Question : In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Maasais live in (1)_____ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)____of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)_____ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a 'Manyatta', where a few families live for a (4)____ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few (5)_____ with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: on
Option 2: by
Option 3: with
Option 4: at
Correct Answer: on
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
The preposition on is commonly used when describing the surface of an area or the ground.
In this context, it suggests that the grasses and other plants are located on the surface of the rolling grassland, making on the most suitable choice.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants on which their cattle can graze.
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