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
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Aat
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Bon
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Cwith
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Dby
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).”
Final Answeron