Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
Last year, I went _ _ _ _ Delhi and Agra _ _ _ _ my parents.
a) To, with
b) With, to
c) At, with
d) To, by

Answer 1

Hint: Delhi and Agra are place nouns. Choose the preposition accordingly.

Complete step by step solution:

Let us look at each option given to us and find the most suitable prepositions.

In option a, preposition ‘to’ indicates the movement of the subject i.e., ‘I’ towards something. In the sentence it is moving towards place nouns, Delhi, and Agra. ‘With’ on the hand is used when two or more persons or things are involved in one single act or a situation. Therefore, ‘’with my parents” would mean that the subject “I” and his/her parents did the same thing (that is, they travelled to Delhi and Agra). Therefore, this sentence is correct.

Option b Changes the meaning of the sentence. Changing the order of the prepositions would indicate the movement of the subject “I” along with the places, Delhi, and Agra towards the subject’s parents, which is semantically wrong. Places cannot move from one place to another.

Option c – ‘At’ is more often used as a preposition of time and sometimes it is used to refer to a specific place. Delhi and Agra are not specific places. The verb ‘went’ indicates the movement of the subject “I” towards Delhi and Agra. Thus, option c is incorrect.

Option d – ‘To’ is correct as mentioned above but using the preposition ‘by’ before ‘my parents’ turns parents into a place. Hence, option d is incorrect too.

Note: Look at all the given options before choosing the right answer by looking at only the first blank.