Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word;
What did you do _____ the weekend?
A) At
B) In
C) With
D) No proposition

Answer 1

Hint: In words given in the options are prepositions. These are words that indicate the relation of a noun or pronoun to the other parts of speech. In the given sentence, ‘you’ is the pronoun that is being related to the object i.e. ‘weekend’. Nouns and pronouns are words that form the object or the subject in the sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given sentence, we have a subject ie. ‘you’, a verb i.e. ‘do’ and an object i.e. ‘weekend’. The statement has a blank which should indicate if the verb is done ‘with’ or ‘to’ or ‘at’ the subject. The words required for this purpose are prepositions. ‘Weekend’ is a noun that indicates ‘time period’ hence we must choose the preposition appropriately.

Now let us look into the given options:
Option A) At – This preposition is used to indicate the exact place or position or the exact time. For e.g. I’ll meet you at the central park at noon. This option is suitable for filling the blank. The sentence thus formed will be, What did you do at the weekend? Thus, it is the correct option.
Option B) In – This preposition tells us that something is located within confined or defined limits. For e.g. The dog is sleeping in my bedroom. Therefore, this option is incorrect.
Option C) With – This preposition is used when we want to say that ‘some things, or some people etc. are together’. For e.g. Take these medicines with water. He went to the movies with his family. This option is not appropriate for the blank in the question. It is the wrong answer.
Option D) No preposition – This option is incorrect as we have seen that the correct preposition before the word ‘weekend’ will be ‘At’.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (A) i.e, What did you do at the weekend?

Note: Another way of writing the sentence in the question is ‘What did you do on the weekend?’ This way of writing is also correct. This is the American way of writing this sentence. ‘What did you do at the weekend?’ is the British way. In India we use British English, hence we say ‘What did you do at the weekend?’