Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I think she’s coming _________! Thank God for that! I thought she was dead!
A. Up
B. Away
C. Back
D. Round

Answer 1

Hint: Ensure that you are through with the words followed by preposition, to be able to solve such questions. Because with each preposition, the meaning of the word changes completely.

Complete answer:
Preposition is a word that describes the position, direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships of an object or an individual. But when these prepositions are used along with a group of words, it forms a phrase which means totally different from the actual meaning of the preposition.

Option A: ‘Coming up’ is a transitive verb, which in general means something that is about to happen or take place soon. Or it may also mean that she is literally coming up, i.e. coming up from ground floor or below. Therefore, this option is absolutely wrong, because this meaning doesn’t fit in the given sentence.

Option B: ‘Coming away’ is a phrasal verb, which means to leave in a particular state or condition. It refers to moving away from an area, place etc which is again not at all suitable as per the sentence. Thus, Option B is also incorrect.

Option C: ‘Coming back’ is a phrasal verb, which means to return to a place. It is usually used from the point of view of the person or place that someone returns to. Grammatically, this option doesn’t fit well in the sentence. Hence, Option C is not the appropriate answer.

Option D: ‘Coming round’ is a phrasal verb, which here means to become conscious again after being unconscious. This option matches the hint very and grammatically also it fits with the sentence. Therefore, Option D is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: As we have seen above that by just changing the preposition, the complete meaning of the word changes. Therefore, it is essential to ensure that we are aware of all the words with prepositions to be able to solve such problems.