Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
When I called Hishma for directions, she said that her house is ten kilometers ___ the highway.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → off
Complete sentence: When I called Hishma for directions, she said that her house is ten kilometers off the highway. The house is ten kilometres away from the highway, so "ten kilometers off the highway".
| Option | Used to show | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) by | near or beside. “Ten kilometers by the highway” does not express a distance from the highway. | The school is by the river. |
| (2) off (answer) | Off shows a position away from a main road, coast or line. Pattern: distance + off + the road/coast, as in “two miles off the coast”. | Their farm is two kilometres off the main road. |
| (3) away | Away needs from before the place: “ten kilometers away from the highway”. Without “from” the phrase is incomplete. | The station is a kilometre away from the market. |
| (4) at | a point or position, not a distance from something. “Ten kilometers at the highway” makes no sense. | We met at the bus stop. |