Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
If you’re ______ trouble, you ought to confide ______ someone and ask _______ advice.
A. at/ to/for
B. in/ in/ for
C. In/ with/of
D. on/ in/ for

Answer 1

Hint:A preposition is a word that is used before a noun to depict the noun’s relation with the nearby word. Some of the prepositions are from, for, of, at, on, under, beneath, and so forth.

Complete answer:
Prepositions are placed before a noun to show the relationship between the noun and the nearby word. For instance in a sentence, ‘The book on the table.’

In this sentence preposition ‘on’ is placed before the noun ‘the table’ to show its relationship with the other nearby word/noun ‘the book’.
The word prepositions itself means something which is positioned before. Some of the common prepositions used are: before, behind, in, inside, under, until, below, with, within, between, above, about, among, around, and many more.

In the above-given sentence, ‘If you’re ______ trouble, you ought to confide ______ someone and ask _______ advice.’ the appropriate prepositions will be of option B.in, in, for. Hence the complete sentence will be: If you’re in trouble, you ought to confide in someone and ask for advice.
In as a preposition is used to refer to a position within.

The other options are incorrect as:
Prepositions at and on indicates a place and position, hence, options A and D are ruled out.
In option C. of as preposition is used to show a connection or belonging. Hence this option is incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’

Note: We must know what are prepositions and their placement in a sentence. We must know the use of each preposition. When referring to days, months, time, years we use different prepositions depending upon the situation.