Which of the following sentences use the correct form of the verb that follows the underlined verb?
(A) Meera volunteered to carry the heavy books to the staff room.
(B) Our neighbours are planning visiting Kedarnath in May.
(C) Seema practises speaking English with her cousin every evening.
(D) The delivery boy kept to ring the bell until someone opened the door.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Meera volunteered to carry the heavy books to the staff room. — Correct.
- “Volunteer” is followed by a to-verb (to + base form). “Volunteered to carry” is right.
(B) Our neighbours are planning visiting Kedarnath in May. — Incorrect.
- “Plan” is followed by a to-verb, not by the -ing form. So “planning visiting” is wrong.
- Correct form: Our neighbours are planning to visit Kedarnath in May.
(C) Seema practises speaking English with her cousin every evening. — Correct.
- “Practise” is followed by the -ing form. “Practises speaking” is right.
(D) The delivery boy kept to ring the bell until someone opened the door. — Incorrect.
- “Keep”, meaning to go on doing something, is followed by the -ing form. So “kept to ring” is wrong.
- Correct form: The delivery boy kept ringing the bell until someone opened the door.