Question

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the infinitive verb to complete the sentence:
I would sleep sooner than ____ games whole night.
a) play
b) played
c) to play
d) playing

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options include a verb in the simple present tense as the verb ‘sleep’ is also in simple present and the sentence requires it.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'play', refers to the verb ‘play’ in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘played', refers to the verb ‘play’ in simple past tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the simple present tense.
Option (c.), ‘to play', refers to a preposition ‘to’ along with the verb ‘play’ in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need only a verb in the simple present tense and nothing else.
Option (d.), ‘playing', refers to the verb ‘play’ in the present continuous tense. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the simple present tense.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tense. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses - past, present, and future.