Question

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence:
The popular belief is that it is an endless stretch of sand where no rain _______(fall) and, therefore no vegetation grows.

• A. is falling
• B. was falling
• C. falls
• D. fall

Answer 1

The correct option is C falls

Option C is the correct answer because ‘rain always falls on the earth’, in the continuous present tense, which means it falls/doesn’t fall usually.

Option A is incorrect because ‘is falling’ means only in the simple present which is incorrect because I’m the statement, they’re talking about rainfall in general on a stretch of sand, and not just in the present.

Option D is incorrect because it is not a verb.

Option B is incorrect because it is in the past tense while the statement is in general about the present tense.