Preposition Exercises for Class 10 CBSE

Preposition Exercises for Class 10 CBSE With Answers

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Definition: A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.

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Preposition Exercises for Class 10 CBSE With Answers Pdf

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation with other words in the text. Prepositions are used before nouns to give additional information in a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show where something is located or when something happened. A preposition has always an object.

Prepositions showing:

Location Time Action and Movement
above at at
below on by
over by from
under before into
among from on
between since onto
beside for off
in front of during out of
behind to
next to until
with after
in the middle of

Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in

  • We use at to show specific time, e.g.
    The train is due at 5.30 p.m.
  • We use on to show days and dates, e.g.
    My father is coming on Monday.
    We’re having a party on the tenth of October.
  • We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season or a year.
    She likes to jog in the evening.
    It’s too cold in winter to run outside.
    He joined the job in 2003.
    He’s going to quit in March 2013.

Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in

  • We use at for specific addresses, e.g.
    Kamla lives at Lodhi Road in Delhi.
  • We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc., e.g.
    Her house is on Mahatma Gandhi road.
  • We use in for the names of land–areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents), e.g.
    She lives in Agra.

Prepositions of Location: in, at and on and no Preposition

IN AT ON NO PREPOSITION
(the) bed* class* the bed* downstairs
the bedroom home the ceiling downtown
the car the library* the floor inside
(the) class* the office the horse outside
the library* school* the plane upstairs
school* work the train uptown
  • You may sometimes use different Prepositions for these locations.

Prepositions of Movement: to and No Preposition
We use to in order to express a movement toward a place, e.g.

  • They were driving to work together.
  • She’s going to the doctor’s clinic this morning.

Note: Particle: It is important to know whether the particle in any particular phrasal verb is a preposition or an adverb. Remember that a preposition has an object and an adverb does not have an object e.g. I turned on the television. Here the noun television is the object of turned. On is an adverb. The dogs turned on their own marter ‘on’ proposition here.

Toward and towards are also helpful prepositions to express movement. These are simply variant spellings of the same word; use whichever sounds better to you, e.g.

  • We’re moving toward the jungle.
  • This is a big step towards the project’s completion.

With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use no preposition, e.g.

  • Mohan went upstairs.
  • Ravi went home.
  • They both went outside.

Prepositions of Time:
for and since .. We use for when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years), e.g.

  • He held his breath for seven minutes.
  • Ramlal lived there for ten years.
  • Rajan and Mahip have been quarreling for three years.

We use since with a specific date or time, e.g.

  • He has been working here since 1978.
  • She’s been sitting in the waiting room since 5:30 p.m.

Preposition Exercises Solved Example With Answers for Class 10 CBSE

Diagnostic Test – 27

Complete the passage given below using suitable prepositions.

The needless torture and pain inflicted (a) …………………… these victims of science borders (b) …………………… the diabolical. With mounting evidence (c) …………………… such callous and criminal cruelties to animals, there is a growing movement (d) …………………… animal lovers to oppose such indiscriminate slaughter. The monkey business started fifty years ago when a handful (e) …………………… the animals were exported (f) …………………… medical research.
Answer:
(a) on
(b) on
(c) of
(d) by
(e) of
(f) for

Score: For each correct answer award yourself 1 mark.
5- 6 good
4 or less – you need to develop grammar skills through adequate practice

Preposition Exercises Practice Example for Class 10 CBSE

Complete the passage given below using suitable prepositions.

Some people are lucky enough never to fall sick, but most (a) …………………… us have to go (b) …………………… a doctor occasionally (c) …………………… examination and treatment. Except in emergencies, it is customary to make an appointment (d) …………………… arriving at a doctor’s office. When a patient visits a doctor (e) …………………… the first time, he or she is asked a number of questions (f) …………………… the doctor’s assistant, so that the doctor can have a complete medical history. This aids the doctor (g) …………………… making an accurate diagnosis. The assistant asks the patient (h) …………………… the symptoms he or she has and (i) …………………… his previous illnesses or injuries he has suffered.