Complete the following sentences with appropriate prepositions.
1. Like many misers Roucolle came ……………… a bad end.
2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately .....................… his genius ………………… the field …………………. music.
3. Ramanujan died ...................... tuberculosis.
4. An acquaintance began ....................... such a happy note at last grew and ripened ....................... a close and lovely comradeship.
5. Once ………………….. 1913, I met him ………………….. the Servants …………………. India Society.
6. ..................... . the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking .....................… the next day.
Please select 2 correct answers
7. There were a lot of people ....................... the platform. They were all waiting ..................... . the train ..................... .. arrive.
8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk ...................... Madras living ...................... his wife ..................... .. twenty pounds a year.
Answers
1. Like many misers Roucolle came to a bad end.
2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately for his genius in the field of music.
3. Ramanujan died of tuberculosis.
4. An acquaintance began on such a happy note at last grew and ripened into a close and lovely comradeship.
5. Once in 1913, I met him at the Servants of India Society.
6. On the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking about the next day.
7. There were a lot of people on the platform. They were all waiting for the train to arrive.
8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk in Madras living with his wife on twenty pounds a year.