Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words:
Misuse of time will ultimately _____ ____ to despair and frustration.
a. lead us
b. lead we
c. leads us
d. leads we

Answer 1

Hint: We need to understand the meaning of the sentence first. The parts of speech we need to choose are the main verb and the direct object pronoun. They need to match the subject.

Complete answer:
 In English grammar, a direct object is a noun or noun phrase or pronoun that identifies what or who receives the action of a transitive verb in a clause or sentence. The main forms of these pronouns are me, us, you, him, her, it, them, whom, and whomever.
The given sentence also needs the correct verb, which means it needs to match the subject. The subject in the sentence is singular. And it is in the future tense, this means that the verb should be singular as well.

Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s go through the given options-
a. lead us - This phrase contains the correct verb and the correct pronoun. This means that it fits perfectly into the given sentence. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct answer.
b. lead we - This phrase contains the correct verb but the incorrect pronoun. This means that it does not fit into the given sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect answer.
c. leads us - This phrase contains the correct pronoun, but the incorrect verb. This means that it does not fit into the given sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect answer.
d. leads we - This phrase contains the correct pronoun but the incorrect verb. This means that it does not fit into the given sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect answer.
Hence option (a) is correct.

Note:
Identify the grammatically correct and the most contextually sound option. There are many grammatically incorrect phrases in the options. Be careful not to choose one of those options.