English » Cloze Test

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

An old man lived in the village. He was one of the (1) ______ unfortunate people in the world. The whole village was tired (2) ______ him; he was always gloomy, he (3) ______ complained and was always in a bad mood. The (4) ______ he lived, the more vile he was becoming and the more (5) ______ were his words.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

A

by

B

of

C

at

D

from

Solution

tired of something/Someone is the fixed preposition which is used here, so the correct option is option B of

now lets try to understand usage of other prepositions

by- used to show by the means of something or by someone

at- to show a specific exact place or location

from- showing the place/direction or the time that somebody or something starts or started