Question

Fill in the blank with the suitable option-
When we arrived, the people next door invited us ______ a drink with them.
a) Have
b) To have
c) To had
d) Having

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully, and try to find out the core meaning of it. Try to make out the tense of it as well.

Complete answer:
 In the given question, we have to fill in the blank with the correct form of tense from among the four given options. By the words ‘invited' and ‘when we arrived', we can easily tell that the sentence is in the past tense.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer -
Option ‘a’ is Have. It is the third person present tense of ‘has’. In the given sentence, we cannot use ‘have’ without a preposition, ‘to’. So, it is an incorrect option.
Option ‘b’ is To have. The meaning of this option is similar to that of the above option, but it would be more suitable for us to use this in the given blank as ‘to’ is necessary after ‘us’ in the sentence.
Option ‘c' is To had. It is the past tense if ‘have’. We cannot use it here as the sentence is talking about a third person. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘d’ is Having. It is a gerund or a past participle of ‘have’. It cannot be used here as the sentence is not in any continuous form. Hence, option ‘b’ is the correct option.

Note:
Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjugation patterns. The main tenses found in many languages include the past, present, and future.