Question

Fill in the blank with suitable verb or verb form-
The children _____ their milk twice everyday.
a) Drink
b) Drinks
c) Drinking
d) None of these

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:
We have to fill in the given blank with an appropriate tense form of the given verb. The verb is 'drink'. Tenses are of three types - present, past, and future tense. We have to see which one is needed in the given sentence.
Now let us examine all the options-
Option ‘a' is Drink. It is the correct option because it is simple present tense which is a suitable option for the given question.
Option ‘b' is Drinks. It cannot be the correct option because “drinks” is the plural form of 'drink' which means more than one drink. And in the question milk is the only drink mentioned.
Option ‘c' is Drinking. It cannot be the correct option because it is present continuous tense and does not fit correctly in the following sentence.
Option ‘d' is None of the above. We will choose this option only if all the other three options are incorrect or aren’t suitable for the given question.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the correct verb form to be filled in is - drink. Hence, option 'a' is the correct option.

Note:
All other options are plausible distractions. You must check that you match the tense of the word to be filled in the blank with the tense of the whole sentence.