples of using prepositions and prepositional phrases to fill in blanks in sentences. It also provides examples of using connecting words or linkers such as "therefore" and "however" to complete sentences. Finally, it lists sentences with grammatical errors and asks the reader to identify the errors and rewrite the sentences correctly. The document focuses on demonstrating the proper use of prepositions, prepositional phrases, and connecting words through examples, as well as identifying and correcting common grammatical mistakes in sentences.

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XII UNIT – II (Grammar) ENGLISH 

 
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions​: 
a) The angry client rushed straight ________ the Manager’s room ________ 
the damaged product. 
b) The children had slept _______ I returned home _________ office. 
c) We have planned to tour _______ the ancientcity _____ the next three 
days. 
d) We congratulate the woman athlete, who is undoubtedly an epitome 
______ conviction, ________ her winning India’s first gold medal.. 
e) The researcher placed the specimen slide _________ the microscope and 
viewed the magnified image _______ the eye-piece. 
[Answers: a) into / with b) before / from c) around / for d) of / on e) 
under / through] 
 
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositional phrasesgiven in the box 
below​: 
 
a) _______________ the main course, we also had a dessert. 
b) The political scenario appears to be worsening _______________. 
c) Place both the dolls __________________ in the show case. 
d) When the man saw his smiling baby, his anger disappeared 
_________________. 
e) The Management decided to interview all the applicants 
_______________. 
f) The accused has been proved guilty ______________. 
g) I watched the movie keenly __________________. 
h) The breakthrough invention turned the world _______________. 
i) Parents are always ready to sacrifice anything _____________ their 
children. 
j) You should be _____________ all your friends and colleagues. 
 
 
 
from end to end / at peace with / in addition to / upside down / 
without any exception /   
 
side by side / all at once / day by day / beyond doubt / for the sake 
of   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Connectives/ Linkers 
Choose  the  appropriate  linker  from  the  brackets  and  complete  the 
sentences. 
(therefore, as if, such as, neither nor, however, after, so that) 
1. He speaks about the subject --------------- he were an expert. 
  
2. We  opened  the  window  -------------------  fresh  air  would  blow  into  the 
house. 
 
3. The flight fare is expensive; ------------------he booked a train ticket. 
 
4. ----------------------  commercial  establishments  --------  road  side  kiosks 
were  left  with  much  stock  of  packaged  drinking  water  in  hot 
summer. 
  
5. California is set to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, ------------ scientists 
deemed  it  a  toxic  air contaminant that harms brain development  in 
babies.  
 
6. The  simplest  of  things,  ---------------the  names  of  the  streets,  can  tell 
us so much about the history and heritage of the past generations. 
 
7. The  worker  died  of  sunstroke.  However,  the  cause  of  the death was 
yet to be officially confirmed.  
 
 
 
Spot the errors in the following sentences. Correct and rewrite them. 
1. Neither Lekha is a singer nor a dancer. 
2. Scarcely had the workers stepped out, than the building collapsed.   
3. No sooner did the power resume when, the children screamed in joy.   
4. Tell me if you will come to movie or not. 
5. Sheetal had no other assignment, but that of collecting the data. 
6. Rekha cooks like her mother does. 
7. Professor Usha is not only a writer but an orator. 
8. Your neighbours are not so wicked like you think. 
9. The girl both won an award and a scholarship. 
10. Three years have passed when my cousin resigned his job. 

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