Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
- A red hen lived ____i_____ (on/in) a little cottage. The cottage was ___ii_____ (under/in) a dense forest. One day, a fox spotted the hen. His mouth watered at the thought of eating a fat hen. He started following her. The hen reached ____iii_____ (at/near) her cottage and stopped. She looked _____iv_______ (behind/around) to see if anyone was there. The fox quickly hid _____v______ (in front of/behind) the bushes. Then the hen went ______vi________ (inside/outside) her cottage. The fox came quietly and sneaked _____vii_______ (into/on) her house. But the hen was smart. She had moved _____viii______ (in/out) of the cottage using the back door and had locked it. Now, she quickly came _____ix_______ (above/around) the cottage and locked the front door too. The cunning fox was trapped ____x_______ (between/inside) the cottage.
- Once, a mother dog was wandering _____i______ (on/over) roads ____ii_____ (in/on) cold weather. She was hungry and wanted a shelter for herself and her puppies. Suddenly, she saw a loaf of bread lying ______iii_________ (under/between) two plastic bags. She went _____iv______ (far/near) that place and picked the bread. She carried it _____v______ (on/in) her mouth and brought to her puppies sitting ______vi______ (over/under) a bench _____vii_______ (near/above) a lamp post. They all ate the bread and went on to find a shelter.
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Answers:
- i) in ii) in iii) near iv) around v) behind vi) inside vii) into viii) out ix) around x) inside
- i) on ii) in iii) between iv) near v) in vi) under vii) near
