Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
It is not always easy to pass thread ________ the eye of a needle.

• A. from
• B. to
• C. through
• D. in

Answer 1

The correct option is C through

Option C: 'Through' means 'moving in one side and out the other side'. This meaning is applicable here, as the thread will move in one side of the eye of the needle, and come out from the other side. Hence option C is the correct answer.

Option A: 'From' indicates a range in distance, or a span of time. The meaning doesn't apply here, because the eye of a needle does not have a range.

Option B: 'To' indicates a motion in a particular direction. It does not provide the required meaning here, as the thread would pass in and out of the eye.

Option D: 'In' indicates within something. It provides only half the meaning in the sentence.

Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.