Prepositional phrase

 

Prepositional phrase

  1.           Everything falls to the ground _____________ earth’s gravitational pull.

              a. in addition to                       b. Because of                          c. Cause of

                                                                                                   Ans: b. Because of

 2.           The trial was conducted _____________ the procedure of law.

              a. in accordance with              b. Due to                                 c. Despite of

                                                                                                   Ans: a. In accordance with

 3.           There is a temple right ______________ my house.

              a. in back of                            b. Apart from                          c. In front of

                                                                                                   Ans: c. In front of

 4.           As a ______________ of his hard work, he achieved the target.

              a. instead of                             b. Result of                             c. Apart from

                                                                                                   Ans: b. Result of

 5.           Failure is often the ________________ negligence.

              a. effect of                               b. Consequence of                  c. Reason of

                                                                                                   Ans: b. Consequence of

 6.           Children are given toys _________________ sweets on children’s day.

              a. on top of                              b. In addition to                      c. Due to

                                                                                                   Ans: b. In addition to

 7.           The parents must be informed ______________ any indiscipline conduct of their warts.

              a. because of                           b. In case of                            c. In spite of

                                                                                                   Ans: b. In case of

 8.           He didn’t turn up ________________ his busy schedule.

              a. consequence of                    b. Due to                                 c. Except for

                                                                                                   Ans: b. Due to

 9.           Global warming is ________________ the green house emission.

              a. an effect of                          b. In spite of                           c. In addition to

                                                                                                   Ans: a. An effect of

 10.         ______________ several warnings, he continued to swim.

              a. due to                                   b. In spite of                           c. Because of

                                                                                                   Ans: b. In spite of