Question

A cat pounced upon / on the rat. preposition

Answer 1

Answer:

upon

Explanation:

upon is the correct ans

Answer 2

Answer:

A cat pounced upon the rat.

             or

A cat pounced on the rat.

Both are correct, make sense and convey the same meaning.

Explanation:

Prepositions are words that precede nouns, pronouns, noun phrases and are used to show their position, time, direction, spatial arrangement with rest of the sentence. Some examples of use of prepositions are: -

             1. I arrived on time

             2. She drove to the store.

The Dictionary meaning of the word pounce is  ( of an animal ora bird of prey ) "spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey". It has come to mean, to act, approach, attack suddenly or without hesitation ( pounced on the opportunity )

In the given sentence both the prepositions i.e. on and upon will make sense and will be correct. Both are used to convey similar meaning when used with the word 'pounce'.