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Prepositions with "call": choose the correct preposition for visiting a person Context: The speaker plans to visit someone tomorrow. Complete the sentence with the correct preposition of phrasal usage: "I shall call ______ you tomorrow." Choose the correct option.

Verbal Ability Selecting Words Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
  • A
    at
  • B
    on
  • C
    with
  • D
    by

Answer

Correct Answer: on

Explanation

Given data

  • Action: to visit a person.
  • Time: tomorrow.

Concept/ApproachIn standard English, call on means “to visit (a person).” Call at is used for visiting a place (“call at the office”). Call with is non-idiomatic in this sense; call by (drop by) is possible but far less standard in this structure.

Option analysison — correct: “call on you” (visit you). ✅at — used for places, not people.with — unidiomatic here.by — could mean “stop by,” but the natural, taught collocation is “call on (a person).”

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