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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Preposition: The Preposition (A) Indicating Time 1. at
CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Preposition: The Preposition (A) Indicating Time 1. at
A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation with
some other word in the sentence.
In the above sentences, the italicised words in. at. on. by. for and to are
preposi¬tions. The nouns that come after them are called their objects. Thus, ‘hope’
is the object of ‘in’ ; home is the object of at: holidays is the object of ‘during’. ‘Ten is
the object of ‘by’; hours is the object of for’ and tree is the object of to.
The Prepositions generally serve three important purposes :
The Preposition
2. On
(i) On is used for a particular day, whether it is a date (e.g. 5 June, Feb. 14th), a
day (e.g. Monday, or a special da
(ii) On is used for a particular part of such days as described above.
I will come on the night of 10th July.
We will meet on Friday afternoon.
3. In
(i) In is used before a period of time : in the winter, in July, in the year 2005, in the
morning, in the evening.
I first met him in 2005.
Cricket is in played in India winter.
(ii) In is also used to show the total length of time taken to complete an activity or
operation.
This train will get you from Delhi to Chandigarh in four hours.
4. During
When an action or a situation continues for sometime, during is used before that
specified period.
We enjoyed ourselves during the vacation.
People work during the day.
5. By
(i) By is used to denote the ultimate point by which something was or is to be
completed.
I have to complete the work by Monday.
The applications should reach by 14 February.
(ii) By is used with day and night where it means during.
He travelled by day and slept by night.
6. For
For is used before a time phrase to denote that so much time has passed during
which an action or a situation continued.
I have not seen him for two years.
We waited for an hour but he didn’t turn up.
Important Points
(i) The prepositions at, on and in are not used if the noun giving time has an
adjective with it.
He met me last Sunday.
We will come again next Diwali.
We go for a walk every morning.
I will be twenty next June.
(ii) Yesterday, today and tomorrow do not take a preposition.
I will come again tomorrow.
Exercise 1
(Solved)
Answers:
1. on
2. during
3. by/before
4. in, on
5. in
6. on
7. at, at
8. by
9. on
10. on, at
Exercise 2
(Solved)
Answers
1. by
2. during
3. at ; on
4. by
5. in
6. on ; at
7. by
8. on
9. at
10. at
3. Place of Work
(i) If it is a building, use in :
His father works in a bank.
But
In case the place of work is not a building use on :
Ram works on a farm.
Exercise 3
(Solved)
Exercise 4
(Solved)
Exercise 5
(Solved)
Exercise 6
(Solved)
The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line of
the following passage. Write the missing word along with one word that comes
before it and one that comes after it. Do not forget to underline the missing word.
For a long time neither them spoke. The (a) ______
lamp burned and a leak in one (b) ______
comer thatch water fell into a (c) ______
vessel the floor beneath. After a (d) ______
while Ratan rose and went off the (e) ______
kitchen prepare the meal. Many new (f) ______
things to think had entered her little brain. (g) ______
Exercise 8
(Solved)
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the following
lines. Write the error along with the correction in your answer sheet. Do notforget to
underline the correction.
Years went down, and the Giant grew very old (a) ______
and feeble. He could not play about any long, (b) ______
so he sat with a huge chair and (c) ______
watched the children in their games. (d) ______
One winter morning he looked out in his window. (e) ______
In the farthest corner from the garden was (f) ______
a tree quite covered in lovely white blossoms. (g) ______
Silver fruit hung down in the branches (h) ______
and below it stood the little boy he had loved. (i) ______
Exercise 9
(For Practice)
Exercise 10
(For Practice)
The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line of
the following passage. Write the missing word along with one word that comes
before it
and one that comes after it. Do not forget to underline the missing word.
The little boy could not run. His eyes were
so full tears that he did not see (a) ______
the Giant coming. The Giant put him into (b) ______
the tree. And the tree broke at once blossom, (c) ______
and the birds came and sang it, and (d) ______
the little boy flung his arms the Giant’s neck. (e) ______