Question

Choose the correct preposition - The plane flew ______ the building

Answer 1

Answer:

The plane flew over the building.

Explanation:

❀ Prepositions are words that are used before nouns to show how that noun is related to something else in a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show location , position or time. Prepositions can be of many kinds.

Kinds of Preposition:

Prepositions are of three types :

1. Simple Prepositions

2. Compound Prepositions

3. Participial Prepositions.

Simple Prepositions

Simple prepositions are simple short words that have not been derived from any other words ; as :

at, by, down, for, from, in, of, near, on, out, over, since, through, till, to, under, up, with.

Compound Prepositions

Compound prepositions are compound words formed by putting up prefixes before nouns and adjectives etc. ; as :

Compound prepositions are compound words formed by putting up prefixes before nouns and adjectives etc. ; as :about, above, across, among, around, before, behind, below, beneath, between, beyond, inside, into, outside, until, within, without, beside, onto , upto.

Over and above:

Over and above both mean at a higher level but above denotes vertical height whereas over implies motion too.