Question

he sat _____the shade of atree

Answer 1

he sat under the shade of a tree.
hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer would be "He sat in/under the shade of the tree"

Explanation:

The use of both ‘in’ and ‘ under' is correct. While the native speaker's of English tend to use ‘in the shade of the tree‘ and that's why it is very frequently used in forming sentences in the English language.

But, the use of ‘under the shade of tree' is also grammatically correct. So, we can use both the sentences, that is, "He sat in the shade of tree" and "He sat under the shade of the tree".