Make sentences of your own with the following prepositions. (i) in, into, inside
Make sentences of your own with the following prepositions.
(i) in, into, inside
(ii) on, onto, above, over
(iii) beside, besides
(iv) for, from, since
(v) to, towards
(vi) down, below, under, beneath, underneath
(vii) between, among, amongst
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(i) I live in Mumbai / the flowers will bloom in spring.
The frog jumped into the well.
The jacket was inside the cupboard.
(ii) The duster was on the teacher’s desk.
The child scattered all his toys onto the floor.
We were driving over the expressway.
My friend lives just above my apartment.
(iii) Ramu sits beside his best friend in the classroom.
Besides being learned, the gentleman is a good human being.
(iv) My grandparents will stay only for three hours.
My grandparents have been waiting since morning.
My grandparents have been waiting from 10 o’ clock.
(v) I was going to school. (Definite destination)
I was going towards school. (May be somewhere near the school)
(vi) The mountaineers came down safely.
The temperature never went below 40°C.
The scenes under the sea were very well filmed.
My mother kept my football kit safely beneath the cot. (Usually used in formal language)
You can search your slippers underneath the sofa. (Casually used)
(vii) She was sitting between two of us.
I distributed the chocolates among all my friends, (more commonly used)
My sister was the topper amongst the girls, (less common than ‘among’)