Question

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence.
I ________ waking up early in the morning and hearing birds singing.
a) Likes
b) Liked
c) Like
d) Liking

Answer 1

Hint: Since verb tenses are formed according to person, number, and tense, notice the pronoun in the sentence, that is the first and the most important hint for the blank given in the question.

Complete answer:
 In the questions where we need to fill in the blank with a suitable form of the verb, we begin by applying the basic grammatical rules.
With the first-person pronoun, we have to use the verb in the singular form, and looking at the main verb in the sentence, the helping verb should be in correlation to that.

In the first option, we see that the verb is not singular, hence it is the incorrect answer.
In the second alternative, although the helping verb is grammatically correct with the first person pronoun, it is in the past tense, making it an incorrect option.

Option c fits correctly into all the checkboxes of the rulebook, which is; it is a verb used with first-person pronouns and is compatible with present indefinite tense, hence it is the correct answer.
In the last option, the verb is in present continuous tense but is incorrect as there is no ‘am’ before the blank, which makes the statement in present indefinite tense.

Note:
 Remember that there might be multiple rules being applied to just one sentence, so read the question very carefully to pick what is precisely preferable for your answer.