English (Compulsory) Class 10 Chapter 17: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

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• Class 10
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 17
• Book pages Class 10 book U5 pp 65-76, U9 pp 112-124 (themes and level only)
• FBISE SSC-II

Chapter summary

A preposition links a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. It shows time, place, direction or another relation. The noun after it is called its object: The book is on the table.

Topics in this chapter

• Simple prepositions: time, place, direction, agent, instrument
• Compound prepositions (because of, in spite of, due to, according to)
• Prepositional phrases: adjectival and adverbial
• Dependent prepositions (good at, afraid of, interested in)
• Mixed topics

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1. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: The meeting will start ______ 9:30 a.m. (1 marks)
2. Rewrite using instead of: He walked to school. He did not take the bus. (1 marks)
3. Write the prepositional phrase and say what it tells (time, place or manner): The students entered the hall in silence. (1 marks)

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