August 05, 2021
Compound prepositions
Compound prepositional phrases
1)
a long with : together with
Eg. My friend came along with my father to our house.
2)
on account of : because of
Eg. He got an attack of malaria on account of the mosquito
bite.
3)
by means of : through the agency
Eg. We can lift a log by means of a crane.
4)
apart from : separate from
Eg. An individual tool is supplied apart from the main kit.
5)
ahead of : earlier than (somebody/something)
Eg. He is ahead of other runners in the race.
6)
in front of : located before
Eg. There is a temple in front of our house.
7)
in place of : as a substitute for
Eg. I accepted the captain of my school cricket team in place
of Raju.
8)
in spite of : though/although
Eg. He attended the office in spite of his illness.
9)
in case of : in the event of
Eg. In case of the
failure of the engine, we have to take up another vehicle.
10) by way of :
via
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Eg. We can present a lecture by way of a screen.
11) for the sake of : for
the good of
Eg. He is collecting donations for the sake of flood victims.
12) in addition to : added to
Eg. He has a car in addition to bike.
13) in accordance with :
in agreement with
Eg. We have to play games in accordance with its rules.
1)
I finished my project work several days-------------------
the deadline.(instead of / ahead of)
2)
Sravani goes to school ------------------------- yamuni daily
(in spite of/along with)
3)
My house stands-------------------- all the other houses in
the street as it is big in size. ( apart from/in addition to)
4)
Madhu got a good job ------------------ his own abilities and
skills. ( by means of/ instead of)
5)
She was unable to attend the party--------------- her
marriage engagement. ( in spite of/ due to)
6)
---------------------- fire, ring the alarm bell.( In spite
of/ in case of)
7)
Sriam continued his batting carefully--------------- his team
thought he was hungry.( for the sake of/ in front of)
8)
You should complete your B.Ed------------------- your B.Sc to
get a teacher job.( in addition to/ according to)
9)
The physical director of our school selected me-------------
my friend, Raju for tomorrow’s match.( in place of/ ahead of)
10) --------------- his
poverty, he completed his ph.D in English.( in spite of/ I place of)
Followed prepositions
suffered from
recovered from
different from
prohibited from
abstain from
proud of
afraid of
fond of
consists of
capable of
think of
jealous of
responsible of
famous for
apply for
waiting for
search for
suitable for
longing for
left for
accustomed to
dedicated to
terrified to
loyal to
refer to
belong to
similar to
listened to
leads to
prefer to
addicted to
married to
replied to
agreed to
arguing with
angry with
quarrel with
resulted in
dressed in
believe in
interested in
shocked at
shout at
good at
bad at
laugh at
amazed at
wonder at
depend on
keen on
insisted on
congratulate on
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