Question

Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options : 1×3=3
He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking (a) __________ the scattered grains in (b) __________ courtyard (c) __________ off in a flurry.
(a) (i) on (ii) at (iii) over (iv) in
(b) (i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iv) some
(c) (i) take (ii) takes (iii) took (iv) taking

Answer 1

He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking on the scattered grains in the courtyard took off in a flurry

Answer 2

Answer:

"He 'screamed' so loudly that pigeons pecking (a) over the 'scattered grains' in (b) the courtyard (c) took off in a fury."

Explanation:

The above "prepositions" are used in order for specificity.  A 'preposition' is a word used to 'link nouns, pronouns, or phrases' to the other words 'within a sentence'.  

Generally, prepositions are small nouns which are placed 'in front of a noun', therefore, are also referred to as to prepositions of its object.  

Therefore prepositions are connectors of nouns, pronouns or even phrases in a sentence for the simplicity of the speech.