My grandmother enjoyed boating ____ the lovely lake.
- (a)in
- (b)on
- (c)beside
- (d)within
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, on. Activities carried out on the surface of a body of water take 'on' (boating and sailing on a lake), so 'boating on the lovely lake' is correct.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)in — 'In the lake' would place the activity inside or under the water rather than on its surface, which is not what boating means.
- (c)beside — 'Beside the lake' means next to it on the shore, which is not where boating happens.
- (d)within — 'Within the lake' again suggests inside the water body and is not idiomatic for a surface activity.
Concept
A preposition item — activities on the surface of water take 'on' ('boating and sailing on the lake').
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: They spent the afternoon sailing ____ the river.
- (a)in
- (b)on
- (c)beside
- (d)within
Answer(b) on — a surface activity on a body of water takes 'on'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: The children were swimming ____ the pool.
- (a)on
- (b)in
- (c)beside
- (d)over
Answer(b) in — swimming happens inside the water, contrasting with boating 'on' it.