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Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

Bertrand Russell was an outstanding philosopher and perhaps the greatest thinker (a) ______ the contemporary time. He was born (b) ______ 1872 (c) ______ an aristocratic family. He was privately educated and he acquired a perfect knowledge (d) ______ French and German. (e) ______1890, he went (f) ______ Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated (g) ______ distinction. He was appointed a fellow of his college (h) ______ the autumn (i) ______ 1895: (j) ______1895 to the outbreak of the World War, he led a simple life.

Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.

(a) William Wordsworth was the second of his father's five children. He ______ at Cumberland on April 7, 1770.

(b) We ______ have a snack than sit here silently. The train will arrive in two hours.

(c) The people living in the slums lead a very miserable life. They usually suffer from various kinds of troubles. At times they ______ pass sleepless nights.

(d) ______ the poet arrived, the audiences started clapping loudly. The poet became very pleased.

(e) Some students misuse drugs. They think in a way ______ they were very smart.

(f) Once ______ was a snowman. He was tall but he became small when he melted in the sun.
(g) ______ living in college hostel? You seem to be very happy with your hostel life.

(h) Rakib is very introverted. He does not even feel comfortable on the telephone, ______ speak in public.

(i) Teacher : ______ a fairy ______?

Student: Sorry, sir. We have no idea.

(j) ______ was a very cold night. People were sleeping. Suddenly Mohsin heard a sound and found a man standing alone.

Complete the following sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) Success comes to the diligent. It is high time our students ______.

(b) Time once lost is lost forever. All should utilize time properly lest ______.

(c) Eve-teasing is one of the serious problems. It is an inhuman and barbarous act. We should create public awareness so that ______.

(d) You bought me a sweater. But it was so large that ______.

(e) Fools rush in where ______.

(f) I entered the classroom. Everyone in the classroom stared at me as if ______.

(g) I was optimistic about winning the game. I ______ before I took part in the competition.

(h) He has been sacked from his job because of taking a bribe. There goes a wise saying "As you sow ______."

(i) I don't have much power to punish the corrupt persons. Had I been the boss of the office ______.

(j) I could not recognize you at first. It was five years since we ______.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.

It (a) ______ (be) twenty years ago and I (b) ______ (live) in Paris. It (c) ______ (be) a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery and I (d) ______ (earn) barely enough money to keep body and soul together. She (e) ______ (read) a book of mine and (f) ______ (write) to me about it. I (g) ______ (answer) thanking her and presently I (h) ______ (receive) from her another letter saying that she (i) ______ (pass) through Paris and would like to have a chat with me but she (j) ______ (have) limited time and the only free moment she had (k) ______ (be) on the following Thursday; she (l) ______ (spend) the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards? Foyot’s (m) ______ (be) a restaurant at which the French senators eat, and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I (n) ______ (flatter) and I was too young to have learnt to say no to a woman.