Choose the sentences in which the preposition is used correctly:
(A) Grandpa sat by the window and watched the rain.
(B) The visitors were deeply impressed from the carvings in the old temple.
(C) Little Aman fell off his bicycle near the school gate.
(D) Please pay attention on what the doctor tells you.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Grandpa sat by the window and watched the rain. — Correct.
- “By” here means next to or close to something.
(B) The visitors were deeply impressed from the carvings in the old temple. — Incorrect.
- “Impressed” takes “by” or “with” before the thing that is admired, never “from”.
- Correct form: The visitors were deeply impressed by the carvings in the old temple.
(C) Little Aman fell off his bicycle near the school gate. — Correct.
- “Off” shows movement away from the top of something, so a rider “falls off” a bicycle.
(D) Please pay attention on what the doctor tells you. — Incorrect.
- The phrase is “pay attention to”. “Attention” takes “to” before the thing we listen to or look at.
- Correct form: Please pay attention to what the doctor tells you.