Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

A job worth _____ is worth _____ well.

• A. to do / doing
• B. doing / to do
• C. doing / doing
• D. to do / to do

Answer 1

The correct option is C doing / doing

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.

do is the present form which eliminates, A, B and D

doing is the gerund as it plays a dual role

Option C is correct