Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
We were asked to gather ____ the teacher.

Answer 1

Hint: A preposition is a word or set of words that come before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to indicate a direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Words like "in," "at," “along,” "on," "of,", “around,” “before,” “after,” and "to" are examples of prepositions.

Complete answer:
- Nouns or pronouns are usually accompanied by prepositions.
- Prepositions show how other words in a sentence are related.
- Many prepositions indicate the location of something or the time it occurred.
- Since most prepositions have several meanings, their interpretation varies greatly depending on the context.
- It is not a grammatical mistake to end a sentence with a preposition.
- For example: Please sign your name on the dotted line after you read the agreement. In this sentence, “on” and “after” are the prepositions.

Around is a preposition which means encircling someone or something; on both sides of something
In the above sentence, we will use the preposition around because it shows that the students were asked to encircle the teacher.

Thus the correct sentence is ‘We were asked to gather around the teacher.’

Note: Specific prepositions are required to make sentences clear. For instance, the preposition in means one thing, and the preposition on cannot always be used to replace it. Some prepositions may be used interchangeably, although this is not always the case. Using a different proposition instead of the right preposition would give the statement a completely different context.