Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The narrow lanes of old Jaipur are worth ______ on foot, especially early in the morning.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → exploring
Complete sentence: The narrow lanes of old Jaipur are worth exploring on foot, especially early in the morning. “Be worth” means that something is good or useful enough to do. Here the lanes are good enough to explore on foot.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) to explore | a to-verb; it does not follow “worth”. It follows verbs like want | The tourists want to explore the old city. |
| (2) explored | the past form and the past participle (V3); “worth” is not followed by a V3 | Our tour group explored the lanes last winter. |
| (3) exploring (answer) | the -ing form; after “worth”, the verb takes it: worth + -ing | The caves near Aurangabad are worth exploring. |
| (4) to be explored | a to-verb in the passive form, where the subject receives the action; follows verbs like deserve. “Worth” always takes the -ing form, even then | These old lanes deserve to be explored slowly. |