Fivecoinsfelltheground,butIcoundn'tfindthemall.A.toB.onC.ontoD.intoWhichisrightandwhy?Thanks.

Question

Five coins fell _____________ the ground,but I coundn't find them all.
A.to B.on C.onto D.into
Which is right and why?Thanks.

Answer 1

fall to：
If a responsibility, duty, or opportunity falls to someone, it becomes their responsibility, duty, or opportunity.
fall on:
If you fall on something when it arrives or appears, you eagerly seize it or welcome it.
They fell on the sandwiches with alacrity.
fall onto:
在柯林斯上 没有 但是 找到例句 ：Against the wall stood the umbrella so that it wouldn't fall onto the floor.
雨伞靠着墙,这样它就不会掉到地板上.

fall into:
If you fall into conversation or a discussion with someone, usually someone you have just met, you start having a conversation or discussion with them.
Over breakfast at my motel, I fell into conversation with the owner of a hardware shop.