Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word-
_________ coffee after dinner.
a) I'm used to drinking
b) I used to drinking
c) I’m used drinking
d) I used drinking

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence carefully. Try to know make out the core meaning of the sentence and then check which one of the four options fits the best in the given blank.

Complete answer:
From the given question, it can be concluded that the subject has a habit of drinking coffee after dinner. Thus, the answer must contain a noun or pronoun that introduces the subject, an adverb that means 'habituated' and it must have the main verb as drinking accompanied by an auxiliary.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option -
Option A is correct. 'I'm used to drinking' is correct as it meets all the required conditions. 'I' introduces the subject, 'used to' is an adverb that means 'habituated' and the main verb is drinking accompanied by the auxiliary 'am'
Option B is incorrect. 'I used to drinking' is a grammatically incorrect phrase. It does not contain an auxiliary to support the main verb and thus the verb is incomplete.
Option C is incorrect. 'I'm used drinking' does not have a word or a phrase that means habituated. The lack of 'to' makes 'used' the main verb and not 'drinking'. Thus, the sentence becomes grammatically incorrect.
Option D is incorrect. 'I used drinking' indicates that the subject utilized drinking and not that the subject has a habit of drinking. Thus, it does not convey the correct meaning and is not the correct answer. Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct option.

Note:
All the other options are plausible distractions. Pay attention to the auxiliary and the usage of verbs in the given question.