Out of the following, choose the sentences showing the correct use of prepositions:
(A) Kabir was confined to bed for a week with a high fever.
(B) The children were flying kites in the roof of their building.
(C) The old farmer walked slowly across the field to the well.
(D) Rekha parked her scooter in front to the post office.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Kabir was confined to bed for a week with a high fever. — Correct.
- “Confined to” means kept in one place and not able to leave it. A sick person is “confined to bed”.
(B) The children were flying kites in the roof of their building. — Incorrect.
- We stand on the top of a roof, not inside it, so a roof takes “on”.
- Correct form: The children were flying kites on the roof of their building.
(C) The old farmer walked slowly across the field to the well. — Correct.
- “Across” shows movement from one side of an open space to the other.
(D) Rekha parked her scooter in front to the post office. — Incorrect.
- “In front of” shows a place facing the front side of something.
- The phrase always ends with “of”.
- Correct form: Rekha parked her scooter in front of the post office.