Question

SSC Test Questions

My uncle was afflicted _______ a serious illness and was almost confined _______ bed _________ more than two months.

Answer 1

Answer:

My uncle was afflicted with a serious illness and was almost confined to bed for more than two months.

We need to apply proper prepositions in this sentence so that it can become grammatically correct.

Explanation:

• As we know, 'afflicted with' is a common phrase which means 'to cause one to contract an ailment or disease'. Thus, the preposition 'with' must be applied in the first blank.
• Furthermore, the phrase 'confined to' means 'limited to a particular location'. As a sick person cannot move from one place to another so, we would use preposition 'to' in the second blank.
• Moreover, preposition 'for' is used to describe a period of time so, we would place 'for' in the last blank.

Hence, the correct prepositions are, 'with, to, for'.

Answer 2

Answer:
My uncle was afflicted with a serious illness and was almost confined to bed for more than two months.

Explanation:

• Afflicted with- the phrase means suffering from  a certain  ailment or pain.
• Confined to- means restricted to certain place or position .
• Bed for more than two months- here we use for instead of since because at the end of the sentence time period here ( two months ) is mentioned. We use since when the starting date of the incident is mentioned but not the ending date.