Prepositions are hard nuts to crack

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Exercise
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:-
1. -----------------of making noise, pay attention --------what your
teacher is saying.
2.-------------the dint------------his diligence, he has been topping
the class every year.
3.------------accordance------------the teacher’s instructions, all
the students wrote a composition on what they could all do to counter
Pollution.
4. -------way of a prologue, the writer wrote a few absorbing pages
as-------how the seeds of the novel sprouted-----------her mind.
5.-----------the sake-------their convictions, the Parsees
emigrated-----------India.
6. -------------course of her research, Madam Corrie was fatally
exposed-----------radio-activity.
7. He finally accepted a much lesser amount-----------lieu-----------
his claim---------$10,000.
8.Whatever she does, she does-----------an eye-----------achieving
excellence.
9. Don’t loiter---------the school compound.
10. The noise comes------------ ----------------the street. (double
prepositions)