Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
You have to climb _______ this hill to reach the sauna. The experience is worth it.

• A. upon
• B. up
• C. under
• D. below

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

up

The prepositions ‘under’ and ‘below’ are both used to speak about something being lower than something else. The sentence speaks about a hill, and one cannot go ‘below’ or ‘under’ a hill, therefore, options C and D are incorrect. On the other hand ‘upon’ is used speak about getting on a moving object, which is not the case here. Thus option A is incorrect. The preposition ‘up’ is used to denote the movement from a lower point to a higher point. This is an apt answer because when a person climbs the hill the movement is from a lower point to a higher level. Thus option B is correct.