Question

1.Our city was actually short(a)_______ water

Answer 1

Our city was actually short of water

Answer 2

Our city was actually short of water.

Explanation:

Incomplete:

Our city was actually short ______ water.

Complete:

Our city was actually short of water.

There are three meanings of preposition "of".

• Used for belonging to, relating to, or connected with.
• It is also used to refer to a particular time period. such as 1998, 2005, 2012 etc
• Used to indicate an amount or number of things. Such as milk, oranges chocolates.