Question

The ban was imposed by the state's commercial taxes department last Friday, after protests by a certain community, which had threat to burn cinema halls screening the controversial move.

• A. had threats of burning
• B. had threated to burn
• C. had threatened to burn
• D. had threatened to burning
• E. No correction required.

Answer 1

The correct option is C had threatened to burn

'Had' will be followed by $V_3$. So, the correct verb is 'threatened'. Moreover, ${}^{\prime }to+V_1$' is required to show purpose.
Eg: The terrorist group had threatened to kill the CM of the state.