Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II
| List-I | List-II |
| (A) How often _____ you take coffee in a day? | (I) does |
| (B) In your opinion, ____the colour combination of black and grey look sophisticated? | (II) were |
| (C) There ____, in all of us, a tendency to be attracted by beauty in any form. | (III) do |
| (D) When we___ in school, we visited our grandmother's house during our summer vacations. | (IV) is |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| A. How often do you take coffee in a day? | III. do | The subject "you" takes the helping verb do in a present-tense question. |
| B. In your opinion, does the colour combination of black and grey look sophisticated? | I. does | The subject is "the colour combination" (singular); "of black and grey" only describes it, so the verb is the singular does. |
| C. There is, in all of us, a tendency to be attracted by beauty in any form. | IV. is | After "There", the verb agrees with the real subject that follows it: "a tendency" is singular, so is. |
| D. When we were in school, we visited our grandmother's house during our summer vacations. | II. were | The plural subject "we" in past time ("visited") takes were. |