Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words-
He came _ _ _ _ _. I told him about my plan and he _ _ _ _ _ once agreed _ _ _ _ _ it.
a) Into/at/with
b) In/at/to
c) In/-/with
d) Out/for/-
e) -/at/to

Answer 1

Hint: Appropriate words in the given sentence which are to be filled or prepositions. A preposition is a word governing or usually preceding a noun or pronoun.

Complete answer:
A preposition expresses the relation to another word or element in the clause, as in the ‘man on the platform’, ‘she arrives after dinner', ‘what did you do it for?’. Prepositions or abstract words which do not have a proper or concrete meaning. In the given sentence we have to fill in the three blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Into/at/for. “into” cannot be used in the first blank, because into is used in any motion activities. So, this is an incorrect option.
Option ‘b’ is In/at/to. In the first blank, the preposition “in” will be used because it is used to indicate an enclosed space or location (something/someone inside). In the second blank “at” would be used because it is used to indicate an activity. In the given question, being agreed is an activity. In the third blank “to” would be used because it indicates a relationship.
Option ‘c’ is In/-/with. Here, “with” cannot be used in the third blank. So, this is an incorrect option.
Option ‘d’ is Out/for/-. Here, both the prepositions are incorrect for first and second blanks, so this option is also incorrect.
Option ‘e' is -/at/to. Here, the other two blanks are correct but the fist blank cannot be left empty. So this is also an incorrect option.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the correct prepositions used would be – in/at/to. The sentence would be – He came in. I told him about my plan and he at once agreed to it. Hence, option ‘b’ is the correct answer.

Note:
You must know all the usage of all the prepositions to place them correctly in any given blank. Many prepositions may sound similar but have majorly different meanings.