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Depends on pattern
We might have the picnic outside, but it depends ___ the weather.
Classification
Provenance
Kind: human-authored
Source: core-grammar-anchor-pack
Batch: core-grammar-001
Reviewer: content-lead
Updated: 2026-05-20
Instruction and answer
Instruction
Choose the correct preposition.
Correct answer
on
Explanation
The verb is 'depend on.' The picnic context makes the meaning clear: the plan changes according to the weather.
Product use
Surfaces
Source languages
Difficulty
medium
Conversion hook
A normal everyday sentence with a small but revealing trap.
Review payload
Review notes
Common verb-preposition pattern with no look-for ambiguity.
Media prompt
No media prompt attached.
Assets
Source traps
Tags
Usage
Tests: prepositions, grammar-diagnostic, general-english-level
Funnels: ru-translated-english, es-translated-english
Challenges: depends-on-weather
{
"type": "single-choice",
"correctOptionId": "on",
"options": [
{
"id": "on",
"label": "on",
"rationale": "Depend on is the fixed verb pattern."
},
{
"id": "from",
"label": "from",
"rationale": "Depend from is a common transfer error, not standard here."
},
{
"id": "of",
"label": "of",
"rationale": "Depend of does not complete this pattern."
},
{
"id": "about",
"label": "about",
"rationale": "About does not express dependency here."
}
]
}