Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition from those given in the options.

The girl jumped _____ the roof.

• A. From
• B. To
• C. Of
• D. Through

Answer 1

The correct option is A From

'Jump' indicates moving from one place to another. 'Jump to' means to jump from a lower level to a higher level. Roofs are at a higher level and it is not logical to assume that the person jumped onto the roof, so option B) To is incorrect. 'Of' indicates belonging, which rules out option C. 'Jump through' means to jump from one side of something and emerge on the other side. Had the sentence had the phrase 'the hole in the roof' through which the person could have jumped, option D would have been right. However, in this sentence, the right answer is option A) From.