Question

Fill in the blanks with the gerund, infinitive or other appropriate form of the verb:
The cricketers practiced __________ during the afternoon.

• A. to bowl
• B. bowling
• C. bowl
• D. having bowled

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

bowling

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 should act as a noun thus becoming the subject of the sentence and as a verb by taking up the object. This means that in the blank, we would need a gerund.

Option B: Bowling is a gerund as it behaves as a noun as well as a verb in the sentence

Options D: Bowled is the past tense of wait

Option A and Option C: is the present tense of the particular verb. It does not act as a noun

Option B is correct