Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
You may write _________ a pen or ___________ a pencil.
A) With / by
B) With / with
C) In / in
D) By / by

Answer 1

Hint:Prepositions are words that are used to show position, location, direction and time. For example: at, in, on, with, by, under, above and etc.

Complete answer:
Option A) With / by – is an incorrect answer because ‘with’ is used to talk about connections between two people or things. So, in first blank is the correct answer whereas, ‘by’ preposition is used to indicate proximity and use to indicate an action with a particular purpose. So, the use of ‘by’ in the second blank is inappropriate. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) With / with – is the correct answer because ‘with’ is used to give connections between two persons or things like here in the sentence It gives connection between pen and pencil. So, the use of with / with is the correct choice in the blanks.

Option C) In / in – is an incorrect answer because ‘in’ is used to indicate the time or used for the preposition of time. So, we use ‘in’ for months, years, centuries and long periods. So, the use of ‘in’ in both the blanks are inappropriate and make the sentence incorrect. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) By / by – is an incorrect answer as we have discussed earlier in option A that ‘by’ is used is used to indicate proximity and use to indicate an action with a particular purpose. So, the use of ‘by’ in the both the blank is inappropriate. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:Prepositions mark as an important marker to the structure of a sentence. They mark special relationships between persons, objects and locations. So, here in this question Option B is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.