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Placement of Prepositions

                  There are a few rules that need to be followed for the placement of prepositions.

                  1.  A preposition is usually followed by a noun or a pronoun. For example,
                     •  The pen is on the desk.

                     •  She works in New York.
                     •  I have been waiting for him.

                  2.   Usually, the preposition is placed before the object. However, sometimes, it is
                     placed after the object to form questions. For example,
                     •  What game are you interested in?

                     •  What are you looking at?

                     •  Who was the Principal complaining about?
                  3.   When the object of a preposition is used as the subject, the preposition is placed at
                     the end of the sentence. For example,

                     •  The sky was too bright to look at.

                     •  Faith is what we live by.
                  4.   Sometimes a sentence may start with a                   Note
                     prepositional phrase. For example,                        When a prepositional phrase
                     •  In a large box, Radha packed her books.                comes at the beginning of a

                     •  After the match, we went out to                        sentence, it must be followed
                         have dinner.                                          by a comma.


                  D.  Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

                     1.  Those are the buildings that I was talking                      .

                     2.  What was the policeman looking                        ?


                     3.  Where do you come                      ?

                     4.  Who was he talking                     ?

                     5.  He is so rude. He is impossible to talk                    .

                     6.  What kind of books are you interested                       ?


                     7.  Where did you get that book                      ?

                     8.  She told me that her friend was so selfish that he was impossible to deal

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