Question

ill in the blank with a suitable preposition from those given in the options.
__________ being canned by the teacher, he was also fined.
A) as well as
B) Besides
C) Beside
D) in addition to

Answer 1

Hint:
A preposition is a word or a group of words that is followed by a noun, pronoun, or other phrases. It connects the nouns, pronouns, or other phrases with the words that are given in the framed sentences. Some of the prepositions are used to determine the location of an object and some are used to determine the relationship between two objects.

Complete answer:
In the above sentence, there is a compilation of two sentences forming one sentence.
We use prepositions to make a sentence meaningful. Some of the prepositions are- on, under, besides, since, with, and so on and so forth.
All the options mentioned above are closely related to each other, there’s a very slight difference between them.
Option A) “as well as” generally comes between the sentence joining the two clauses that are interlinked to each other. This option is incorrect.
Option C) “beside” means next to which implies there’s something after one object. But in the above sentence beside doesn’t fit accurately. So, this option is invalid.
Option D) “in addition to” is a phrasal preposition which means adding on something to what has been said or done. In the above sentence, we can’t use this phrasal preposition because the afterword is being and we know that with “to” we can’t use words ending with “ing”. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option B) “besides” means also. In the above sentence, it’s conveyed that he was being canned first then he was fined too. Hence, this option is correct.

Note:
 A preposition helps to frame a sentence beautifully. The difference between beside and besides is that beside is used to refer to a physical location.
Correct Answer: Option B) Besides
Besides being canned by the teacher, he was also fined.