Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Benedict and Nina are _____ only salads.
Because vegetarians don't _____ meat.

• A. eat / eat
• B. eating / eating
• C. eat / eating
• D. eating / eat

Answer 1

The correct option is D eating / eat

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.

Eating is a gerund as it behaves as a noun as well as a verb in the

The second sentence requires a basic verb which is "eat.

Thus, the answer is option D.