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: A preposition is a word or set of words that indicates location (in, near, beside, on top of) or some other relationship between a noun or pronoun and other parts of the sentence (about, after, besides, instead of, in accordance with).

Complete answer:
From the options provided, 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. The other options do not create grammatically appropriate sentences because pain means that the person is situated above pain which makes it wrong. With pain means accompanied by pain which is again grammatically wrong and at pain is as well not appropriate.

- At expresses the location and arrival in a particular place or the time when an event takes place. So he was in great pain and is grammatically wrong.
-ON indicates something or someone over that is supported by a surface.
-The preposition 'at' is used when referring to buildings as locations in a city.
-With means 'in the same place as someone or something' or 'accompanying.’
-There are many prepositions that are commonly used as they have a versatile function and can be used in many ways. Those prepositions are mentioned below.

Prepositions of time	after, around, at, between, during, from, on, until,
Prepositions of place:	above, across, against, along, among, around
Prepositions of direction/movement:	for, to, in, into, onto,
Prepositions of manner:	by, like, with

Note: Prepositions are never alone so never learn them alone. Prepositions are a part of a phrase or Prepositions are always used with nouns and verbs. We can be confused with the preposition 'in' and ‘at’. Generally, 'in' is used with buildings to mean that something occurs inside the building. 'At', on the other hand, is used to express that something happens at the location.