Choose the sentence/s with the correct use of preposition.
A. Don't loiter about the street.
B. He rules across a vast empire.
C. I have not slept since yesterday.
D. The little girl sat under the shade of the tree.
E. The path leads in the forests.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and C only
A. Don't loiter about the street. — Correct.
- To loiter about (or around) a place is to stand or wander there without any purpose.
B. He rules across a vast empire. — Incorrect.
- One rules over a country or empire.
- Correct form: He rules over a vast empire.
C. I have not slept since yesterday. — Correct.
- Since is used with a point of time and the perfect tense: since yesterday, since Monday, since 2010.
D. The little girl sat under the shade of the tree. — Incorrect.
- Shade is the cool, dark area a tree makes, and one sits in it (but "under the tree").
- Correct form: The little girl sat in the shade of the tree.
E. The path leads in the forests. — Incorrect.
- Movement towards the inside of a place takes into.
- Correct form: The path leads into the forests.