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Choose the correct one from the following sentences.

  • A.My sister has a good appetite on ice creams.
  • B.My sister has a good appetite for ice creams.
  • C.My sister has a good appetite to ice creams.
  • D.None of the above.

Answer: B

The correct sentence is My sister has a good appetite for ice creams.

The noun appetite takes the preposition for: an appetite for food, for knowledge, for adventure. It expresses a desire or liking for something.

Appetite on and appetite to are not idiomatic. Since one of the sentences is correct, "None of the above" is wrong. Similar fixed pairs are liking for, interest in and sufficient for.

Learners often attach on or to by analogy with other words, but the preposition that follows a noun is fixed by usage and has to be learnt with it.

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