Question

He divided the work. .............. The workers

Answer 1

He divided the work among the workers.

Explanation:

‘Among’ is the preposition used in the given sentence. Among is used as a preposition in a sentence when the entities are part of a group without addressing them specifically and when the group has more than 3 entities. Between is used when the entities are addressed separately and are less than or equal to three. For eg.,

Among: The deal was signed among the NATO countries.

Between: The deal was signed between India and the USA.

Answer 2

Fill in the blanks:

He divided the work among the workers.

Explanation:

• The preposition is used with noun to link the object, verb and subject.
• It is always a small word. They are generally preceded by noun. Sometimes, the sentence ends with preposition.
• It expresses the relationship between the nouns and their meaning.
• There are types of preposition such as direction, location, time and space.