English-2
Grade-8
Easy

Question

Direction: Complete the given sentences using appropriate gerunds.
My sister had to give up ______ for our family’s sake.

  1. Reaching
  2. Going 
  3. Writing

hintHint:

A gerund is a verb that acts as a noun. Look at the given options and choose the most appropriate one.

The correct answer is: Writing


    Giving up "reaching" or "going" doesn't make sense, eliminating options a and b. Thus the correct answer is option c.

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