Finishing quickly is not as important as --------- all question correctly.
Options: 1. answer
2. answered 3. answers 4. answering
Please fill in the blank
I think the correct option would be number 4.
"Finishing quickly is not as important as answering all question correctly".
Using this word in the sentence would make the most sense.
I also recognized an error: the word question should be plural.
So, "Finishing quickly is not as important as answering all questions correctly".
When you add sugar to it, your cup of coffee becomes not only sweet, also fattens.
cup of not use correctly
Is that another question or is it a statement?
a statement
Yes, #4 is correct for the first sentence. The gerunds should match: finishing/answering.
In the second sentence, "cup of" is correct. That's not the problem. WHAT also fattens? The sentence does not make that clear. As it stands, it makes no sense. How would you correct that?
The sentence structure seems to be a bit weird. The part "also fattens" makes no sense and it doesn't seem like it would belong in this particular sentence.
Could you rephrase it?
Is this a homework problem?
rumika, if you are studying grammar, please learn how to spell the word. :)
To determine the correct answer, we need to consider the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is comparing the importance of finishing quickly to something else. The phrase "as important as" suggests that we need to use an adjective or adverb to complete the comparison.
Looking at the options provided:
1. answer - This is a noun, not an adjective or adverb, so it does not fit the sentence structure.
2. answered - This is a past tense verb, which is not appropriate in this context.
3. answers - This is a verb in the present tense, also not fitting the grammatical structure of the sentence.
4. answering - This is a present participle form of the verb "to answer". It functions as an adjective in this context, describing the action of answering. Therefore, "answering" is the correct choice.
So, the correct answer to fill in the blank is: "answering".