Preposition Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers

A word that is placed before a noun or sometimes even a pronoun to show the relationship of the noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence is called a preposition. Words such as on, in, at, for, to are some examples of a preposition.

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Preposition Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers Pdf

Preposition of Time

AT
It relates to a point of time.

I will meet you at lunch.
She gets up at 6 o’clock every day.

It is used for a wider extent of space or time.
We shifted to a new place in February.
He was born in 1985.
It also shows future time; time starting from now.
The meeting will begin in about fifteen minutes.

ON
‘On’ is used with days and dates.

I shall meet you on next Friday.
The examination will be hold on 15 September.

WITHIN
It denotes before the end of a period of time.

I shall complete my work within two hours.
He will be back within an hour.
(Before the expiry of the time given)

BEFORE
It is used to express the period before a point of time.

Don’t worry. I will reach there before time.
You must give me a call before 6 p.m.

AFTER
It is used to express the period after a point of time.

I can not meet you after 4 o’clock.
She can meet me only after her mother has left for work.

UNTIL
It is used to express thfe duration of time up to a specific period.

My father can not leave office until his boss leaves.
I can not come until 6 o’clock.

DURING
It is used to express the interim period of two actions.

I am available during the lunch hour.
During that period, I was not at home.

FROM
‘From’ specifies the point in time at which a particular process, event or activity starts. It also expresses source.

I will be in the office from 6 to 8 p.m.
I received a gift from my friend.

SINCE
‘Since’ is used to suggest the point of time at which an auction started.

I have been waiting for you since 7 a.m.
She has been studying since morning.

FOR
‘For’ is used to suggest the period of time for which an action has been going on.

The meeting has been going on for close to two hours.
She has been reading the novel for almost two months now.

Prepositions of Place

AT
‘At’ suggests a certain place in a given area.

She stood at the end of the queue.
He stays at Rani Bagh.

ON
‘On’ suggests a specific place.

The notice was pasted on the display board.
The clothes are lying on the bed.

IN
‘In’ is used to express the specific space in an object/area.

There are a lot of animals in the zoo.
There is very little milk in the bottle.

BETWEEN
It is used for two persons, places or things.

The table is lying between the two chairs.
Divide the books between Mohan and Rakesh.

AMONG
‘Among’ is used for more than two persons or places.

The boys quarelled among themselves.
The shirt was lying among old clothes.

OVER/ABOVE
Both ‘over’ and ‘above’ have a similar meaning. They both mean “at a higher position than X”, but above usually refers to being directly (vertically) above you.

His head could be seen above the water.
The plane is flying above the clouds.
The fan is just over my head.
The birds are flying over the trees.

UNDER/BELOW
Both ‘under’ and ‘below’ have a similar meaning. They mean “at a lower level”. (There is something aboveil)

My shoes are under the bed.
There is a parking lot under the building.
During swimming, her body was below the water.
I had hidden my box below the almirah.

Note: Sometimes we use the word ‘underneath’ instead of ‘under’ and ‘beneath’ instead of ‘below’. There is no difference in meaning, only they are less commonly used these days.

IN FRONT OF
Expresses the front-facing.

She is waiting for me in front of the gate.
There is a car in front of the door.

BEHIND
It is the opposite of ‘in front of’. It means ‘at the back of something’.

He is waiting for me behind the gate.
Just behind the office, is the mall.

BESIDE
It means ‘by the side of’.

Come and sit beside me.
The chair is lying beside the bed.

BESIDES
It means ‘in addition to’.

I can’t do it alone, you will have to assign the work to someone else besides me.
He received a cash prize besides a certificate.

NEAR
It expresses closeness of two objects or places.

The bank is near the library.
My friend stays near my house.

OPPOSITE
It expresses the distance between two objects or places facing each other.

There is a bus stop opposite our house.
An eating joint has opened opposite the school.

Prepositions Showing Direction

Yesterday, we went to see a movie.
A car took us to the station.

INTO
This word expresses motion inwards.

She went straight into the chamber.
The fisherman jumped into the river.

TOWARDS

They threw the ball towards me.
The thief ran towards the crossing.

ACROSS

She loves to swim across the river.
I had to meet my friend across the railway station.

PAST

He walked past me as if he didn’t know me.
Go past the flyover to reach the airport.

THROUGH

We have to go through the forest.
The parrot flew through the window.

The shepherds walked up the hill.
I had to go up the stairs to reach the 2nd floor.

DOWN

My grandmother fell down the stairs and fractured her leg.
The monkey jumped down from the tree.

OFF

You are feeling sleepy. Do not fall off the bed.
The paint is coming off the wall.

ALONG

She went for a walk along the sea beach.
The procession was going along the road.

ROUND/AROUND

The animal was circling round the tree.
The company went round the whole city to advertise.
There was a gravel path around the statue.

OVER
It also expresses direction.

The plane flew over the hills.
The thief jumped over the wall in order to escape.

OUT OF

The teacher took the sweets out of the box.
The clothes were falling out of the suitcase.

Other Prepositions and their Uses

ABOUT
It suggests the subject of a conversation, a book or a talk, etc.

I was just discussing about the book, you have written.
This chapter is all about financial matters.

BY
It relates to the ‘agent’ or ‘doer’. It is also used with means of transport.

The man was bitten by a snake.
We will go by a taxi.

FOR
It is used to show purpose.

Let us go for a movie.
He has gone for a walk.

WITH
It is used to relate the instrument employed for doing something. WITH also suggests company and association.

He walks with the help of a stick.
She can write with both hands.
Rajesh is working with a famous director.
Remove these stains with a detergent.

OF
It suggests belonging and pertaining to some person or something.

One chapter of this book has not been done.
My mother often talks of her childhood friends.

AT
It is used in certain special expressions, at home, at least, at all costs, at a loss: etc.

I am not expecting anything from her at all.
Finish your meals at once, otherwise you will not be allowed to play.

UNDER
It is also used in these expressions: under the impression, under repair, under treatment etc.

I was always under the impression that she is a Chinese.
Under the rules, you can not be given any allowances.

List of Words Followed by Prepositions

Abide by	Charge with	Conscious of
Absorb by	Cling to	Consist of
Born of	Collide with	Contented with
Born to	Compare to	Cure of
Bound for	Compare with	Deal in
Borrow from	Complain of	Deal with
Busy with	Complain against, to	Depend on
Call at	Condemn to	Deprive of
Call on	Confidence in	Desire for
Care for	Confident of	Die of
Care of	Congratulate on	Differ from
Differ with	Kind to	Repent of
Different from	Knock at	Respect for
Disgusted with, at	Known to	Responsible to
Dismiss from	Key to	Satisfied with
Dispose of	Lame of	Search for
Due to	Laugh at	Send for
Eligible for	Listen to	Short of
Engage in	Live on	Shock at
Engage to	Long for	Sick of
Enquire after	Married to	Similar to
Enquire of, about	Marvel at	Slow at
Enquire into	Match for	Slow of
Exclude from	Negligent in	Sorry for
Excel in	Notorious for	Succeed in
Familiar to	Obedient to	Stand by
Familiar with	Object to	Succeed to
Famous for	Obliged to	Suffer from
Feed on	Occur to	Superior to
Feel for	Opposite to	Sure of
Fond of	Part from	Surprised at
Free from	Part with	Sympathetic to
Full of	Pity for	Sympathize with
Glad at	Pity on	Sympathy for
Good at	Pleased with	Talk to
Grateful to	Polite to	Taste for
Grieve at	Popular with	Thankful to
Guard against	Preferable to	Tired of
Guilty of	Prefer to	Tired with
Honest in	Pray to	Trust in
Hope for	Prepare for	True to
Ignorant of	Preside over	Tyrannize over
Import from	Prevent from	Useful for
Indifferent to	Prey to	Useful to
Inferior to	Pride in	Warn of
Infested with	Proud of	Warn against
Inform of	Quarrel with	Want in
Injurious to	Recover from	Wish for
Insist on	Reduce to	Wonder at
Interest in	Regard for	Worthy of
Interfere with	Related to	Yearn for
Introduce to	Relieve of	Yield to
Invite to	Rely on	Zeal for
Jealous of	Remember to
Junior to	Remind of

Preposition Exercises Solved Examples for Class 9 CBSE

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.
(a) Sheeba was born ……………………. the year 1985.
(b) They are going to meet ……………………. lunch in the afternoon.
(c) Try not to compromise ……………………. your principles.
(d) My father is very fond ……………………. sweets.
(e) He has not yet recovered ……………………. his illness.
(f) He rules ……………………. a vast empire.
(g) I have not slept ……………………. yesterday.
(h) The man walked ……………………. the house.
(i) The sweets were distributed ……………………. the children at the party.
(j) Rajesh has returned almost ……………………. a month.
Answer:
(a) in
(b) at
(c) on
(d) of
(e) from
(f) over
(g) since
(h) around/towards
(i) among
(j) after

Question 2.
(a) Meenal has achieved a lot in her life but she cannot be given the credit (i) ……………………. all that she boasts (ii) …………………… .
(b) Sandwiches are snacks made (i) ……………………. bread and some filling (ii) ……………………. it.
(c) There is a playground (i) ……………………. our house where children play (ii) ……………………. the evening.
(d) The program begins (i) ……………………. an hour and I have to be there (ii) ……………………. 6 p.m.
(e) The class was divided (i) ……………………. two groups and each group had (ii) ……………………. vote a leader (iii) ……………………. themselves who would represent them (iv) ……………………. the class debate (v) the annual function.
(f) I reached the party (i) ……………………. time but there was nobody (ii) ……………………. welcome me.
(g) He agreed (i) ……………………. my proposal and also agreed (ii) ……………………. what I had said.
(h) (i) ……………………. displaying his presence of mind, he was able to kill the snake (ii) ……………………. an iron rod.
Answer:
(a) (i) for (ii) about
(b) (i) of (ii) in
(c) (i) near/ outside (ii) in
(d) (i) in (ii) by
(e) (i) into (ii) to (iii) for (iv) in (v) at
(f) (i) on (ii) to
(g) (i) to (ii) to/with
(h) (i) By (ii) with

Question 3.
(a) Raman fell (i) ……………………. the soft grass (iii) ……………………. his way back home (iv) ……………………. school (v) ……………………. 4 p.m.
(b) I would like (i) ……………………. help her (ii) ……………………. her studies as she has her test (iii) ……………………. Monday.
(c) He is the thief the police were looking …………………… .
(d) Cheating was being done …………………… the very nose of the invigilator.
(e) This is difficult work and is …………………… his capacity.
(f) He goes to his office (i) …………………… foot but sometimes goes (ii) …………………… cycle also.
(g) Make sure that when I return, the room is free …………………… dirt.
(h) Raj an fell straight (i) …………………… a ditch and could not get out (ii) …………………… it (iii) …………………… his own.
(i) The guests preferred vegetarian food (i) …………………… non-vegetarian food, so the cook prepared a dish made (ii) …………………… fresh vegetables (iii) …………………… aromatic spices.
(j) She went and sat (i) …………………… her grandmother (ii) …………………… listen (iii) …………………… a story.
Answer:
(a) (i) with (ii) on (iii) on
(b) (i) to (ii) in (iii) on
(c) for
(d) under
(e) beyond
(f) (i) on (ii) by
(g) of
(h) (i) into (ii) of (iii) on
(i) (i) to (ii) with (iii) in
(j) (i) beside (ii) to (iii) to