Choose the sentences in which the preposition is used correctly:
(A) The new metro line will be of great benefit to office workers in the eastern suburbs.
(B) The bank has still not replied my complaint about the double charge on my card.
(C) Our school’s kabaddi squad comprises of twelve players, including two reserves.
(D) Ritu has been very sensitive to loud sounds since her ear infection.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
(A) The new metro line will be of great benefit to office workers in the eastern suburbs. — Correct.
- “Of benefit to” means useful to someone. The person who gains comes after “to”.
(B) The bank has still not replied my complaint about the double charge on my card. — Incorrect.
- The verb “reply” needs “to” before the letter, message or person. The sentence leaves out “to”.
- Correct form: The bank has still not replied to my complaint about the double charge on my card.
(C) Our school’s kabaddi squad comprises of twelve players, including two reserves. — Incorrect.
- “Comprise” means “is made up of”. It takes its object directly, with no “of” after it.
- Correct form: Our school’s kabaddi squad comprises twelve players, including two reserves.
(D) Ritu has been very sensitive to loud sounds since her ear infection. — Correct.
- “Sensitive to” means easily hurt or troubled by something. The word “sensitive” takes “to”.