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এই পরীক্ষায় এই টপিক থেকে ১টি প্রশ্ন — 'except' এর শ্রেণিবিভাগ।
Options: (a) adjective • (b) noun • (c) preposition ✓ • (d) pronoun
A preposition governs a noun/pronoun to show its relation with other words. 'Except + Friday' → 'except' governs 'Friday' → preposition.
| Function | Example |
|---|---|
| Preposition | I work daily except Sunday. |
| Conjunction | I would go except that it's raining. |
| Verb (rare/formal) | The judge excepted him from the rule. |
| Type | Examples | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Place | in, on, at, under, between | shows location |
| Time | at, on, in, before, after | shows when |
| Direction | to, from, into, towards | shows movement |
| Agent | by | shows doer (passive) |
| Exclusion | except, but for, apart from | shows what's left out |
| Cause | because of, due to, owing to | shows reason |
| Preposition | Example |
|---|---|
| except | All went except John. |
| but (= except) | Nobody but Tom knew. |
| apart from | Apart from rice, we have bread. |
| besides (= in addition to) | Besides English, she speaks French. |
| save (literary) | All save one survived. |
| 'But' role | Example |
|---|---|
| Preposition (= except) | Everyone but him left. |
| Conjunction | He came but she didn't. |
| Verb | Preposition |
|---|---|
| depend, rely | on |
| consist | of |
| differ from / differ with | (object/opinion) |
| accuse | of |
| congratulate | on |
| comply | with |
| dispense | with (do without) |
| refrain | from |
| persist | in |
| insist | on |
| eligible | for |
| confident | of/about/in |
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