english grammar

WORDS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS Certain Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, and Participles are always followed by particular Prepositions. Read the following sentences, noting appropriate Prepositions:-Mumbai is famous for its textiles. The goat subsists on the coarsest of food. Jawaharlal Nehru was fond of children. India is a noble, gorgeous land, teeming with natural wealth. Being apprised of our approach, the whole neighbourhood came out to meet their minister. In the classical age the ideal life of the Brahman was divided into four stages or ashrams. It is natural in every man to wish for distinction. He was endowed with gifts fitted to win eminence in any field of human activity. The writer is evidently enamoured of the subject. These computers are cheap enough to be accessible to most people. Ambition does not always conduce to ultimate happiness. The true gentleman is courteous and affable to his neighbours. Newly acquired freedom is sometimes liable ...