Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
She’s married ________ an Englishman.
a. By
b. With
c. To
d. Too

Answer 1

Hint: We need to fill the blanks with the appropriate preposition provided. Prepositions are words placed in front of a noun to connect it to the rest of the sentence to generate a meaningful sentence.

Complete answer:
Option a: By – By is used to denote an action done by a noun.
Example: The River flows by his house. (Denoting that the river is flowing besides the mentioned person’s house.)

Option b: With – This preposition is used to state the togetherness of a noun with another noun or verb.
Example: I was travelling with my friends. (Showing a relation between two noun or noun and verb)

Option c: To – To also denote an action pointed towards a noun/pronoun.
Example: I was informed to report there. (The action of reporting is linked with pronoun ‘I’ using to)

Option d: Too – Too is used as a collective/phrase preposition.
Example: Too afraid to – He was too afraid to step out alone.
Too small to – The mice were too small to be trapped in the cage.

The most appropriate preposition for the sentence will be option ‘c’ ‘to’.
She’s married to an Englishman.

Note: ‘To’ is the most appropriate preposition as it perfectly describes the action of marrying the mentioned woman to an Englishman. Hence option ‘b’ is the correct answer.