Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
After ____ his coffee, he left the restaurant.

• A. drinking
• B. drank
• C. drink
• D. to drink

Answer 1

The correct option is A drinking

In the given sentence, there are two clauses having the same subject 'he'. Since they have the same subject, both the clauses must contain only one verb. Further, two clauses with the same subject must be joined by a participle.

Option A is correct. 'drinking' is a participle. Thus, it joins the two clauses without adding another main verb and is the correct answer.

Option B is incorrect. 'drank' is a verb. Having two main verbs in one sentence without a conjunction will make it grammatically incorrect.

Option C is incorrect.'drink' is a verb. Having two main verbs in one sentence without a conjunction will make it grammatically incorrect.

Option D is incorrect. 'to drink' is an infinitive and only participles are used to join two clauses with a common subject. Thus, it is grammatically incorrect