English grammar worksheet for Class 7, focusing on prepositions and sentence completion.

Let's solve each question one by one and explain the correct answer with reasoning.

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1. Is your brother ____________ home.
a) On
b) in
c) at

✔ Correct answer: c) at
Explanation: We use "at home" to indicate someone is in their house or residence.
👉 "At home" is a fixed phrase. So, "Is your brother at home?" is correct.

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2. No one can live ____________ water.
a) Without
b) over
c) with

✔ Correct answer: a) Without
Explanation: The sentence means that water is essential for life. "Without water" means lacking water.
👉 "No one can live without water" is a common expression.

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3. We sleep ____________ night.
a) on
b) for
c) at

✔ Correct answer: c) at
Explanation: We say "at night" to refer to the time of night.
👉 "We sleep at night" is correct. "On night" is incorrect; "for night" doesn't make sense here.

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4. It’s _________ time you told him the truth.
a) about
b) in
c) on

✔ Correct answer: a) about
Explanation: "It's about time..." is a common expression meaning it's high time or long overdue.
👉 "It's about time you told him the truth" = You should have told him earlier.

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5. She has been absent __________ Wednesday.
a) for
b) from
c) since

✔ Correct answer: c) since
Explanation: "Since" is used with a specific point in time (like a day) when an action began.
👉 "She has been absent since Wednesday" means she started being absent on Wednesday and continues.
Note: "from" would be used as "absent from school", but not with a time period like this.

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6. Kamal has lived in this village __________ 1978.
a) since
b) from
c) for

✔ Correct answer: a) since
Explanation: "Since" is used with a past time point (e.g., year, date).
👉 "Has lived since 1978" means he started living there in 1978 and still lives there.
"From" is not used in present perfect tense like this. "For" is used with duration (e.g., for 10 years), not a starting point.

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7. The mountains were covered __________ snow.
a) with
b) but
c) except

✔ Correct answer: a) with
Explanation: "Covered with" is a common prepositional phrase meaning something is covered by something else.
👉 "Covered with snow" is correct. "But" and "except" don't fit grammatically.

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8. The snake was killed _______ somebody.
a) from
b) by
c) for

✔ Correct answer: b) by
Explanation: In passive voice, we use "by" to show the agent (the person who did the action).
👉 "The snake was killed by somebody" = Someone killed the snake.

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9. The Kovai express starts __________ Coimbatore.
a) by
b) from
c) for

✔ Correct answer: b) from
Explanation: "Starts from" means the beginning point of a journey.
👉 "The train starts from Coimbatore" is correct. "By" and "for" are not appropriate here.

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10. The girl standing _______ me was sneezing.
a) beside
b) across
c) during

✔ Correct answer: a) beside
Explanation: "Beside" means next to.
👉 "The girl standing beside me" = next to me.
"Across" needs "from" (e.g., across from me), and "during" refers to time, not location.

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✔ Final Answers:

1. c) at
2. a) without
3. c) at
4. a) about
5. c) since
6. a) since
7. a) with
8. b) by
9. b) from
10. a) beside

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