Discussion
Direction : Select the appropriate preposition to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
The storehouse was infested ______ rats.
Answer: B
The correct preposition is with: infested with rats.
Infested is always followed by 'with' to name the pests that overrun a place: a house infested with termites, a field infested with locusts.
'Of', 'about' and 'from' do not combine with 'infested'. 'Infested by' is sometimes heard, but it is not among the options; 'with' is the standard form.
The past participle is used here as an adjective in the passive, and 'with' introduces the agent that does the infesting, as in 'crowded with', 'filled with' and 'covered with'.
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