Question

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
Jane _____ (not/drink) tea very often.
A) Not drinks.
B) Have not drink.
C) Doesn’t drink.
D) Is not drinking.

Answer 1

Hint:First we must know the meanings of all the options and choose the option which will be grammatically correct. Also we must see that the selected option will make the sentence meaningful.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The above given sentence is the example of Present Indefinite Tense.
Present Indefinite demonstrates General fact, universal truths and habitual actions. It has different rules for singular and plural, e.g. with the subjects he, she, it, name we add s/es with verbs whereas with the subjects I, we, you, they we don’t need to add s/es we can simply use first form the verb. For example “I take tea very often” and “She takes tea very often”.
Let’s now analyze the given options:
Not drinks: as mentioned above the given sentence is Present Indefinite in which the negative sentence requires a helping verb but in this option is not written that’s why it’s an inappropriate option for this sentence.
Have not drink: this option is incorrect because it has Have as a helping verb which is not used with Indefinite Tense.
Is not drinking: even this option is incorrect because the given sentence ‘Jane….. (not/drink) tea very often “is Present Indefinite Tense in which using Is helping verb is inappropriate.
Doesn’t drink: option (C) is an absolutely correct option since it has a correct helping verb ‘Does'. Accordingly the correct sentence is “Jane doesn’t like to take tea very often “.

Note:For choosing the correct option knowing actual meaning of the given question is necessary or else our sentence can be grammatically incorrect.
To understand such questions the study of all Tenses is required so that we can write correct sentences. We should practice more and more in order to inculcate them.