Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition:

The storm caused a lot of damage ____ the forest.

• A. for
• B. to
• C. about
• D. into

Answer 1

The correct option is B to

A preposition is a word which comes before a noun or a pronoun and establishes a relationship between the elements of a clause or words. Option B)to is correct as it indicates a direction. The other options are wrong as for, about, and into indicate a purpose, a piece of information, and towards the inside of something respectively. These uses don't fit in the given question. The correct answer is B)to.