Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
Do you have any plans of _____ Shimla during this weekend?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → visiting
Gerund after a preposition:
- A preposition (of, in, at, for, about ...) is followed by a noun, a pronoun or a gerund (the -ing form of a verb used as a noun).
- It is not followed by a bare verb (visit), a to-infinitive (to visit) or a finite verb (will visit).
- This sentence: the blank comes right after the preposition of in "plans of …", so the gerund visiting is needed.
- Complete sentence: Do you have any plans of visiting Shimla during this weekend?
Example: She is fond of reading detective stories.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: to visit — Incorrect. A to-infinitive cannot follow a preposition, so "plans of to visit" is wrong. Without "of", "plans to visit" would be correct.
Example: We have no plans to visit Goa this year.
Option 2: visit — Incorrect. The bare verb cannot follow a preposition; "plans of visit" is not English.
Option 3: will visit — Incorrect. "Will visit" is a finite verb in the future tense; it needs its own subject and cannot stand after a preposition.