Question

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate option:
Hello! Fancy ______you are here! What a surprise!
A. applying
B. listening
C. making
D. seeing

Answer 1

Hint: Exclamatory marks are used in a sentence when something unusual happens, something surprising, a loud crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. a word expressing outcry, an interjection. For example, hHere the word you generally describe a person. Hence, the correct should be the verb which describes a person. How stupid i was!

Complete step by step answer:
Let’s discuss the given options and find the correct answer.

applying: The word, “applying” is a 4th form of verb, it means the act of appling; or an application. For example, applying the cream on your body would reduce your pain. Here, ‘applying’ does not make a sense of describing a person. Hence, the option is incorrect.
listening: Here, ‘listening’ is making a sense of a person but it’s making a sentence which is grammatically incorrect and the correct verb should be ‘listening to’. Hence, the option is incorrect.
making: Here, the word ‘making’ does not describe a person because making a person is not possible. Hence, this verb does not suit the sentence and the option is incorrect.
seeing: Here, the verb ‘seeing’ possibly describes a person and it’s making the sentence grammatically fit that is ‘seeing you’ is grammatically fit. Hence, this option is correct.

Hence, the option D seeing, is the correct answer.

Note:
Present Continuous is present tense with ing for seeing, it says that some work is still going on and the verb ‘seeing’ means that work is going on by a person.