Choose the correct option to complete the sentence: Sentence: Mani was found…
2019
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:
Sentence:
Mani was found fighting desperately ______ her life.
Answer: B. for — Answer: for 'Fighting for her life' is a standard English expression meaning to struggle to survive. The preposition 'for' identifies the thing being…
- A.
to
- B.
for
- C.
with
- D.
on
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Correct answer: B
Answer: for
'Fighting for her life' is a standard English expression meaning to struggle to survive. The preposition 'for' identifies the thing being protected or fought for.
to — Incorrect: 'to' usually introduces an infinitive (e.g., 'to save her life'). It cannot directly link to the noun phrase 'her life' here.
for — Correct: 'fight for one's life' is the idiomatic phrase meaning to struggle to survive; 'for' marks the object of the struggle.
with — Incorrect: 'with' implies accompaniment or means and does not convey the idea of struggling to preserve life.
on — Incorrect: 'on' does not express the intended meaning of fighting to save or protect something and is ungrammatical in this phrase.
Quick tip: Learn common verb + preposition collocations (like 'fight for')—they often determine the correct choice.
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