Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
I ______ English, Russian, and Romanian, but I _______ chinese.
(A) Speak/ don’t speak
(B) Speaks / speak
(C) Speaks / speaks
(D) Speaks /don’t speak

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence must be complete and meaningful. Present tense is the grammatical function which shows the action which is happening now. The simple present tense is the most common tense used in English. It is mostly used in order to remark habits, facts, emotions, and wishes.

Complete answer:
The basic rule of verb forms regarding uniformity rule is that if we are using the first verb as singular then all the verbs should be consistent throughout the sentence. Even if a sentence starts in the past tense then it should remain past tense.

So from the first rule option (B) and option (D) are not appropriate. As option (B) consists of ‘speaks’ as first and ‘speak’ in second. And same in option (D).

There is another rule from subject verb agreement. Subject and verb should agree with each other. If the subject is singular then the verb also should be singular. If the subject is plural then the verb also should be in plural.

Singular verbs consist of 's' or 'es' in the end and plural is the normal form of verb. But 'I' and you are exceptions which use plural forms of verbs. So from that option (B), (D), (C) is not appropriate.
So the correct option is option(A) and the other options, option(B), option(C), option(D) are incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: The basic rule of verb forms regarding uniformity rule is that if we are using the first verb as singular then all the verbs should be consistent throughout the sentence. Even if a sentence starts in the past tense then it should remain past tense.