Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:

Break this chocolate ___________ pieces and share it ____________ all the children.
A)To / among
B)Into / among
C)Into / between
D)Off / To

Answer 1

Hint: Use prepositions that signify change and distribution.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 A preposition is a word in a sentence that shows the relation between a word and another noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
Let us look at an example- The Statue of Liberty is in the U.S.
Here, the preposition shows us where the statue is located i.e., it qualifies the relation between the statue and the place in which it is located.
Now, let us consider the question- Break this chocolate _____ pieces and share it ______ all the children.
In the first part, we must show the relation between two nouns. Here, there is a change in the substance of the first noun ‘chocolate’. This means that we must use a preposition that shows change or transformation. Into is one such preposition that signifies transformation. The witch turned water into wine is another example of a transformation.
In the second part, we must show the relation between the two pronouns. We must show how the action of sharing is accomplished. This means that we must use a distributive preposition. The most common distributive prepositions are between and among. We use between to show distribution between two objects and among when there are more than two objects. As all denotes an indefinite number of people, the answer is among.

Note: Understanding the context of the sentence helps us to understand which preposition functions most suitably in a sentence.