Choose the correct alternative from the options for the underlined words. In case your response is 'No Improvement' mark that as your answer.
Children should be taught to write by a fountain pen.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → with
Complete sentence: Children should be taught to write with a fountain pen. A fountain pen is the instrument used for writing, so the sentence should read "taught to write with a fountain pen".
| Option | Used to show | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) No Improvement | By shows the means or method (by hand, by post, by bus), or the doer in a passive sentence. It is not used before a particular tool. | The letter was sent by post. |
| (2) Through | from one side of something to the other, or by means of a channel or agent. One does not write "through" a pen. | The train went through a long tunnel. |
| (3) with (answer) | The preposition with is used before the tool or instrument with which an action is done: write with a pen, cut with a knife. | She signed the letter with a blue pen. |
| (4) from | a starting point or source. It does not name an instrument. | She got a letter from her uncle. |