Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
He sat ______________ the back of the car.
a) Behind
b) At
c) In
d) On

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence is telling us about a person who is sitting inside and in the back of that car. Hence we need to use a preposition that means sitting into/ inside something.

Complete answer: A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence, they act to connect the people, objects, time, and locations of a sentence.
The work of preposition is to establish a relationship between the elements of a clause or words like we have to do with sitting and inside the car.
Now, let us look into the options and try to understand how each preposition is used.
Option (a) – behind: the word ‘behind’ means that something is on the back of something else. For example he is behind you.
Option (b) – at: ‘at’ is used when referring to buildings as locations in a city or to describe a specific location. For example: he is at my house.
Option (c) – in: ‘in’ is used to indicate that something is inside or into something. For example: she is sitting in the car.
Option (d) – on: ‘on’ is used to indicate a surface or it means that something is sitting above (or on the surface of) something. For example: he is sitting on the ball.
So, as per the explanation, we can see that the correct solution would be option (c), i.e. ‘in’. Hence, the correct sentence would be – ‘He sat in the back of the car’.

Note:
The work of preposition is to establish a relationship between the elements of a clause or words like we have to do with sitting and inside the car (as per the question).