Question

Choose the correct word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.

He is hard ____ these days.

• A. with
• B. for
• C. up
• D. in

Answer 1

The correct option is C up

Option C is the correct answer because the preposition 'up' can be added to the word 'hard to form 'the phrase 'hard up' which means short of money.

Options A, B and D are incorrect because the phrases formed by adding these prepositions would be grammatically incorrect and thus illogical if used in the sentence