Question

Identify and use prepositional phrase:
              Let’s go ______ for the movie.

Answer 1

Hint:It is pretty clear where one could go for the movie. Simply skim through the options, look for the option that is a prepositional clause, and follow elimination method to select the most appropriate option. A prepositional phrase is a part of a sentence consisting of a preposition and the object (can be either a noun, gerund, or clause) that it affects.

Complete answer:
Let’s follow the elimination method to get to our answer:

A. This is the correct and most logical answer. It is, but very natural that one visits a cinema or theatre to watch a movie. This is analogous to the case where one visits a restaurant when he/she is hungry, not a salon. Also, it qualifies the condition of a prepositional phrase; ‘to the cinema’ has a preposition ‘to’ and ‘cinema’ (noun) as the object which it affects.

B. The option is incorrect as it doesn’t make any sense. One goes to a theatre for a movie not ‘a movie for the movie’. Also, it doesn’t qualify the standards of being a prepositional phrase; it only has a noun- movie.

C. The sentence is logically flawed because if one has to go to a movie then they definitely aren’t going to hop their way to the cinema or any other place for that matter and create an air of abnormality around them. Also, hopping here is a noun but doesn’t have any preposition associated to it.

D. Again the option is incorrect due to the same reason stated for option (c) that if one has to go for a movie, they wouldn’t visit a dancing studio for the purpose and absolutely will not dance their way to the movie hall. Just like (c) this also fails to meet the criteria for being a prepositional phrase- dancing is a noun but it doesn’t have any associated preposition.

 Hence, the correct answers are Option ‘A’.

Note:Going by the general and rational belief, one visits the cinema hall or theatre to watch a movie. They do not go hopping or dancing for a movie; also, they don’t go ‘movie for the movie’. All the options, saving (a), can be rejected on the grounds of common sense, which helps us to arrive at the most appropriate answer. Also, there are three kinds of prepositional phrases-
Prepositional phrases acting as adjectives.
Example- The restaurant behind my school is very hygienic.

Prepositional phrases acting as adverbs.
Example- My sister ran to her friend’s house.

Prepositional phrases acting as nouns.
Example- Inside this book you’ll find answers to all your queries.