Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

I can feel something _____ up my leg.

• A. crawling
• B. crawl
• C. to crawl
• D. crawls

Answer 1

The correct option is A crawling

Gerunds are words that are formed with verbs but act as nouns. Gerunds also at times are seen to end in 'ing'. In this particular sentence, the word in the blank acts a noun thus becoming the subject of the sentence and also like a verb by taking up the object. This means that in the blank, we would need a gerund.

Option A: Crawling is a gerund as it plays a dual role

Option B and C: Crawl is in the present tense. It is the wrong option

Option D: Crawls is third person present tense

Option A is correct