Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
Her dad advised her to read a novel _______ watching TV all day.
Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
Her dad advised her to read a novel _______ watching TV all day.
The correct option is C instead of
The expression ‘instead of’ means in the place of someone/something. In the given sentence ‘reading’ is presented as an alternative for ‘watching TV’. Therefore ‘instead of’ is an apt answer. Hence option C is correct. On the other hand, ‘in spite of’ means ‘even though’. Though this is grammatically right it would be illogical in the given context. The act of reading has no relation with watching TV, i.e. one is not dependent on the other, hence reading a novel doesn’t depend on whether she watched TV or not. Therefore ‘in spite of’ is irrelevant here, so option B is incorrect. The preposition ‘with’ is used to denote company. In the sentence, one cannot do both the actions at the same time. Therefore ‘watching TV’ is not accompanied by ‘reading’ hence option A is incorrect. Whereas the preposition ‘except’ is used when we mean something is ‘not included’ in the list. The given sentence doesn’t speak about more than one thing, hence to say her Dad asked her to read ‘except’ watching TV would be grammatically incorrect since there are only two activities discussed. The sentence clearly speaks about alternatives, therefore ‘except’ cannot be used. Hence option D is incorrect.
The expression ‘instead of’ means in the place of someone/something. In the given sentence ‘reading’ is presented as an alternative for ‘watching TV’. Therefore ‘instead of’ is an apt answer. Hence option C is correct. On the other hand, ‘in spite of’ means ‘even though’. Though this is grammatically right it would be illogical in the given context. The act of reading has no relation with watching TV, i.e. one is not dependent on the other, hence reading a novel doesn’t depend on whether she watched TV or not. Therefore ‘in spite of’ is irrelevant here, so option B is incorrect. The preposition ‘with’ is used to denote company. In the sentence, one cannot do both the actions at the same time. Therefore ‘watching TV’ is not accompanied by ‘reading’ hence option A is incorrect. Whereas the preposition ‘except’ is used when we mean something is ‘not included’ in the list. The given sentence doesn’t speak about more than one thing, hence to say her Dad asked her to read ‘except’ watching TV would be grammatically incorrect since there are only two activities discussed. The sentence clearly speaks about alternatives, therefore ‘except’ cannot be used. Hence option D is incorrect.
