Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
Write this exercise either ___ ink or ________ pencil.
a. With / no preposition
b. In / in
c. By / by
d. Of/ of

Answer 1

Hint: To answer the question, one must understand proper usage of prepositions. It is important to know which one is used in what context.

Complete answer:
Prepositions are words that dictate and express a relation of one word to another or of two elements in a clause. These are generally placed before nouns or pronouns. On, after, over, on, under are some prepositions. Example, “the bird on the tree”.
Now, anything is written ‘with’ pen, but ‘in’ ink or ‘in’ pencil. Keeping that in mind, option a, “with” is an incorrect preposition for the context. It is an incorrect option. Option b, “in” and “in” are the correct prepositions to be used in context, as discussed above, hence, option b is the correct choice. Option c, ‘by’ and ‘by’ are incorrect prepositions to be used in this context, hence it is an incorrect choice. Option d, ‘of’ and ‘of’ are incorrect prepositions and have no relevance in this context, hence it is incorrect as well. Option b is the correct choice.

Note: Here, one must know the proper usage of prepositions in order, in the given context, so as to not confuse the last options. If one is not aware, one might end up choosing the wrong option.