Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions: : a) He is going____ to school. b) The shopkeeper deals____ sugar.c) ______having a pen, he has a pencil. d) She is free ____ fear. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

a) He is going _to_ school .

b) The shopkeeper deals _in_ sugar .

c) _I'am_ having a pen , he has a pencil .

d) She is free _but_ fear .

Answer 2

The correct sentences with appropriate prepositions are:-

a)He is going to school.

(Here, in the given sentence, the person is going to travel to school, therefore the correct preposition to be used here is 'to')

b)The shopkeeper deals with sugar.

(Here, in the given sentence, the shopkeeper trades sugar, this means that he sells sugar to people. The correct preposition here will be 'with')

c)Besides having a pen, he has a pencil.

(Here, in the given sentence, the person has a pencil, at the same time he possesses a pen. Therefore, the correct preposition here will be besides)

d)She is free of fear.

(Here, in the given sentence, she does not fear. Here the correct preposition will be 'of')