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English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Direction: Fill in the blanks with gerund or infinitive to complete the sentences. He pretended ______rich because of his friends.
To be
Being
Hint:
Gerunds and infinitives can replace a noun in a sentence. Gerunds are verbs that end in ‘-ing’ and function as a noun. 1. Can be used as a subject at the beginning of the sentence. 2. Can act as an object following the verb. 3. Can act as an object following the preposition. Infinitive is a verb that can be used as a noun, adjective or an adverb by adding ‘to’ to the base verb. 1. Can be used as a subject at the beginning of the sentence. 2. Can be used as an object following the verb. 3. Can be used as an adjective modifying a noun. 4. Can be used as an adverb modifying a verb.
The correct answer is: To be
The correct answer is option 'a'. He pretended to be rich because of his friends. 'to be' is an infinitive. In this case, it is used as an adverb modifying the verb.