Question

Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
People climbed _____________ the tree to have a better look of the cricket match.
This question has multiple correct options.
a. On
b. Up
c. Upon
d. Over

Answer 1

Hint: A preposition is used after a verb and before a noun or pronoun. Here, ‘climb’ is our verb and ‘tree’ our noun and we have to connect the two sides using a preposition.

Complete answer: As we can see we have a verb climb in the above given sentence. We usually use climb with two prepositions, i.e. – 'up' and 'down'.
They indicate the direction of climbing. For e.g. - Climb up a mountain and Climb down a mountain.
In the sentence given above in the question – the direction of climbing is up. Why? Because when one reaches the top of a tree, only then would it be easier to get a better view of the cricket match.
Hence, we can say that option ‘b’ is correct.
Option a – The preposition – on, is used to indicate the place or position of a noun relative to another noun. It cannot indicate the direction of climbing.
Option c – The preposition – upon, is a combination of the words, 'up' and 'on'. 'Climbed upon something' means 'climbed up in order to be on something'. With this meaning at hand, if this preposition is used, it forms a meaningful sentence. Hence, option C is also correct.
 Option d – The phrase – climb over something, means ‘to go up over something and then come down on the other side'.

Hence, option b & option c are both correct answers.


Note: Since, the question can have multiple correct answers to not get distracted by the plausible correct answer. Try to understand each one of the options in comparison to the given sentence and then deduce the correct options available.