Preposition Exercise 6

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Preposition:

1. No doubt she has achieved much, but I cannot give him credit ____ all that he boasts ____.
2. The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance ____ human achievement.
3. He is indebted ____ his friend ____ a large sum.
4. What Dr. Arun mainly aimed ____ , was to promote the self-development of the young minds committed ____ his charge.
5. He was so much enamoured  ____ her that he forgot his duties ____ his children.
6. It is difficult to agree ____ those critics who ascribe the work of Shakespeare ____ Bacon.
7. In his autobiography he refers ____ his abhorrence ____ animal diet.
8. He conversed ____ us ____ subjects ____ varied interest.
9. The accident happened ____ him ____ a late hour and ____ an out-of-the-way place.
10. A cashier is liable to render account ____ the money received ____ him.
11. The soldiers ____ the fort were provided ____ provisions to last them a year.
12. We  were accountable ____ God ____ our actions.
13. Let us vie ____ one another ____ doing good.
14. His thirst ____ knowledge left him no leisure ____ anything else.
15. The rich and the poor alike nobly responded ____ the call ____ further funds.
16. For those who suffer ____ nerves the remedy lies ____ perfect rest.
17. A slave lies ____ the necessity ____ obeying his master’s orders.
18. The heir ____ the throne was free ____ physical or moral taint.
19. He impressed ____ them that sorcery was vital ____ their success.
20. Methylated spirit is spirit of wine made undrinkable by mixing it ____ methyl to exempt it ____ duty.
21. To love our country, to be interested ____ its concerns, is natural ____ all men.
22. He complained ____ his weak eyes and lamented the necessity ____ spectacles.
23. Samudragupta was known ____ his skill ____ music and song; he was equally proficient ____ the allied art of poetry.
24. It is the grasping of power combined ____ the thirst ____ fame which constitutes ambition.
25. It would be well for us to admire what is worthy ____ admiration in such a people, rather than to carp ____ their errors.
26. The common fallacy is that intimacy dispenses ____ the necessity of politeness. The truth is just the opposite ____ this.
27. The title Master was originally prefixed ____ the name of a person of rank or learning; it is now restricted ____ boys.
28. The ticket will entitle you ____ a free seat at the concert.
29. History, as well as daily experience, furnishes instances of men endowed ____ the strongest capacity ____ business and affairs, who have all their lives crouched under slavery to the grossest superstition.
30. He has no liking ____ cards and lately he has taken a dislike ____ outdoor exercise.
31. At first they refused to acquience ____ the terms, but finally yielded ____ the logic of facts.
32. The hippopotamus feeds chiefly ____ aquatic plants, but also seeks its food on land and is sometimes destructive ____ cultivated crops.
33. Learning is knowledge especially as acquired ____ study; it is frequently contrasted ____ knowledge or wisdom gained ____ experience.
34. At the eleventh hour she retired ____ the contest, leaving the field open ____ his opponent.
35. Coriolanus, with all his greatness, was entirely devoid ____ all sympathy ____ the people.
36. From this time she became habitually depressed and moody and addicted ____ the frequent use ____ alcohol.
37. The first acts of the new administration were characterized rather ____ vigour than ____ judgment.
38. They were statesmen accustomed ____ the management ____ great affairs.
39. Measure yourself ____ your equals; and learn ____ frequent competition the place with nature has allotted ____ you.
40. Contrary ____ my instructions, he went ____ his depth and would certainly have met ____ a fatal mishap but for the timely help rendered ____ him.

Answer:

1. for, of
2. to
3. to, for
4. at, to
5. of, to
6. with, to
7. to, of
8. with, on
9. to, at, in
10. for, by
11. in, with
12. to, for
13. with, in
14. for, for
15. to, for
16. from, in
17. under, of
18. to, from
19. on, to
20. with, from
21. in, to
22. of, for/ of
23. for, in, in
24. with, for
25. of, on
26. with, of
27. to, to
28. to, on
29. with, for
30. for, to
31. in, to
32. on, to
33. from, with, through
34. from, to
35. of, for
36. to, of
37. by, by
38. to, of
39. with, from, to
40. to, beyond, with, to.