Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
She never _______ meat.
A) Eats
B) Eating
C) Eat
D) To eat

Answer 1

Hint:First we must know all the uses of given verbs. Choose the option which will be grammatically correct for the given sentence and also we must see that the selected option will make the sentence meaningful.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The above given sentence is the part of Present Indefinite Tense.
Let’s know what 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.
Now let’s examine and understand the above given options and find the appropriate option.
Eating: using ‘Ing' with any verb makes it gerund verb or a progressive sentence but this doesn’t define present indefinite tense according to the given rule. So this is an inappropriate option.
Eat: in the given sentence the subject is a singular subject and according to the rule of Present Indefinite s/es should be added to the verb. So this is also an inappropriate option.
To eat: using ‘to’ with a verb initiates the sentence but it can’t be used with this sentence because right after a Subject we don’t use prepositions.
Eats: the option (A) “She never eats meat” is an absolutely appropriate option for this sentence because ‘s’ is used with the verb as it’s a singular subject.

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 tense is required so that we can write correct sentences. We should practice more and more in order to inculcate them.