Choose the sentences in which the preposition is used correctly:
(A) My little brother is afraid from dogs, even small ones.
(B) The cricket match was called off because of the heavy rain.
(C) We reached at the station just before the train left.
(D) The old Shiva temple stands on the bank of the river.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B) and (D) only
(A) My little brother is afraid from dogs, even small ones. — Incorrect.
- The word “afraid” takes “of”, not “from”.
- Correct form: My little brother is afraid of dogs, even small ones.
(B) The cricket match was called off because of the heavy rain. — Correct.
- “Because of” is a two-word preposition. It comes before a noun, here “the heavy rain”, and gives the reason.
(C) We reached at the station just before the train left. — Incorrect.
- The verb “reach” takes the place directly, with no preposition after it.
- Correct form: We reached the station just before the train left.
(D) The old Shiva temple stands on the bank of the river. — Correct.
- A river bank is a strip of land along the river, so it takes “on”.