Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Nobody likes __________ for at night.
A. Be sent
B. Is sent
C. Was sent
D. To be sent
E. Sent

Answer 1

Hint:Make sure that you are aware of the meaning ‘send/ sent for’
‘Send/ sent for’ means to ask someone to come and see you, usually sending a messenger.
For example: ‘She sent for me on diwali as her health was worsening’, here, the sentence means that she asked someone to call me because her health was deteriorating on diwali.

Complete answer:
As rightly explained in the hint, ‘send/ sent for’ means to ask someone to come and see you, usually sending a messenger.
Option A: It doesn’t make sense, because when like is used along with a verb then it is important to use ‘to’ after likes, for example, ‘She likes to dance’, ‘He likes to jog’. But when we use ‘like’ as the only verb in the sentence then we must not use ‘to’, for example, ‘She likes coffee’, ‘They liked the food’. But in the given sentence, we used ‘sent’ after ‘like’ that’s why it is important to use ‘likes to’. Therefore, option A is wrong.
Option B: Likes is a combination of ‘like + is’ therefore, we cannot use likes and is together. Therefore, this is an incorrect option.
Option C: ‘Likes’ is a form of present tense therefore we cannot use a past tense after it. Therefore, this is an incorrect option.
Option D: As mentioned in option A’s explanation, ‘likes to be sent for’ is the correct way of expressing. Therefore, Option D is correct.
Option E: ‘Sent’ is a form of past tense, that’s why we cannot use sent.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note:Make sure that you are well versed with subject verb agreements and tenses to be able to solve these types of questions