Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
_____ with you is real pleasure.

• A. Talked
• B. Is talking
• C. On talking
• D. Talking
• E. Talks

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Talking

Gerunds are words that are formed with verbs but act as nouns. Gerunds also 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 D: Talking is a gerund as it behaves as a noun as well as a verb in the sentence

Option E: Talks is the present perfect tense.

Option B: Is talking is in continuous present tense.

Option C: On talking is a verb form which does not act as a noun.

Option A: Talked is in the past tense and it does not act as a noun.

Option D is correct