Question

Choose the correct option to fill the blank:
She has written many ______.
a) poetry
b) poetries
c) poem
d) poems

Answer 1

Hint: In the given question, the word ‘many’ tells us that the word after it will be plural, as ‘many’ is a determiner that is used to indicate an indefinitely large number of something.

Complete answer:
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'poetry', refers to literature in metrical form. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as this noun is singular, whereas we need a plural noun.
Option (b.), ‘poetries', refers to the plural form of ‘poetry’.Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as poetry is the use of words and language to evoke a writer's feelings and thoughts. It cannot be used in this sentence.
Option (c.), ‘poem', refers to a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as this noun is singular, whereas we need a plural noun.
Option (d.), ‘poems', refers to the plural form of ‘poem’, therefore, option (d.) is correct as a poem is the arrangement of words, a composition to evoke a writer’s feelings and thoughts.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of nouns. A noun is a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. It is the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition.