Question

In the sentence given below, one word has been omitted. Pick the option that has the missing word along with the words that come before it and after it.
Spiders are known to be dangerous. However, many deadly-looking spiders do not harm us.
A)Known of being
B)Known about be
C)Known to been
D)Known to be

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence given to us talks about the nature of spiders being dangerous.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 We can understand the context of the sentence from the hint given to us. However, we see that there is something missing between ‘known’ and ‘be’ which alters the supposed context.
Having identified the place of omission, we shall now proceed with first identifying the correct words that come before and after the missing word. We observe that options A and C are wrong, as the words ‘being’ and ‘been’ are not mentioned after the missing word.
There is no meaning to about be and hence, option B is wrong.
Thus, we conclude option D to be the correct answer.


Note: To be is used before an adjective to embody it as an object in the sentence.