Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable prepositional phrase:
I gave the children cupcakes ________ pancakes for breakfast today.

• A. instead of
• B. and
• C. also
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Prepositional phrases are a group of words containing preposition which lacks either a verb or a subject. Such phrases always have two basic parts: object and preposition. Prepositions are mostly followed by objects.

Using option A will justify all the above rules. 'Instead of' is the preposition and 'pancakes' is the object. Hence, 'instead of pancakes' becomes the prepositional phrase.

Options B and C are not making prepositional phrases with 'pancakes'

Thus, option A is the correct answer.