Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option.
I __________ chocolate over vanilla always.
a) choose
b) choose
c) choice
d) choosed

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us is a verb in the simple present tense as this tense is used to express habitual actions (choosing vanilla over chocolate always).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'choose', refers to simple present tense. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘choosing', refers to present continuous tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as we need a verb in the simple present tense as this is the tense which is used to express habitual actions.
Option (c.), ‘choice', refers to a noun which means ‘one of a number of things from which the only one can be chosen.’Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need a verb.
Option (d.), ‘choosed', refers to a word that does not exist, as the past tense form of ‘choose’ is ‘chose.’ Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is grammatically incorrect.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tense. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses- past, present, and future.