Question

We all perform, and we all hope _____ approval. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
A. about
B. of
C. in
D. for

Answer 1

Hint: The sentences that we read and study in grammar are made up of a few, specific elements that help in forming the basic meaning of the sentence. We have read and studied about the subject, the object, the verb and the helping verbs that accompany verbs. Prepositions are an integral part of speech. They are used to establish relationships between the noun and the verb. The usage of prepositions changes with the type of subject (noun).

Complete answer:
1. In this given sentence, we can see that the word which establishes the relationship between the noun and the verb are missing. In other words, the preposition is missing.
2. In the sentence, “We all perform, and we all hope _ _ _ _ _ approval”, we can see that the missing preposition indicates that we all (subject) hope toward approval. Thus, we should choose the suitable word which will indicate us about the same.
3. In order to find the word which will be the appropriate option to fill in the blank, we have to check each option one by one so that we can detect the correct option.
4. The first option, “about” can be ruled out as it specifies the information. And we need a word that helps to indicate what we are hoping toward (approval).
5. ‘of’ is a word that indicates possession. Thus, this option is not correct.
6. ‘in’ indicates location and hence is not the correct answer.
7. The Option D, “for” is correct as it indicates to us about the purpose. The other options don’t tell us what the purpose is but this option does.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Sentences are formed by a few grammatical elements that bring out their basic meaning. These elements can be the subject, object, verb and helping verbs. The words are all prepositions but as we discussed earlier that the appropriateness of prepositions is entirely dependent with other words as present in the sentence.