ISC XII Preposition 2

1. Hard work is the key ___ success.

2. Who is knocking ___ the door?
3. The woman knocked _____ a vase with her stick.
4. I know _____ their holiday plans.
5. I have some knowledge ____ English.
6. We are known ____ our behaviour.
7. This city is known ___ its sweets.
8. He is known ___ me for many years.
9. Let us leave _____ our personal issues and work together.
10. He went to serve the country leaving _____ his wife and child.
11. The sequel to this story begins where the earlier story left ____
12. Akhil let _____ his sister by not turning up on Rakhi
13. The guard opened the store to let the shoppers ____.
14. The goalkeeper tripped letting the ball _____ the goal.
15. I am not liable for the debts incurred ____ my brother.
16. He is liable ___ suspension from service.
17. Listen _____ for the bell of the ice-cream vendor.
18. Leena refused to listen ___ anyone’s complaint against her son.
19. He has lived all his life ___ honest work.
20. My son lives ____ basketball and is always training for it.
21. Mr Gulati lives ____ the rent from his father's shop.
22. Birds live ____ insects.
23. My brother has learnt to live ____ his means.
24. The shop had marked _____ the price of the jeans by 50 per cent.
25. The children's playing area was marked ___ with masking tape.
26. The Sharmas marked ____ a tennis court on their lawns.
27. Our new neighbour moved ___ last Sunday.
28. I have been in this job for five years, it is time to move ___.
29. There is room on this bench ___ Rita to sit if you move ___ a bit.
30. You should search ____ a new house.
31. Kindly send ____ a doctor.
32. He is in search ___ a house on rent.
33. He sent ___ his application for the post of editor.
34. He has sent ___ the circulars to members.
35. Do not settle ____ anything but the best.
36. 1 finally settled ___ the smart TV with LED screen.
37. The impurities gradually settled ____ the bottom of the beaker.
38. His brother is slow ___ arithmetic.
39. The younger boy is slow ___ speech.
40. I smiled ___ his joke.
41. Fortune smiled ____ him.
42. They stood ______ all forms of injustice.
43. We should stand ___ our friends.
44. Do you know what this abbreviation stands ____?
45. They had to stand in ___ the chairman as he was ill.
46. Good job, Ann! Your work really stands ____!
47. My friends stood me ___ and went to the party.
48. Food was supplied __ the hungry.
49. The hungry were supplied ____ food.
50. The boring lecture switched me ___ Maths.
51. Let us switch _____ to the other team with better players.
52. We sympathise ____ her in her troubles.
53. We should have no sympathy ___ idle people
54. Nobody can be held accountable ____ the loss caused by the earthquake.
55. The Director is accountable ____ the shareholders of the company.
56. Do you agree ___ this proposal
57. The king agreed ____ the minister.
58. I am very angry ___ his misbehaviour.
59. The teacher was angry _____ the student for his misconduct.
60. I am annoyed ___ your habit of telling lies.
61. I am annoyed _____ you for behaving so rudely.
62. He appealed ______ the judgement.
63. The government received an appeal ____ aid from the refugees.
64. The cafe's menu appealed ___ coffee lovers.
65. : He applied ___ the post of supervisor.
66. The teacher applied to the Principal ____ a day's leave.
67. Mohan has gone to his uncle to ask ____ help.
68. I knocked ___ Rohan's door, his wife asked me ___.
69. The maid was attending ___ her mistress.
70. The hero of this movie is blind ___ one eye.
71. She is blind ____ the faults of her children.
72. My neighbour's car was parked in front of mine blocking me ___.
73. Fallen leaves have blocked ___ the drain.
74. He was born ___ a royal family.
75. He was born ___ rich parents.
76. A daughter was born ___ him last month.
77. The whole film was built ____ the haunted house.
78. his kitchen has cupboards built ___.
79. We hope to build ____ the success of our forefathers.
80. The slow moving bus caused traffic to build ____ outside the school. :
81. My mother wore me a thick coat and bundled me ____ to school.
82. My mother bundled me up ___ three layers of woollens.
83. Last night lightning burnt ____ the old banyan tree.
84. Young people burn ___ calories faster than older people.
85. The Amazon fires burnt ____ the natural habitats of many rare animals.
86. The meteor burnt ___ completely in the earth's atmosphere.
87. He is busy ___ preparing his project.
88. He is busy ____ his own business.
89. Please attend ___ what I say.
90. She has only one servant to attend ____ her.
91. My teacher is an authority ____ History of Ancient India.
92. As a Chairperson she has authority ___ the manager
93. They neither care ___ him nor ___ his opinion.
94. There is no cause ____ anxiety.
95. What is the cause ___ his trouble?
96. What is the charge ______ the man?
97. He charged hundred rupees ____ this novel.
98. Kindly charge this amount ___ my account.
99. He was charged _____ theft.
100. We had to deposit room rent in advance at the time of check ___.
101. The hospital checks ____ all its new staff.
102. Our life is compared ___ a candle.
103. Compare villages _____ cities.
104. We complained _____ him.
105. He complains ___ pain in the stomach every day.
106. 1 complained ___ the stationmaster ______ a ticket checker.
107. Wisdom consists ___ knowing oneself.
108. The book consists ___ ten chapters.
109. This medicine is a sure cure ____ cough.
110. He was cured ___ malaria.
111. Cut down ___ junk food to be healthy.
112. Father cut ___ the cake to distribute it equally to all of us.
113. The city was cut ___ from all other areas due to floods.
114. He is cut ____ for a career in acting.