Choose the sentences in which the preposition is used correctly:
(A) The new exam timetable is not consistent to the one the board sent last month.
(B) The shopkeeper was convicted of selling fake medicines.
(C) All bags must be scanned prior than boarding the flight.
(D) Farmers whose land was taken for the highway are entitled to fair compensation.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The new exam timetable is not consistent to the one the board sent last month. — Incorrect.
- “Consistent with” means in agreement with something, or matching it.
- The word “consistent” takes “with”, not “to”.
- Correct form: The new exam timetable is not consistent with the one the board sent last month.
(B) The shopkeeper was convicted of selling fake medicines. — Correct.
- “Convicted of” means found guilty of a crime by a court.
- The word “convict” takes “of” before the crime.
(C) All bags must be scanned prior than boarding the flight. — Incorrect.
- “Prior” means before, and it takes “to”, not “than”.
- Correct form: All bags must be scanned prior to boarding the flight.
(D) Farmers whose land was taken for the highway are entitled to fair compensation. — Correct.
- “Entitled to” means having a right to something.
- The word “entitled” takes “to”.