Home » Verbal Ability » Selecting Words

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.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: on

Explanation:


Given data

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


Concept/Approach
In 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 analysis
on — 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 Answer
on

← Previous Question Next Question→

More Questions from Selecting Words

Discussion & Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment!
Join Discussion