Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
Dadi has been looking forward ______ her old school friends at the reunion in Lucknow next week.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → to meeting
Complete sentence: Dadi has been looking forward to meeting her old school friends at the reunion in Lucknow next week. In “look forward to”, the word “to” is a preposition. It is not part of a to-verb.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) to meet | a to-verb; follows verbs like hope and want | Dadi hopes to meet her old friends. |
| (2) for meeting | for + -ing shows what a thing is used for. “Look forward” always takes “to” | This hall is used for meeting parents. |
| (3) to meeting (answer) | to + -ing form: a preposition is followed by a noun or an -ing form | We look forward to meeting our new class teacher. |
| (4) to have met | shows an action that is already over. The reunion is still to come (“next week”) | Dadi was happy to have met her friends after forty years. |