Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I like _____________ football, but my brother doesn't.

• A. Play
• B. Played
• C. Playing
• D. Plays

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Playing

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 C: Playing is a gerund as it behaves as a noun as well as a verb in the sentence

Option A and Option D: Play and Plays is the present perfect tense.

Option B: Played is the past tense of play

Option B is correct