Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:

I don't know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it ______ the bus.

• A. in
• B. on
• C. with
• D. at

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

on
in

Option C - 'With' is used to explain 'accompanied by someone or something.' For example, 'I am travelling with 'Ram'. As 'umbrella' is not accompanied by the bus, we can't use 'with' here. Thus option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'At' is used to indicate location. For example, 'We're at the mall.' The sentence doesn't explain the location of the umbrella, hence we can't use 'at' here. Thus option D is incorrect.

Options A, B - 'In, On' are correct. 'In' explains the position of the umbrella, that is inside the bus. 'On' explains that 'umbrella' travels on the bus wherever the person has left it. For example, 'The phone's charger is in the bus' - this explains that the charger is inside the bus. 'The phone's charger is on the bus' - this explains that the charger will go wherever the bus goes as it travels in the bus. Thus options A and B are correct answers.

'I don't know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it in the bus.'

'I don't know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it on the bus.'