Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
This holiday is worth_ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A. Celebrates
B. Celebrated
C. Celebrating
D. Have celebrated
E. To celebrate

Answer 1

Hint:To answer this question we will use gerunds for making the sentence grammatically correct.
Gerund is a common part of speech that we use almost every day. Let us first understand what gerunds are – they are words that are formed with verbs but act as nouns. They are very easy to identify as the gerund with “ing”.

Complete answer:
Option A) Celebrates- This option is incorrect because Celebrates is in the present perfect tense. Both of them don't behave as a noun. Hence, it is an incorrect option.

Option B) Celebrated- This option is incorrect because Celebrated is the past tense again. This is not apt for the given question. Hence, it is an incorrect option.

Option C) Celebrating – This option is correct because Celebrating Gerunds also at times are seen to end in 'ing'. In this particular sentence, the word in the blank acts as a noun thus becoming the subject of the sentence and also like a verb by taking up the object.

Option D) Have celebrated - This option is incorrect because have Celebrated is the past tense again. This is not apt for the given question. Hence, it is an incorrect option.

Option E) To celebrate- This option is incorrect because to celebrate is in the future tense and it does not act as a noun. Hence, it is an incorrect option.

Hence the answer is option ‘C’.

Note:It is important to know the difference between Gerund and present participles. Present participles also end with ing form. It is important to remember that the present particles do not act as nouns like gerunds instead they act as modifiers.