Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence Zainab is…

Analyze the question: The sentence is "Zainab is scared to be taken to a place she is not accustomed ____." We need the correct preposition after the adjective "accustomed."

Concept: The adjective accustomed is followed by the preposition to. For example:

• She is accustomed to hard work.
• He is not accustomed to cold weather.

Here, "to" is part of the fixed phrase be accustomed to, and it is followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form). Examples are "accustomed to the noise" and "accustomed to waking up early."

Solution:

1. The sentence has the structure "a place (that) she is not accustomed ___." The relative pronoun "that" or "which" is dropped, so the full form is "a place which she is not accustomed to."
2. Check the options: • A. accustomed about: incorrect • B. accustomed by: incorrect • C. accustomed in: incorrect • D. accustomed to: correct • E. accustomed with: incorrect

Correct answer: D (to)

The completed sentence is: Zainab is scared to be taken to a place she is not accustomed to.

Tip: NECO and WASSCE often test fixed adjective + preposition pairs. Learn these together:

• accustomed to
• afraid of
• good at
• interested in
• married to
• fond of

When you see "accustomed," think "to." Don't be confused by the "to" earlier in the sentence ("taken to a place"). The second "to" belongs to accustomed.