8 * Circle the correct preposition.
The shop assistant accused the woman of /
for shoplifting.
2 The judge sentenced the vandal in / to one
month of community work.
3 If a person does something very bad, we
should put them to / in prison.
4 The court found the man guilty for / of
burglary.
5 The police are appealing for / to help in
searching for the bank robbers.
6 Street cameras caught the muggers at / in
action.

1. Of

2. To

3. In

4. Of

5. For

6. In

Explanation:

A preposition can be defined as a word that shows or illustrates the relationship between a pronoun or noun and other words in a sentence. Some examples of a preposition is up, below, after, by, against, for, over, etc.

The correct use of preposition in a sentence are shown below;

1. The shop assistant accused the woman of shoplifting. You accuse people of something but not for something.

2. The judge sentenced the vandal to one month of community work. Duration is used with the preposition of.

3. If a person does something very bad, we should put them in prison. You put someone or something in.

4. The court found the man guilty of burglary. A person is guilty of an offence; there's a concord between guilty and of.

5. The police are appealing for help in searching for the bank robbers. You appeal (beg, ask or request for aid) for a thing or person but not of.

6. Street cameras caught the muggers in action. You catch someone in an act but not at an act.

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