Question

Choose suitable prepositions to complete the following sentence.
The cat jumped __ the chair and landed __ the floor.

• A. of/in
• B. off/at
• C. off/on
• D. by/at

Answer 1

The correct option is C off/on

Option A - 'Of' explains the purpose and the given sentence doesn't explain the purpose. 'In' explains 'inside the floor' which is incorrect. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Off' means to get down from the chair. 'At' means location, here, the cat lands on the floor and the sentence doesn't explain the location. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option D - 'By' explains besides the chair, whereas, the cat jumped off the chair. 'At' means location, here, the cat lands on the floor and the sentence doesn't explain the location. Thus option D is incorrect.

Option C - 'Off' means to get down from the chair. 'On' means over something. Hence, we can use 'off' and 'on' here. Thus option C is the correct answer.

'The cat jumped off the chair and landed on the floor.'