Fill in the blank with the correct Preposition:
Maya succeeded _________ clearing the test on her third attempt.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. into
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A only
Succeed in:
- The verb succeed takes the preposition in before what one manages to do.
- When that is an action, the verb after "in" takes the -ing form: succeed in clearing, succeed in winning.
- This sentence: "Maya succeeded in clearing the test on her third attempt."
Complete sentence: Maya succeeded in clearing the test on her third attempt.
A. in — Correct.
- "Succeeded in clearing" is the fixed pattern.
B. at — Incorrect.
- "At" is used for a point of time or place (at noon, at the gate).
- "Succeeded at clearing" is not the standard pattern.
C. on — Incorrect.
- "On" goes with the attempt itself (on her third attempt), not before the action that succeeded.
D. into — Incorrect.
- "Into" shows movement to the inside of something (walk into a room).
- It does not follow "succeed".