Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I _ _ _ _ _ lots of books every year.
A. will read
B. am reading
C. read
D. am going to read

Answer 1

Hint: The sentences that we read, and study today are made up of a number of words that make the sentence meaningful. There are nouns, pronouns which become the subject, there are adjectives which describe the subject. Moving on, there are adverbs which describe the adjectives. There are verbs which narrate the action. These 'verbs' have to adjust with the subject of the sentence. In other words, the subject and the verb have to agree with each other. This policy is known as the 'subject-verb agreement'.

Complete answer:
1. We can see that the speaker is saying that he does something every year. He states that he reads a lot of books every year. The phrase ‘every year’ denotes that this sentence is in the Simple Present tense. We know that the base/first form of a verb is used in this tense. Hence, we need to choose the option which contains the first form of the verb ‘read’.
2. Option A, ‘will read’, option B 'am reading' and option D 'am going to read' are incorrect because they are not used in the Simple Present tense.
3. The third option 'read' is the simple present form of the verb ‘read’ and thus it is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’

Note: Verbs are words that describe the action. In options, different verb forms including future tense and present continuous tense are shown. But in the context of the sentence, it is clear that the sentence wants to tell about an indefinite duration of present. Like it is usually done every year. So, undoubtedly, the simple present verb form ‘read’ will be applicable here.