Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
I saw somebody __________ towards your house.

• A. going
• B. went
• C. gone
• D. to go

Answer 1

The correct option is A going

The given sentence is about a person who describes an action 'to go'.

Options A and B: 'Went' is a past tense verb and sounds a bit strange in this sentence. This is because 'went' is a main verb and indicates the tense and time of the action (to go).

The sentence does not focus on action. Instead, it describes the noun 'somebody'. Hence, a participle would be more suitable here than a past tense verb. Since 'going' is a present participle, it describes the person 'somebody', rather than defining the tense of the sentence.

Hence option A is correct and B is incorrect.

Option C: Similarly, 'gone' is also a past tense verb and does not describe the noun 'somebody'. Hence C is incorrect.

Option D: 'To go' is incorrect because it's an infinitive and does not describe nouns.