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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Kiran, Rajesh may attend a programme.
विकल्प
in favour of
in case of
according to
on the whole
on account of
on behalf of
in spite of
instead of
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उत्तर
instead of Kiran, Rajesh may attend a programme.
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| Preposition | Meaning | |
| 1. | due to | a. as a substitute for |
| 2. | except for | b. in the interest of |
| 3. | with reference to | c. irrespective of |
| 4. | in spite of | d. added to |
| 5. | in addition to | e. because of |
| 6. | in place of | f. referring to |
| 7. | regardless of | g. with the exception of |
| 8. | for the sake of | h. disregarding the difficulty |
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| 1. | Becky Thatcher, Tom’s friend had ______ coming to school. |
| 2. | So, Tom became ______. |
| 3. | Aunt Polly ______ about Tom. |
| 4. | She tried ______. |
| 5. | Tom pretended to like _____ and asked for it very often. |
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| friends have arrived already. Arun | ||
| introduces Anand to them. Arun's brother | ||
| buy some snacks from the market. | ||
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| 2. A triangle has three sides. | |
| 3. Sandhya is writing a letter. | |
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| Customer: | Really! Do you usually offer this advice? |
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
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