2022 · Q33
Directions: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four options. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
These are the good rules to live _________.
EnglishPrepositions and Determiners
- Awith
- Bby
- Coff
- Din
Explanation
The idiom is to live by rules, meaning to follow or abide by them as guiding principles. By in this sense denotes conformity to a standard. Live with means tolerate, live off means depend on for sustenance, and live in denotes residence, none of which suits rules as principles. The abide-by sense makes by correct.