Question

Choose the appropriate preposition and fill in the blank:
 There were fifty rooms_________ the hotel.
A. on
B. in
 C. at
D. for

Answer 1

Hint:Prepositions and postpositions are a class of terms used to convey spatial or temporal relationships or to mark different semantic functions, called ad positions. A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that sits before a noun to illustrate the connexion between the noun and a neighbouring word. The commonly used prepositions are- A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that sits before a noun to illustrate the connexion between the noun and a neighbouring word.

Complete answer:
The sentence mentioned speaks of something inside or beyond the hotel. Therefore,' in' is the appropriate answer, as 'in' is used to denote a place or location within or within something. Option B is therefore right. To mean something above, on the other hand,' on' is used. Option A is also incorrect. To indicate a particular location, the preposition 'at' is used, while 'for' is used to establish a purpose or relation. Since the sentence talks about something within the hotel, in the given sense, 'at' and 'for' are unsuitable. Choices C and D are also incorrect. The complete sentence thus becomes: There were fifty rooms in the hotel.

Additional information:
 Prepositions show how two words are linked. Lots of prepositions (e.g., "on," "in," "near," "behind," "under," "inside") tell us where things are relative to each other. For example: The cat sat on the mat.
Object of a Preposition- The word (or phrase) that follows a preposition is called the object of a preposition. If there is a preposition, there will always be an object of the preposition. A preposition cannot exist by itself.
Prepositional phrases- A prepositional phrase is made up (including any modifiers) of a preposition and the object of the preposition. There are very prominent prepositional sentences. They act either as adjectives or adverbs.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B'.

Note:In order to shape different phrasal verbs, the prepositions given in the options are added to the verb 'putting'. Essentially, phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs.