Question

Using an appropriate word, fill in the given blank;
The school playground is out _______ bounds for the pupils of the primary school.

Answer 1

Hint: When we read the sentence, try putting in different words. But since this is a common expression, we should be able to understand it quickly. Remember that the blank would be satisfied by a preposition. The meaning behind the sentence should clarify what the suitable preposition would be. It is a question to test your vocabulary so once you understand the sentence, identifying the word satisfying the blank can be found easily.

Complete answer:
We must remember that the blank would be satisfied by a preposition. Once we understand the real meaning of the sentence, we can easily fill that blank.
The meaning is : The children of primary school should not be allowed to go onto the playground to play. Which means that here the children must be restricted from that area. So ‘out of bounds’ is the common phrase used for restricting a certain group of people from going somewhere. ‘Out of bounds’ means a place where they are not permitted. The completed sentence would look like this; The school playground is out of bounds for the pupils of the primary school.

The final answer to be filled in the blank is: ‘of’.

Note: We can now revise what the different word forms are;
But what is a word form? We know that some words can be slightly modified to fit different sentences. So that means that the same word can be written as a noun, adjective, verb or adverb.
Consider an example;
- I was trying to protect you (here ‘protect’ is a verb),
- I do not need protection (here ‘protection’ is a noun),
- I am protective of you (here ‘protective’ is an adjective),
- She stood guard for the child protectively (here ‘protectively’ is an adverb).