She was fined for driving ______ speed limit on the motorway.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. over the
- Step 1: 'Over the speed limit' uses the definite article for a specific, known limit.
Answer
over the.
Why not the others: "exceeds the" is wrong because 'exceeds' is a verb and cannot follow 'driving' in this structure. "over a" is wrong because 'a speed limit' does not refer to one specific limit here. "above" is wrong because 'above' leaves out the article before 'speed limit'.
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