Question

Complete the following sentence with a suitable word from the options given below.
He was _____________ great pain.
A) At
B) In
C) On
D) With

Answer 1

Hint: Prepositions are short words that are used before the noun or pronoun and sometimes used in front or gerunds. Prepositions indicate a relationship between the other words in a sentence. For example: in, into, near, of, towards, under, between, besides and etc.

Complete answer:
Let us look into the given options:
Option A) At – is an incorrect answer because ‘at’ is used at the specific times of the day. For example: He met him at night. So, the use of the preposition ‘at’ is wrong. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) In – is the correct answer because ‘in’ is used for the specific times during a day, month, season and year and used to indicate location and place, and used to indicate a belief, opinion, feeling etc. For example: I am currently staying in Delhi, the new semester will start in March. So, ‘in’ is the correct preposition used in the blank.
Option C) On – is an incorrect answer because ‘on’ is used to express the surface of something, indicate a part of the body, indicate the state of something. For example: The pen and pencil is on my desk. The use of ‘on’ in the blank makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) With – is an incorrect answer because ‘with’ is associated with having or carrying something, presence of someone or something. For example: I don’t like coffee with milk. The use of ‘with’ in the blank does not give the meaning in the sentence. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: The given sentence indicates the feeling of the person, so, the sentence states that he is suffering from pain. The best preposition to fill in the blank is 'in'. This is because 'in pain' is the expression to be used here, which means that the person is feeling pain or the person is expressing his feeling of pain.