Question

Id 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
a) England is ______ Europe.
b) We stay _____
the second floor.
c) This pipe runs _______
the road for kilometres.
d) He leaned_______
the wall while talking mobile. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

a.) in

b.) on

c.) along

d.) on/against (both are correct)

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answers for the given questions are:

a) England is in Europe.

b) We stay on the second floor.

c) This pipe runs under the road for kilometers.

d) He leaned against the wall while talking on the mobile.

• In the given question, we are required to fill the blanks with the most appropriate preposition.

• Prepositions are words that fall before a noun or a pronoun giving meaning to the whole sentence. They are generally used to show direction, time, relationship, etc. of the noun or the subject of the sentence.  The most common prepositions are at, by, on, in, with, against, under, below, of, etc.

• Thus, the blanks have been filled with the most appropriate prepositions as under:

        a) England is in Europe.

        b) We stay on the second floor.

        c) This pipe runs under the road for kilometers.

        d) He leaned against the wall while talking on the mobile.

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