Question

Fill in the blank with the gerund, infinitive or other appropriate form of the verb:
Joe decided __________ us remodel the house.

• A. helping
• B. helped
• C. to help
• D. having helped

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

to help

A verb is used to express an occurrence, action, or state. It is the grammatical centre of the predicate in a sentence.

C. to help is correct as the sentence expresses a purpose. To denotes direction and "to help" tells she decided to go in direction of help, i.e. to help.

A. helping, which is a gerund, is used to indicate a verb as a noun. Here, it doesn't fit.

B. helped is in simple past tense and it is follows decided, which is another verb in past tense. So, it is incorrect.

D. having+past participle denotes that action is completed. So, it is incorrect.