Out of the following, choose the sentences showing the correct use of prepositions:
(A) At the wedding, the bride was dressed in a red Banarasi saree.
(B) The principal emphasised on the need for daily practice before the board exams.
(C) The temple was crowded of devotees on the first day of Navratri.
(D) Leela goes to college by bus every day.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (D) only
(A) At the wedding, the bride was dressed in a red Banarasi saree. — Correct.
- A person is “dressed in” the clothes they are wearing.
(B) The principal emphasised on the need for daily practice before the board exams. — Incorrect.
- The verb “emphasise” takes its object directly, with no preposition. Only the noun takes “on”: put emphasis on.
- Correct form: The principal emphasised the need for daily practice before the board exams.
(C) The temple was crowded of devotees on the first day of Navratri. — Incorrect.
- “Crowded with” means full of people. The word “crowded” takes “with”, not “of”.
- Correct form: The temple was crowded with devotees on the first day of Navratri.
(D) Leela goes to college by bus every day. — Correct.
- “By” shows how we travel: by bus, by train, by car.