2018 · Q3
Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and is followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Ravi has the habit of _________ a headache.
EnglishFill in the Blanks
- Acomplaining
- Bcomplain
- Ccomplaining to
- Dcomplaining of
Explanation
‘Complain of’ is the correct collocation for an ailment, as in ‘complain of a headache’. After the preposition ‘of’, the verb must take the gerund form, giving ‘complaining of’ to fit ‘the habit of ___ ’. The base form ‘complain’ cannot follow ‘of’. ‘Complaining to’ would need a person as its object, not a headache. Hence option (d) is correct.