Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The weekend was boring.
I _____ anything.
(a)Don’t do.
(b)No do
(c)Didn’t do
(d)Wasn’t doing

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Try to make out the core meaning of it. Find out the subject, predicate and the object of the given sentence.

Complete answer:The given sentence conveys that the speaker’s weekend was boring and he couldn’t do anything special. The given options are negative words. We have to fill in the blank with the correct option.
Now, let us examine all the given options to figure out the correct option :
(a)Don’t do-It is the short form of ‘do not'. It is a contraction of ‘do not' and is often used. It is a command or entreaty not to do something.
(b)No do-It is an invalid compound word. It has no meaning and cannot be used in the given sentence.
(c)Didn’t do-It is the past tense of ‘don’t do'. We cannot use a verb in the past tense after ‘didn’t'. This is the correct option.
(d)Wasn’t doing-It is the past continuous tense of the given verb. It cannot be used in the given sentence as it doesn’t match the tense of the sentence.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the correct verb form to be filled in is – ‘didn’t do’.

Note:All the other options are plausible distractions. You must know the tense forms for such questions. There are three types of tenses – present, past and future.