Question

Fill in the blank with most appropriate word-
The necklace belongs _______ her grandmother.
a) With
b) Of
c) To
d) For

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given phrase/sentence carefully. Try to make out the meaning of it and find the subject or the predicate or the main object of the sentence.

Complete answer:
The given sentence conveys that there is a necklace that belongs to someone's grandmother. Now, the given options are prepositions and we have to fill in the one which suits the best in the given sentence. Prepositions are usually used in front of nouns or pronouns and they show the relationship between the noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option -
Option ‘a’ is With. It cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘with’ before ‘grandmother’ as it does not belong simultaneously with the grandmother. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘b’ is Of. It cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘of' after ‘belongs’. So, we will eliminate this option as well.
Option ‘c’ is To. It is the correct option as we will use ‘to’ before ‘her grandmother'. The necklace belongs ‘to’ someone.
Option ‘d’ is For. It cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘for’ after ‘belongs’. So, we will eliminate this option as well. Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note:
All the other options are plausible distractions. Don’t confuse between ‘of’ and ‘to’. ‘Of' is used when something belongs to someone with them being mentioned at the beginning of the sentence.