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Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:

1. The Rajdhani Express departs _______ 3 p.m. ______ Mumbai.
2. Human sacrifices were practiced ______ some of the tribes living in this area .
3. I received his message  _______ 6'o clock ______ the morning.
4. _______ last month I have seen him but once.
5.  ______rice they had curry.
6. His fever has taken a turn for the better ______yesterday.
7. She has spent all her life _______ Hyderabad.
8. I saw him felling a big tree ______just a hatchet.
9. Come and sit ______ me.
10. Nobody _______ you knows the truth.

Answers:

1. at, from  2. by  3. at, in   4. since   5. besides   6. since   7. in    8. with   9. by, beside  10. but/except