Life is amazing journey full of surprises.

Life can exist anywhere in any condition and any time, whether it is North Pole or Sahara desert. In our life we experience many difficulties and to cope up with those difficulties we use many things, many ideas and that what it is all about. Life is an journey that everyone experience. Unlike boundaries of state, country, region or place they all are geographic bounds or circumstances. Life has no boundaries although it has circumstances in which it gets trap but, we all know life can exist anywhere. Life can break the boundaries for love, it can break all the rules for love. Love is that drug that makes life to go to the deepest, highest and harshest condition. Our curiosity also plays a major role in it. Curiosity to know something, curiosity gets something also pushes life to brake the boundary's.

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I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn Her fields and valleys. 1. Why does the rain call itself 'dotted silver threads? When rain drops fall one apart from the other, in a line of succession, brightened by the sunlight, it appears like dotted silver threads. 2. What for does Nature take the rain once it falls from the heaven? Once rain fell, Nature takes it to beautify its fields and valleys. I Crown am of beautiful Ishtar by pearls, the plucked daughter from of the Dawn

To embellish the gardens. 1. How is the rain beautiful pearls? Water droplets, when they fall down to the earth from clouds, are pearly round and pearly white in the sun shine. 2. Who is Ishtar? What is the significance of Ishtar in the poem? Ishtar is the goddess of fertility. Ishtar is significant in the poem because rain helps the Nature to add its fertility. 3. Who plucks the pearly rain from the crown of Ishtar? It is the daughter of Dawn that plucks the pearly rain from the crown of Ishtar.

In Greek Mythology Eos is the Goddess of Dawn and her children are Anemoi, meaning winds. It is most likely that Gibran conveys the power of the winds in creating rain by scattering water from clouds. When When I I humble cry myself the the hills flowers laugh; rejoice;

When I bow, all things are elated. 1. Explain, "when I cry, the hills laugh, when I humble myself, the flowers rejoice." Rain's cry refers to downpour. When it rains on the parched hills they laugh with joy at the arrival of a long awaited rain and flowers too rejoice, for they too can bloom and make the nature beautiful once again. 2. How does the rain help all things things to be elated? Rain helps all things to come back to normal existence and once again they are all made happy. The And I field between quench and them I the the am a thirst cloud messenger of are of lovers mercy. one;

I cure the ailment of the other. 1. In what sense are the field and clouds lovers? Like two lovers who cannot exist without the other, who need the other for its completion, the parched field and the dark clouds are complementary. Field wants clouds for its rain and cloud wants the field to fall down for creation. Field wants the clouds to satisfy its passions while the clouds need a warm place to fall down and create!

Sorry, Gibran, if you didn't mean it!

1. How is the rain the messenger of mercy? Whom does the rain take the messages to? Rain is a messenger of mercy between the field and the clouds, the two lovers. It is a messenger of mercy rather than of love because rain is nature's merciful blessing for the earth. Rain takes the messages to and from the fields and the clouds. 2. Explain, "I quench the thirst of the one, I cure the ailment of the other." The two lovers, field and clouds, need the rain. The field is thirsty for the clouds' mercy while the clouds suffer from the ailment that it cannot embrace the field, its lover. When rain pours down, both the lovers are satisfied. The The I The am feet voice rainbow like of of thunder announces earthly the life, mad declares my which elements my arrival; departure. begins and at ends

Under the upraised wings of death. 1. How do sky react to the arrival of the rain? Sky reacts to the arrival of rain by striking thunder and flashing lightning.

2. How is the rain similar to earthly life? Birth of rain is similar to the birth of beings on the earth. Rain undergoes various processes and involvement of multiple elements just like the birth of beings such as animals. Rain turns back to water and then to vapor and then to solid ice before it turns to water again, similar to which is life that turns from one stage to the other, from one state to another.

What are the upraised wings of death for rain? The upraised wing under which rain dies is probably the wings of the wind that blows the rain to a stop.

What are the mad elements from where life on earth begin? The mad elements of life are probably those elements such as carbon, calcium, phosphorous, etc. I Soar Need, emerge with I the descend from breeze. and the When heart I of see the a the field sea in and

embrace

flowers

The trees in a million little ways. 1. What is a field in need? A field in need is a dry, parched summer field that awaits a rain. 2. What does rain mean by its million ways of embracing flowers? Rain falls down in various ways. All the million drops that fall down are different in size, speed, tilt, length and many other qualities. They reach the earth at various times and creating various sounds. I Soft Welcome touch fingers, song. gently and All at my can the windows announcement hear, but with is my a only

The sensitive can understand. 1. Explain, "All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand." The poet believes that the wonderful beauty of a rain can be enjoyed only by those who have a passionate love for Nature's phenomena. Rain falls on everyone alike but its beauty is discovered only by those who love it.

Poets and writers are those sensitive ones! he.. he!

2. Pick out an instance of personification from the stanza. What is personified here? The word "touch" in the first line is a personification. The rain says it touches the windows like a person who does so. The But As heat in woman in the turn overcomes air gives I birth kill man to me, it, with

The strength she takes from him.

How does heat in the air give birth to rain? It is the heat that evaporates the water into vapor, which is the birth of rain.

How does rain kill the one who begot it? Rain is given birth by the heat but the very rain is able to cool the air.

Comment on the last two lines. No comments as it have a number of meanings. Your comments are welcome! I The am the laughter sigh of of the the sea; field;

The tears of heaven. 1. How is rain the sigh of the sea? Rain is the sigh of the sea because the sea heaves a sigh of pain at the departure of a part of it but at the same time another sigh of relief with the thought that it would return in the form of a rain. 2. How is rain laughter of the fields? Rain is the laughter of the dry fields because its arrival gives the new life and joy. 3. How is a rain tear of heaven? Rain is the tears of the heaven as it grieves the departure of the one that was part of it for some time inside the clouds. So Sighs Laughter from from with the the deep colorful love sea field of of the affection; spirit;

Tears from the endless heaven of memories. 1. What is the significance of the ending of the poem? The poem ends like a letter. The rain being the speaker, the poem appears to be a self introducing letter by rain.

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. 1. What is a man's entry into the stage? Man makes his entry into the stage with his birth as an infant. 2. Why is a man supposed to play many parts in his life? The drama called life is a long event full of a strings of incidents. From birth to death, a man or woman has to pass through various transformations. Growth leads him through unknown stages until the journey ends in death.

3. What do you understand by the world as a stage? The stage is a perfect representation of the world. The world is endlessly vast as the stage is. Like on the stage, people come, live and disappear. Some have dialogues, some don't have, some have a short appearance and sudden disappearance, some have a tragic end while some have a peaceful, comic end. In this drama, there is someone to direct the players, score, plot and costume. It is this director who decides how beautiful or ugly a character should appear or how innocent, virtuous or how wicked one should appear. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. 1. How does the poet describe the infant? The infant in the first stage is a noisy one. It cries endlessly and, being sick, vomits in the nurse's arms. Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. 1. What kind of a school boy does Shakespeare present in the poem? The school boy presented by Shakespeare is unwilling about learning and schooling. Even though he has a shining young face and a schoolbag, he is crying. 2. Why is the schoolboy compared to a snail? The schoolboy is compared to a snail because he is so slow as a snail due to his unwillingness to go to school and due to the pull from his comfortable family. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. 1. Does the lover in the poem represent lovers in general? Give reasons in support of your answer. 2. Why is the lover compared to a furnace? 3. Why does the lover sing a woeful ballad about his lover's eyebrow? OR In what mood do we find the lover? Why? 4. What is Shakespeare's concept of love and romance? Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. 1. What does the poet really convey through the image of soldier? What are the characteristics of the soldier? 2. What are the bubble reputations? What is the irony in this? Reputation has been described as bubbly because it is transitory by nature. The irony is that the soldier does not survive to enjoy the reputation he has defended.

3. What forces the soldier to take any sort of strange and risky oath? In the fourth stage of life, man plays the role of a soldier, full of strange, solemn promises and having a beard like that of a leopard. In this stage he is aggressive, short tempered, jealous when others become successful, daring and adventurous. He is ready to do anything for his reputation even at the cost of his life. And then the justice In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws, and modern instances, And so he plays his part. 1. What sort of changes does soldier undergo to emerge into justice? 2. Why are the justice's eyes severe and belly round? 3. What qualities in him make the man a justice? The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide, For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. 1. Why is the man said to be 'slippered pantaloon?' 2. How does the man's youthful hose become a world too wide for him? Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. 1. Why is the seventh stage similar to the first stage?

John A Pescud worked for Cambria Steel Works and was a travelling plateglass seller for the company. He was a different kind of man. Now, the narrator met him the second time on a train bound to Pittsburg. The latter was going to Cocktown, on the way to Pittsburg. Having found him reading the best seller novel, 'The Rose Lady and Trevelyan,' the narrator and John began to talk about the impossibilities of such novels in the modern world because the novel was about an American rich man marrying a princess from Europe. Both the narrator and John agreed upon this. When the narrator asked John if he got married, John told him how he met his wife Jessie in a similar situation as that of the novel's story line. The story is presenting John as a hypocrite.

Questions and Answers 1. "He is of the stuff that heroes are not often lucky enough to be made of." What does the author mean by this? 2. Where was John Pescud going when the author met him the second time? What for? 3. Why did John disregard the so called best sellers even though his own life was a copy of those best sellers?

4. What was John's little code of living? John believed that one should abide by law when he is in his own state. 5. Why does Pescud say he was trying to look like he was hunting a garnet ring in the sand that his sister had lost at a picnic the previous Saturday? 6. "It nearly took my breath." Explain. 7. Why did Pescud think of going back to the village and get posted by the postmaster? 8. Why did John register at Hotel Bay View House? 9. Why did John ask Jessy about Mr. Hinkle? John knew no one in Elm croft but he had to talk to Jessie about his love. To make a start, he made an imaginary Mr. Hinkle and asked Jessie if she knew this person. 10. "I would have gone a thousand miles farther," said John."Not if you hadn't woken up when the train started in Shelbyville?" What did Jessie mean? 11. Bring out the irony in John Pescud's criticizing best sellers. 12. How did John feel when he entered Jessy's big house? 13. Why did Jessy refuse to do further talk with John Pescud? 14. How did Colonel Allyn's appearance seem to John A Pescud? 15. What did John think of doing when he went cold feet in front of Colonel Allyn? 16. What was unusual about the behavior of Jessy's father? Jessie's father behaved very childishly. He was greatly interested in telling his guests stories that children like to hear. A very much grown up man, the owner of the biggest house in his town and the descendent of the richest family of Elm croft, 1. Why does the poet wish she had taken better care of her teeth? 2. What caused perils beneath the poet's teeth? 3. What is the present scene inside the poet's mouth? 4. The poet now wishes if she were equally willing to up pass gobstoppers as to avoid filling. Why was she not able to resist her willingness for gobstoppers? 5. Why does the poet feel his conscience horribly pricked? 6. How was poet's brushing different? 7. Whom did the poet show toothpaste? 8. What did the poet flash about late at night? 9. Why did the poet find brushing less useful? 10. What does poking and fussing mean? 11. How did the poet pave the way for cavities in her teeth? 12. What do you understand by the murder of filling? 13. What would have the poet done if she had known the pains she would suffer due to her teeth? 14. "But now comes the reckoning, it is me they are beckoning."
1. What is the reckoning that comes to the poet?

2.

Who are they that beckon the poet at present? How does the poet react to this beckoning?

15. "So I lay in the old dentist's chair, And I gaze up his nose in despair, And his drill it do whine In these molars of mine.
1. 2. Pick out the three expressions that add fear to the poet. What are molars? What is the dentist going to do with the molars?

1. Do you think that the Bishop was a fool as said by his sister Persome? Why do you think so? No, the Bishop was not a fool. He appears to be foolish, impractical and unfit for this world 2. Why did people pretend to be ill, in Persome's opinion? Persome believes that people have a cheap and unconcerned attitude that they pretend to be ill and dying in order to get the bishop to pay a visit to them so that they could feel important in their society. 3. Why did the convict laugh when the bishop told him that he was a bishop? 4. Why was the convict not able to believe that he was the bishop's friend? 5. What was the bishop's reaction on seeing the convict admiring his candlesticks? 6. What were the convict's stand with religion and the church? Why did he keep such an attitude? 7. 8. How did the convict become a number? 9. What were the convict's arguments to steal the candlestick? 10. How did the bishop argue with persome about the validity of the candlesticks belong to the convict? (He has a set of three arguments for this) 11. Do you justify the bishop letting the convict take the candlesticks after it was returned by the police officers? Why? REFERENCE TO CONTEXT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. "I am sorry for thieves." What impact did this answer create in the convict's mind? 2. "So, anything that you do for me, you are doing to the devil, understand?" "One must do a great deal for the devil in order to do a little for God." LONG QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. The candlesticks were once the bishop's but now it is the convict's. Justify the title, "The Convict's Candlesticks." 2. Imagine you are Jean Val Jean, the convict in the play. Having reached Paris and having sold the candlesticks for five hundred francs, you started a humble tea-shop and consequently became very rich. Years later, today, you decide

Harold was an extraordinary child. His mother was proud of him and his teachers praised him. His priests were concerned for him and his marks were always on the top of other marks. Because Harold was growing up to a model child, a morally formed student, an innocent son, his parents were forced to keep away from him the fact that his father was a popular boxer. Questions and Answers 40-50 words 2 marks each 1. What sort of a domestic creature was Mrs. Bramble? Mrs. Bramble was such a domestic creature whose life was means and spent for her very popular husband and her very genius son Harold. She was often lost in reveries meditating on her family's sound future. 2. What did Harold dislike of his mother? Harold disliked his mother's referring to him in third person, addressing herself mother rather than I and calling him dearie or precious which sounded rather against his impressions of himself. In fact Harold liked to be considered a young man of ten years. 3. What was a constant source of amazement to Mrs. Bramble? The constant source of amazement for Mrs. Bramble was that her son Harold had no character traits of his father, the nationally acclaimed Young Porky, the boxer. Unlike his father, Harold was a model student for his class. 4. Why was Harold's perfection a trouble for his parents? Harold was perfect in everything, right from his studies to his behaviour. Because he was very precise and that an evasive answer could not satisfy his questions, his parents could not simply mix their definition of a boxer. They had to; therefore say that Mr. Bill was a commercial traveller. 5. What was to be kept from Harold? Why was it to be kept from Harold? The fact that his father was a boxer was to be kept from Harold. It was so decided by his parents because they feared that the child would be hurt to know that his father was a man of wrath and made a living by injuring people. Harold had already become a model student in his school and a model of goodness and intelligence among his friends and teachers. Questions for You 1. What sacrifice did Mr. Bill do for his wife? 2. He was a professional boxer but that was the trouble. Explain. 3. How was Bill's normal life different from his life in the ring? 4. Who was Young Porky? 5. How did Harold defy the law of heridity? How was it found later that he had not defied the law after all? 6. "He would have to be chucking the game before it chucked him." What did Bill mean by this? 7. What were Bill's plans after retiring from his profession? 8. Why was Mrs. Bramble amazed to see Percy Stokes when he was supposed to be at White Hart? Who else was with him?

9. Why did Mr. Bill at first blame Jerry Fischer? 10. How did Percy and Mr. Bill try to escape Mrs. Bill's wrath? 11. Why was Mrs. Bramble not glad to see her husband's return from boxing? 12. What was the real reason for Bill's untimely retiring from boxing? 13. Why did the coach, Jerry Fischer, follow Mr. Bill to his home? 14. What is the villainous role of Major Percy Stokes in the story? 15. How did Harold know what his parents didn't want him to know? 16. What does Harold mean by saying, "it is thick! It is jolly rotten?" 17. What is the anti-climax of the story? 18. Which are some of the behavioural traits that you can find in Harold that are suggestive of that of the men of wrath? 19. It is at the end of the story that one realizes that Harold's eagerness to stand first in class was because of some other reasons. Explain.

Summary Private Quelch was not an ordinary soldier under training. Even though he was in his initial years of training, Private Quelch had the attitude of one who had a great ambition in life. He wanted to become an officer soon and rise to higher ranks in the army. For this he worked, day and night, read books and revised his army lessons. Even though he knew much more than what a soldier should know, Private Quelch had a weakness; he used to exhibit his knowledge where ever he got a chance. He questioned his instructors, corrected his lecturers and sermonized his fellow soldiers. Once he corrected one of his instructors, Corporal Turnbull, while the latter was giving a lecture on hand grenade and got the most shameful punishment that he could ever get; permanent cook house in-charge. Was that the end of a man who knew too much? Short Answer Questions 1. Why did all in the authors regiment and their superiors dislike Private Quelch? 2. How did Private Quelch amaze his regimental mates with his skills of aircraft recognition? 3. Private Quelch was different from an ordinary person who is hated. How? 4. Was Private Queltch really a man who knew too much? Give reasons to support your answer. 5. What danger was Private Quelch always in because he knew 'too much? 6. How was Corporal Turnbull different from the other instructors? 7. Whenever one of us shone, the professor outshone him. Give an example. 8. "No, you will ruin your rifle, that way, old man." What does this tell us of the professor's attitude? 9. What do you mean by aircraft recognition? What was the professor's extraordinary skill in this? 10. How was the professor able to recognize the Harward Trainer? 11. How could Corporal Turnbull have felt on being corrected by the professor? 12. Knowledge without wisdom does more harm than good. How did he professor prove this in his life?

13. Private Quelch gave an unexeptionable lecture on the grenade. Can you imagine how he should have made his lecture? Present it in your own words. 14. How did Private Quelch interrupt the lecture on musketry? 15. How did the lecture on musketry enhance Private Quelch's glory? 16. Why did the sergeant ask Private Quelch if he had any training before? 17. "No, Sergeant, it is all a matter of intelligent reading." What light does this claim shed on Private Quelch's attitude? 18. In pursuit of his ambition he worked hard. What were Private Quelch's ambitions? 19. How did Private Quelch badger his instructors? 20. How did Private Quelch infuriate his mates with his horrible heartiness during Route Marches? 21. How did the verbal assaults on Private Quelch backfire? 22. Corporal Turnbull was not a man to be trifled with. Why? Who trifled with him in the class? What was the punishment for trifling with him? 23. Of course, it was a joke for days afterwards: a joke and joy to all of us. What was a joke and what gave them the joy? 24. How did Private Quelch fight back the punishment assigned to him in the cookhouse? Long Answer Questions 1. Knowledge is undying. It cannot perish even against indignities. How was Private Quelchs life and example apt for this? 2. As Private Quelch, write a diary entry after being appointed for permanent cookhouse duties. You feel so much ashamed of being punished, guilty of behaving so domineering even the teachers and quite embarrassed. 3. You are Corporal Turnbull. Having appointed Private Quelch as the permanent cookhouse in charge, you feel proud to have accomplished the mission assigned to you by your superior officer Major Kazak. Format: From To : : turnbull@gmail.com majorkazak@yahoomail.com

Subject : Mission Private Quelch Successful Sir I am glad to inform you that I have successfully assigned the duty of . I hope this punishment will change his habitual interruption. Yours Corporal Turnbull Multiple Choice Questions 1. Private Quelch recognized the North American Harvard Trainer by: > Observing its long tails, Sincerely

> Seeing its amazing speed, > Listening to its harsh engine note, > Seeing its emblem. 2. The regiment listened to Private Quelch's lecture in horrified silence because: > He spoke amazingly, > They were afraid of him, > They were afraid of Corporal Turnbull's reactions > They were afraid of his questions. 3. Private Quelch continued to be Professor in the cookhouse by: > Instructing the instructors > Instructing the cooks, > By not doing anything in the cookhouse, > By reading books all the time. 4. When Turnbull talked about appointing someone in the cookhouse, everyone looked at Private Quelch because: > They knew that he would be appointed, > They wanted him to be punished, > They feared Private Quelch would interrupt Turnbull > Private Quelch was an efficient cook.

The summery: Rain is dotted silver threads dropped from heaven by Gods which Nature takes away to adorn her fields and valleys. She is beautiful pearls plucked by the Daughter of the Dawn from a Sovereign's crown to embellish her gardens. The clouds and fields are lovers and she is a messenger between them. By pouring out she cures the cloud, and by coming down she quenches the thirst of the field. The voice of thunder declares her arrival and the rainbow her departure. When she cries coming down, the hills laugh and when she reaches down, the flowers rejoice; and when she has seeped down deep into the soil, all things are elated. She emerges from the heart of the Sea and soars with the Breeze. When she sees a field in need, she descends and downpours and embraces the flowers and trees in her own million little ways. In human houses, she touches the windows with soft gentle fingers and all can hear her welcome song which only the sensitive can understand. She is born out of the heat in the air which in her turn she kills, exactly as a woman overcomes a man with the strength she takes from him. Rain is the sigh of the sea, the laughter of the field and the tears of the Heaven and Love. One will wonder how scientific Kahlil Gibran was. It is as if he has entered the very soul of the Rain to sing on her behalf. This song is only one of Gibran's hilarious and exquisite creations. Kahlil Gibran's song of the rain is a song sung by the rain which describes the dangerous journey of rain.

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stanza 1 the poet writes that it (rain) is sent on earth by the gods. nature welcomes rain to beautify her fields and valleys. stanza 2 he says he was once pearls on the crown of queen ishtar but was plucked by the goddess of dawn to embellish the earth. stanza 3 he says that when there is rainfall all things are filled with joy and happiness.

stanza 4 he says that the fields and clouds are its lovers because-- it satisfies the need of water in the field , it lessen the heavy burden of the cloud. stanza 5 before rainfall , thunder strike and announces the rains entry. the spotting of a rainbow shows its end. stanza 6 rain has its roots in the sea ( evaporation). whenever it sees a dying field it showers water and rejuvenates flowers and tress stanza 7 the pitter- patter against the window sill is always welcome but only few appreciate it . stanza 8 heat causes evaporation and ultimately rainfall, rainfall however makes the atmosphere cool. stanza 9 and 10 it says it evaporates from the sea, makes fields happy and is the tears of heaven.

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I am like earthly life The poet calls rain as earthly life because earthly life begins labour and ends with the calmness of death similarly rain is created out of the clash of elements but ends calmly[light death] "which begins at The feet of the mad elements" As per our reading - the rain is born from the moisture bearing clouds with thunder and lightning- which are the mad elements. The death of the rain is signified by the appearance of the rainbow which according to the mythology of the Slavs/ Siberians is a vehicle which carries the soul to the sky spirit. Probable that refers to the wings of death

English
y y on in     days of the week months / seasons time of day year

Usage
    on Monday in August / in winter in the morning in 2006

Example

English
 y at    y y y y y y y since for ago before to past to / till / until       

Usage
after a certain period of time (when?) for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) from a certain point of time (past till now) over a certain period of time (past till now) a certain time in the past earlier than a certain point of time telling the time telling the time marking the beginning and end of a period of time            in an hour at night at the weekend at half past nine since 1980 for 2 years 2 years ago before 2004 ten to six (5:50) ten past six (6:10) from Monday to/till Friday

Example

y y

till / until  by  

in the sense of how long something is going to last in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time

  

He is on holiday until Friday. I will be back by 6 oclock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

English
y in     y at    

Usage
room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)         in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party

Example

at the cinema, at school, at work

English
y on        y by, next to, beside y y y under below over  attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio

Usage
        the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio

Example

left or right of somebody or something

Jane is standing by / next to / beside the c

     

on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else lower than something else but above ground covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also across) overcoming an obstacle higher than something else, but not directly over it getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side something with limits on top, bottom and the sides movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed enter a room / a building movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) movement to the top of something in the sense of where from

                

the bag is under the table the fish are below the surface put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall a path above the lake walk across the bridge swim across the lake drive through the tunnel go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed go into the kitchen / the house go 5 steps towards the house jump onto the table a flower from the garden

y y

above across

  

y y

through to

   

y y y y

into towards onto from

   

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Usage

Example

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y y from of    y y by on    y y y y in off out of by      y y at about   who gave it who/what does it belong to what does it show who made it

Usage
             a present from Jane a page of the book the picture of a palace a book by Mark Twain on foot, on horseback get on the bus get in the car get off the train get out of the taxi

Example

walking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle entering a car / Taxi leaving a public transport vehicle leaving a car / Taxi rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) for age for topics, meaning what about

prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus she learned Russian at 45 we were talking about you

A preposition may be defined as connecting word showing the relation of a noun or a noun substitute to some other word in the sentence (the squirrel in the tree; the preposition in shows the relationship between the squirrel and the tree.). Over ninety percent of preposition usage involves these nine prepositions: with at by to in for from of on Prepositions cause problems because sometimes they can be used interchangeably (He sat on the chair: He sat in the chair), because prepositions are often combined with verbs to create phrasal verbs (to look after someone; to look down on someone), and because a single preposition can be used to express several different ideas (He is tall for his age; I swam for an hour). The most efficient method of study is to familiarize yourself with prepositions and prepositional phrases through practice and memorization. This is particularly helpful for the bilingual student, who often seems to find preposition usage one of the most difficult parts of the English language.

Uses of Common Prepositions

Prepositions are used to express a number of relationships, including time, location, manner, means, quantity, purpose, and state or condition. The following outline demonstrates the uses of common prepositions.

A. TIME
about: at: by: from: of: on: about noon (approximately) at five o'clock at last (finally) by midnight (no later than) from Monday to Friday a quarter of three (15 minutes before) on Tuesday (day of the week) on May 8 (date) on time (punctual) a quarter past three (15 minutes after) after: after the game after lunch after three for: for an hour (duration) in: in the morning in the fall in April in 1987 in six months (at the end of) in time (early enough) to: a quarter to three (15 minutes before)

past:

B. PLACE OR DIRECTION
around: down: from: She walked around the car. at: They lived down the hall. We immigrated from Peru in 1991. in: The restaurant is one mile from here. inside: We moved south of Montreal on: They drove through the tunnel. He went to Prague. up: Give it to me. with: They are at home. We were at the restaurant. He smiled at her. He lives in a trailer. We waited in the bus. Put it inside the house. We sat on the ocean pier. She left on the train. He walked up the stairs. He went with me.

of: through: to:

C. MEANS OR AGENT
by: He was hit by a ball. She came by train. He did it by hard work. It came by special delivery. He got there by swimming. from: in: on: with: His success results from careful planning. He takes pleasure in it. They live on bread and water. He chased the mongoose with a stick.

D. MANNER
by: like: on: with: By doing it yourself, you in: save time. He looks like a hero. I swear it on my word of honor. He ate it with a fork. He left in confusion. The room was in a turmoil. You can do it in a day.

E. STATE OR CONDITION
at: in: for: My friend is at work. She is at home. He is in a state of confusion. I mistook you for someone else. by: on: as: They are by themselves (alone). He is on duty (scheduled to work). I see her as a good person.

F. QUANTITY OR MEASURE
for: We drove for twenty miles. We bought it for ten cents. by: We bought them by the kilo.

G. PURPOSE
for: He bought it for an emergency. She went to the city for sightseeing. He loved her for her thoughtfulness.

Uses of Prepositions after Certain Verbs account for agree on (something) agree with (someone) apologize to apply for approve of argue with (someone) ask for believe in belong to blame (someone) for (something) blame (something) on (someone) listen for listen to look at look for look forward to object to plan on provide for provide with recover from remind (someone) of search for

borrow from call on (upon) care for compliment (someone) on come from consent to consist of convince (someone) of (something) decide on (upon) depend on (upon) get rid of hear about hear from hear of insist on (upon) invite (someone) to laugh at

see about substitute for talk about talk of telephone to think about think of wait for wait on (meaning serve)

Uses of Prepositions with Certain Adjectives and in Idiomatic Expressions according to accustomed to angry about (something) capable of composed of content with dependent on (upon) different from (than) disappointed in due to followed by fond of have respect for in accordance with angry at (someone) angry with (someone) based on independent of in regard to interested in limited to married to proud of related to resulting from similar to tired of

The summary
This wonderfull poem was written by pam ayres this small poem says thats how she looked her teeth at her young age and now how she suffers. the child poet has ruined her teeth by eating too much of sweetes and candies.now she fell bad about teeth.The child poet say that she should have looked after her teeth at that early age. due to her greedy to the chocolates,sweetes and candies which she had eaten made her to cavities and decayed teeth.This had made to meet the dentist and filled the cavities. She regretfully thinks that what she had ate at that times...the route of the dentist increased. At young she used to ate lollies and candies and made fun of her mother due to her false teeth or decayed teeth even she laughed. But now she realised the bitter fact that she should have listen to her mother at that time even she should have realise that very soon she would too have the same decayed teeth..that is what the poet that she should looked after me teeth..

Through the poem, the poet expresses her feeling of regret for not taking care of her teeth at the right time when she was a child which lead to inauspicious consequences. She feels remorse for ignoring them when she carelessly ate all those sweets which were considered harmful for the teeth. She repents on faking to brush her teeth and ultimately, all these acts lead to the formation of cavities and decays inside her mouth. The poem brings home the idea that one should always take care of his/her teeth.

The summary The Seven Ages of Man is taken from William Shakespeares famous play, As You Like It (Act-II, Scene-VII), describes the seven phases in a mans life-from childhood to old age. The world is but a global stage and all men and women presented here are mere puppets in the hands of destiny. Just like the infrastructures of a stage, the world has its own entrances and exits. Every man in his full lifetime has many parts to play. His total number of acts in his lifetime is the seven ages. The first and foremost act of every human being is the stage of infancy, where he makes his presence felt by crying at the top of his voice and many a times vomiting any food or drink that is repulsive, at the nursing arms of his mother. This period normally last till four years of age. The second stage is the whining schoolboy where he learns to utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint. His shiny morning face and his satchel; a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap; he creeps like a snail and not willing to go to school. The third stage is his early youth, the peak of love and high romance. He sighs like a burning furnace and sings the sad ballads of romance; full of woe; affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies; to impress his lovers heart. The impression of her reply can be seen in her eyebrows. The fourth stage is that of a soldier where life if full of obligations, commitments, compliances, oaths and vows. His beard is like a leopard or panther. He endlessly fights for his honor, a full presence of mind which is sudden and quick in quarrel and a heart to maintain a dignified reputation. The fifth stage is the adult-hood where a man tries to live a fair and justified life. His belly becomes bigger than normal. He is conscious about his diet and consumes a good intake of capon; a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food. His eyes are severe with seriousness and his beard is leveled to a formal cut. He is to take a lot of correct decisions to keep up with the ever changing times. So this stage is the most powerful stage in life The sixth stage is the middle-age. Here is where he prepares himself for the next level in life i.e. old age. He learns to relax from the hustles of life. His strength begins to weaken and spends more time within the roof of his house. He looks like a buffoon and an old fool in his rugged old slippers. He hangs his spectacles on his nose for reading and all his youthful hose; a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point; saved for the world too wide. His shank begins to shrink with time; the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg. Even his voice begins to descend to a lower tone. In his free time, he smokes his pipe and whistles his matured melodies. The last stage is the old-age where he enters his second childhood. It is also the beginning of the end of his eventful history. It is also the stage of oblivion; the state of being completely forgotten or unknown; the state of forgetting or of being oblivious; official disregard or overlooking of offenses; He is without everything; without teeth, eyes and taste

Summary Mr and Mrs Bramble were immensely proud of their son Harold. Harold was ten years old, a prodigy and an exceptional child by all standards. An intellectual, he won prizes in competitions. He was very classy and so superior that even his parents developed a complex. Harold was a model of excellent behaviour and he respected his parents a lot. Mr Bramble was a professional boxer and had been proud of his fame but ever since Harold was born, he had kept this as a secret. Harold was told that his father was a commercial traveller. Mr Bramble who had thrived on his feats in the boxing ring, trembled to see his name in print now. Both Mr and Mrs Bramble were secretly a little afraid of their son and did not wish to fall in his esteem. Mr Bramble was already thirty-one years old and he had decided to have his last boxing match and then retire. A week away, Bill Bramble was scheduled to have his last fight, the twenty-round contest with American Murphy at the National Sporting Club, for which he was training at the White Hart down the road. Mrs Bramble sends Harold for a walk but she is surprised to see her husband and her brother, Major Percy Stokes in the doorway. She is shocked to know that Bill has decided not to fight and there is lot of discussion regarding his decision with Percy Stokes. Mrs Bramble makes it clear that this step was unacceptable to her, even if she did not like her husband's profession. Bill Bramble was supposed to win five hundred pounds, and one hundred and twenty, even if he lost. This money was very much needed to cater to Harold's education. The trainer, Jerry Fisher, enters at this juncture and he is also shocked to discover that Bill has decided to back out at the eleventh hour. Jerry begs, pleads, cries and tempts Bill but he is steadfast in his decision because this fight will be covered by all newspapers and Harold will discover this secret. Tempers are running high, and at this critical moment, Harold makes his entry. Mr Jerry Fisher feels cheated, he wants his revenge. So he spills over the entire story to Harold, despite all opposition. Bill feels let down in front of his son and tells him frankly that he was not a man of wrath but just a professional boxer and he is withdrawing from his last match. Harold who had been watching all, suddenly surprises everyone. He is angry with his parents for hiding this secret but the content of his speech takes everyone's breath away. Harold reveals that he was betting > By P.G. Wodehouse his pocket money on the defeat of Jimmy Murphy and his friends would have been awefully proud of him, had they known that his father was 'Young Porky'. He even requests for a photograph of his father to impress his friends. This talk encourages Jerry Fischer and Bill also goes to complete his training. Harold reverts back to playing games with his mother and continues with his affectionate chat.

The play dramatically depicts how the love and the compassion of the Bishop brought about a change of heart in a convict and turned him into a man of promise for a good life. The Bishop was a kind-hearted man who followed the teachings of Jesus Christ in the true spirit. Besides being a true Christian he was also an ardent humanist. He was ready to sacrifice everything to help the needy people. Even after selling all, he had, for others, he felt sorry that he could do so little whereas the world had so much suffering. He sold his saltcellars and gave the money to Mere Gringoire so that the latter might pay his rent to the bailiff. His sister. Persome was how ever a worldly woman, neither as self-less as her brother nor so noble. She did not like her brother to live for others and not for himself. She thought that people took an unfair advantage of his charitable nature. But the Bishop thought that if the people pretended to be in distressed and deceived him, then they are the poorer in spirit and not he. His door was never shut and it was opened for everybody. One night when the Bishop was about to go to bed, a convict entered the house. At the point of his knife he demanded food from the Bishop. The Bishop was unruffled. He called Persome and asked her to give some supper to the convict. The convict wondered why the Bishop kept his doors and windows open and whether or not he was afraid of thieves and robbers. The Bishop told them that he was not afraid but that he was sorry for them, as they were only poor sufferers. He treated the convict with all love and respect as he regarded him too as a sufferer. He regarded him as a fellowman and a friend. His attitude had some effect on the convict. If we treat a man as a beast, then he becomes a beast. If we treat a beast as a man then it becomes a man. A man is what we think him to be. The convict told the Bishop how he was caught by the police while he stole some food for his ill and starving wife. He was caught and sentenced to ten years in prison. The authorities did not pat any heed to the fact that he had stolen only to feed his ill and starving wife, Jeanette. They regarded him as a born criminal and treated him like a beast for ten years. Then one day he escaped but the society treated him no better. As he was a prisoner, nobody would give him any job. The police hunted him down. He was running away from them starving. So he stole again for food. Thus, society with its wrong attitude, did not give him a chance to lead a good life. Then he entered the house of the Bishop as he was hungry. Ads by Google The kind Bishop was touched and gave him a bed to sleep on. The Bishop went to sleep. Left alone on his bed, the convict could not resist the temptation to steal the silver candlesticks of the Bishop. He took them and went out of the house. As he went out, the door slammed. Persome got up at the sound and found out that the convict had stolen the silver candlesticks and had gone away. The Bishop was sorry to lose the candlesticks as they were given to him by his mother. But like a true Christian, he felt that he was responsible for the convicts behaviour. By keeping them before him, he had led him into temptation. The Bishop thought that he used to value the candlesticks very highly. It is a sin to get addicted to wealth. Lastly, the candlesticks might be of some use to the convict and what had happened had happened for the good. But the convict was arrested by the gendarmes along with the candlesticks. They recognized the candlesticks of the Bishop and brought him back to him. But the Bishop told that the accused was his friend and that he himself had given the candlesticks to him. The police sergeant released the convict and went away. The convict was overwhelmed by the love of the Bishop and now he is convinced that the Bishop was kind and loving. He regained his faith that there can be goodness in men. He was sorry that he had stolen the candlesticks. He felt that he was once again a human being and not a beast. The kind Bishop told him of the

secret road to Paris and gave him the candlesticks. He asked him to remember that the body of man is the temple of God. The convict was already a changed man and he promised to remember the Bishops last words and he went away. Source: http://www.shvoong.com/books/classic-literature/2091841-summary-norman-mckinnel-bishopcandlesticks/#ixzz1mMuCOyPg

best seller deals with the life of a business worker of plate and glass company who believes that fictions are unrealistic and according to him a man always marries a girl of the same background. THE story starts with the narrator travelling in a chair car on his way to pittsburg where he meets john A. Pescud,an old acquaintance .john was reading a bestseller THE ROSE LADY and TREVELYAN JOHN thought that these stories were imaginary. then after a little formal chat on happenings in their lives john told that he was married. john was travelling to Cincinnati when he saw the finest maiden of all and fell in love then he followed her all the way to her home town keeping a sharp unpredictable distance from her eyes. he went in a hotel for the night to stay where the manager on asking said that the biggest mansion at top of the hill was of colonel allyn.then suddenly the maiden of his dreams came,he went to her and started the conversation,which ended with her revealing the truth that she knew John was following her and she was glad he didn't talked with her and the next challenge to him was to enter the girl's house which was none other than the colonel's mansion. the next morning he went there by showing his bussiness card and by pretending that he wanted to sell those plate glasses and hence wanted to meet colonel allyn ,the place was a dead coffin and he with shaken legs numb hands and crack voice talked to the colonel and after sometime came to the point and asked for the girl's hand and to his surprise the colonel gave an unexpected answer by agreeing and told him alot of stories about his experiences afterall he got smeone to listen to his stories and unwillingly he have to listen to him the story ends as train reaches to coketown and the so called travellyn goes to dig petunias for his rose lady and he addresses that the old man is still in my house waiting to tell more and more stories ......................... Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Summary_of_best_seller_by_o_Henry#ixzz1mMuWLpBe

Most preposition usage is essentially conventional, even quirkish at times, and many preposition choices actually have no inherent or discernible logic of their own. For instance, its not easy to discern any logical difference between in, on, and at as prepositions of place and location, and this is why so many nonnative English speakers take a long time to master their proper usage. Achieving this mastery, in fact, requires committing to memory the specific prepositions needed according to established usage, and its a task that becomes even more tedious and difficult in the case of the prepositional phrases and prepositional idioms.

The common run of prepositions usually establishes a space or time relationship between ideas within a phrase, clause, or sentence, and they can be divided into five groups: 1. The prepositions of place and location: in, at, and on 2. The prepositions of motion: to, toward, in, and into 3. The prepositions of movement and direction: to, onto, and into 4. The prepositions for specific points of time: on, at, in, and after 5. The prepositions for periods or extended time: since, for, by, fromto, fromuntil, before, during, within, between, and beyond. Rules for Usage: PREPOSITIONS THAT ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS IN SPACE The prepositions in, at, and on for indicating place and location. The general rule is to use in for an enclosed space, at for a point, and on for a surface. Here are some specific guidelines for their use in American English: Use in for spaces: They always meet in a secret room [in a suburban hotel, in a parking lot, in a farm, in a ricefield]. Use in for names of specific land areas: She lives in a quiet town [in Tagaytay, in Cavite, in Southern Tagalog, in the island of Palawan, in the Philippines, in Southeast Asia]. Use in for bodies of water: That kind of fish thrives in freshwater [in the river, in the lake, in streams, in the sea]. Use in for lines: The registrants are in a row [in a line, in a queue]. Use at to indicate points: Youll find us at the entrance [at the taxi stand, at the supermarket, at the intersection]. Use at for specific addresses, as in She lives at 40 Lilac St. Use on for names of streets, roads, avenues, and boulevards: Her apartment is on San Pablo Street [onOrtigas Avenue, on Santolan Road, on Roxas Boulevard]. Use on for surfaces: Theres a large stain on the floor [on the wall, on the ceiling, on the roof].

The prepositions in, at and on for indicating location. Use in in these cases: The children are in the kitchen [in the garden, in the car, in the library, in the class, in school]. (The article the is mandatory except for the fourth and last example.) Use at in these particular cases: She was at home [at the library, at the office, at school, at work] when we arrived. Use on in these particular cases: They are on the plane [on the train, on the boat]. Some locations, though, dont need a preposition between them and the verb: They sleep downstairs [inside, outside, downtown, upstairs, uptown]. Rules for Usage: PREPOSITIONS THAT ESTABLISH MOTION AND DIRECTION The prepositions of motion to, toward, in, and into. These four prepositions link the verbs of movementmove, go, transfer, walk, run, swim, ride, drive, fly, travel, and many moreto their object destination. All of these verbs, except transfer, can take both to and toward. We must keep in mind, however, that to is used to convey the idea of movement toward a specific destination, while toward is used to convey movement in a general direction that may not reach a specific destination: Please take me to the bus station. (The speaker obligates the listener to specifically take him to a particular place.) The speedboat headed toward the harbor. (The speaker indicates only a movement in a general direction.) We can actually interchange into and in more or less freely when used with verbs of motion. There are exceptions, though. We can only use in (or inside) when the preposition is the last word in the sentence or occurs right before an adverbial of time (today, tomorrow), manner (quickly, hurriedly) or frequency (once, twice). Examples: The woman went into the managers office. The woman went in twice. The woman went in. The new tenants moved into the apartment

yesterday The new tenants moved in hurriedly. The new tenants moved in. We can also use into as the last word in a question: What sort of trouble have you gotten yourself into? But we should use in if the question is said in this form: What sort of trouble are you in? In/into also has two unique uses with the verb move. The first is when move in is followed by a clause indicating purpose or motive: The hunters moved in for the kill. The soldiers moved in for the attack. In both examples, in is part of the verb phrase, so we cannot use into. The second case is when we use into with move to convey the idea of simple movement: The firemen moved into the burning building. The prepositions of direction to, onto, and into. These prepositions correspond to the common prepositions of location: to for at, onto for on, and into for in. Each is defined by the same space relations of point, line, surface, or area as in the prepositions of location. To, the basic directional preposition, signifies orientation toward a goal. If that goal is physical, like a specific destination, to conveys the idea of movement in the direction of that goal: The troops returned to their base. Toward, of course, also works as a directional preposition, and means about the same thing as the directional preposition to. If the goal is not a physical place, as in an action, to simply puts the verb in the infinitive form to express a particular purpose: She sings to earn extra money. She cut her hair to show her displeasure. The directional prepositions onto and into are, as we know, compounds formed by to with corresponding prepositions of location: on + to = onto, to signify movement toward a surface, and in + to = into, to signify movement inside a finite three-dimensional space or volume. When used with many verbs of motion, however, on and in already have a directional meaning. We therefore can freely use them instead of onto and into. Note that on and onto work equally well in the following sentences: The cats fell on [onto] the floor. The whales washed up onto [on] the beach. The girl jumped into [in] the river. You will notice, however, that always, the compound locational prepositions onto

and into convey the consummation of an action, while the simple locational prepositions on and in indicate the subjects end-position as a result of the action. Lets look at some examples. Consummation of action: The boy fell onto [to] the ground. The sailor dived into [to] the pool. Position of subject: The boy is on the ground. The sailor is in the pool. Now we discover something interesting: directional prepositions actually serve to convey the idea of cause, while locational prepositions serve to convey the idea of effect. This, in fact, is as near a rule of thumb as we can get in dealing with these two kinds of prepositions. We cannot leave this subject, of course, without discussing at as a preposition of motion and direction. Being the least specific of the prepositions in space orientation, we can use at in a good number of ways. To mark a verb of motion directed towards a point: She arrived at the airport late. The marksman aimed atthe hostage-taker with precision. To indicate direction: The man leaped at the thief to subdue him. She jumped at me without warning. Rules for Usage: PREPOSITIONS THAT ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS IN TIME The prepositions for specific points in time: on, at, in, and after. On is used with the days of the week: We are going out on Monday [on Tuesday, on Sunday]. On is used for specific dates (optional in informal usage): The trade fair will start on March 12, 2003 [onMarch 12, on the 12th of March, on the 12th ]. At is used with clocked time: She picks her son from school at 4:30 p.m. At is used with the following times of the day: noon, night, midnight, sunrise, sunset: We sail for Palawan at noon [at midnight, at sunrise]. At is used with certain major holidays (without the word Day) as points of time:

The family always gets together at Thanksgiving [at Christmas, at Easter, at Halloween]. In is used with the following times of the day: morning, afternoon, evening: She waters her roses inthe morning [in the afternoon, in the evening]. In is used with dates that do not carry the specific day: The Spanish explorer reached the Philippines inMarch 1521. In is used with months, years, decades, and centuries as points of time: The famous writer was born in April [in 1946, in the 1940s, in the 20th century]. In is used with the seasons as points of time: He promised not to leave her in autumn [in summer, in spring,in winter]. After is used with events that happen later than another event or point of time: The overseas worker came home only after the holidays. The prepositions for periods or extended time: since, for, by, from...to, from...until, during, within, between, and beyond. Since is used with an event that happens at some time or continuously after another time or event: She has not watched a movie since last month. They have been producing noodles since the war. For is used with particular durations: Our president will be abroad for three weeks [not for long, for most of next month]. By is used with an act completed or to be completed by a certain time: She expects to finish writing the book by April [by then, by the second quarter]. From...to is used to refer to the beginning and end of an activity or event: The weather was stormy fromWednesday to Friday. From...until is used to refer to the beginning of one period to the beginning of another: Our sales rose continuously from Christmas until right before Holy Week. During is used to refer to a period of time in which an event happens or an activity is done: She had coffee during the morning break. Between is used to refer to an action taking place between the beginning and the

end of a period: You must get the job done between now and Friday. Within is used to refer to an action that must take place or be completed within a given period: You must get the job done within the week. Beyond is used to refer to a period of time after a particular event has taken place or a particular time has elapsed: Beyond the mid-1990s all of our offices had shifted to word processors. Prepositions for specific time frames. In is used with the three basic time frames: past, present, future: He was a kindly man in the past. She is doing nothing in the present [...at present is the preferred usage at present]. In the future, change the oil of your car regularly. In is used with prescribed time periods: The project must be completed in a month [in a year, in five years].hjm

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in on at

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on at in

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at in on

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during for while

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in to from

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in on at

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in at

Q5 - I left it ____ the classroom. in at Q6 - The market's ____ front of the old cinema. in at Q7 - She is _____ the front of the queue. in at Q8 - Their house is ____ the end of the road. in at Q9 - The concert was very full and we had to stand ____ the back of the auditorium. in at Q10 - He should be ____ work by now. in at Q11 - I spent the morning reading ____ my garden. in at Q12 - The children were ____ the playground. in at Q1 - He was very good ____ us when we were in trouble. at to Either could be used here Q2 - She's good ____ learning languages. at for Either could be used here Q3 - Vegetables are good ____ you. to for Either could be used here Q4 - It was good ____ you to write to them.

to of Either could be used here

Q5 - It was good ____ see them there. for to Either could be used here Q6 - He was a horrible man; I couldn't see any good ____ him. of in Either could be used here Q7 - Nothing will destroy it; it will last ____ good. to for Either could be used here Q8 - I'll do it for the good ____ the team. of at Either could be used here Q9 - It's good ____ be back. to at Either could be used here Q10 - She's good ____ her job. to at Either could be used here Q1 - I stopped ____ a drink. for to Q2 - I stopped ____ buy a newspaper. to for Q3 - It was hard ____ decide. for to Q4 - He got paid extra ____ working at the weekend. to for Q5 - They invited us ____ their wedding.

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Q6 - It's time ____ take lunch. for to Q7 - I'm going ____ a shower. for to Q8 - I'm going out ____ some fresh air. for to Q9 - I need it ____ my work. to for Q10 - I want ____ lose some weight. for to Q1 - I stopped _____ a break. for to Q2 - I stopped ____ have a break. for to Q3 - I was stopped ____ driving through a red light. for to Q4 - She was promoted ____ manager. for to Q5 - She was promoted ____ her dedication. for to Q6 - He tried ____ kill him. for to Q7 - He was tried ____ murder and found guilty. for to Q8 - It was hard ____ finish.

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Q9 - He made it ____ me. for to Q10 - She gave it ____ me when I arrived. for to