Question

Fill in the blank with most appropriate word-
She can’t stand ______ to rock music.
a) Listening
b) To listen
c) Listen
d) Listens

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given phrase/sentence carefully. Try to make out the meaning of it and find the subject or the predicate or the main object of the sentence.

Complete answer:
 The given sentence conveys that she cannot listen to rock music; she doesn’t like rock music. There are four options related to the word ‘listen’. We have to fill in the correct form of ‘listen'.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option-
Option ‘a’ is Listening. This is the ‘-ing’ form of the word ‘listen’. Listen is to give one's attention to a sound. We can use it in the blank of the given sentence.
Option ‘b’ is To listen. It cannot be used in the given sentence as we cannot use ‘to’ after ‘stand’ in this given sentence.
Option ‘c’ is Listen. It is the first form of ‘listen'. We cannot use it in the given blank as this form cannot be used after ‘stand' in this particular sentence.
Option ‘d’ is Listens. This is also an incorrect option. It cannot be used in the given blank.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the word to be filled in the blank is – listening. Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct option.

Note:
All the other options are plausible distractions. Only the ‘-ing’ form of the verb can be used in such sentences.