English-2
Grade-8
Easy

Question

Direction:  Fill in the blanks with gerund or infinitive to complete the sentences.
Jane enjoys ________ the crowd on the streets.

  1. To observe 
  2. Observing 

hintHint:

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: Observing


    The correct answer is option 'b'.
    Jane enjoys observing the crowd on the streets.
    'observing' is a gerund used as an object following the verb.

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